In the space of just three recent meetings, two horses have died in flat races at Chepstow Racecourse. Four others have died there in jump races earlier in the year, bringing the total to six...
Posted 07 Jul 2017
The plans have been rejected outright and horse racing on Oxford Street will not go ahead.
Posted 29 Jun 2017
26 June: Animal Aid to protest at the gates of the racecourse
Posted 20 Jun 2017
The racing industry’s welfare regulator, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), despite a prior warning from a leading trainer¹, failed to make simple changes to Starting Stall procedures that could have prevented five-year-old mare, Just Marion,...
Posted 15 Jun 2017
Members of Devon Animal Save will hold a memorial vigil this Friday (16 June) in order to draw attention to the issue of injuries and deaths in horse racing. The campaigners will be dressed in...
Posted 13 Jun 2017
A video showing the final moments of a race horse called Tea In Transvaal (IRE), has been released by local animal rights group, Devon Animal Save.
Posted 06 Jun 2017
With 76 race horses killed racing this year so far¹, it would be expected that the regulator, the British Horseracing Authority, would be doing all it could to prevent horses from being raced too frequently...
Posted 31 May 2017
As the 2017 Grand National Meeting came to an end, many of the horses who raced at Aintree would have returned to their stables shaken and sore, with a number carrying injuries from the melee...
Posted 10 Apr 2017
This week, London Underground passengers will be confronted with escalator posters that reveal the lethal reality faced by horses who are forced to compete at the annual Grand National Meeting.
Posted 04 Apr 2017
Last year’s Aintree Grand National Meeting (2016) was the most deadly this century. Six horses died as a result of the three days of racing. Despite the authorities stating the race itself is getting safer,...
Posted 30 Mar 2017