From The Guardian (05/04/06): With thirty horses having died at Aintree since 1997, is it time the National was scrapped for being too cruel? Andrew Tyler, Director of Animal Aid, says yes. Peter Webbon, Chief Executive...
Posted 05 Apr 2006
From The Guardian (21/03/06):
Posted 22 Mar 2006
From The Independent (19/03/06):
Posted 19 Mar 2006
The tradition of horse deaths at the notorious Grand National three-day meeting continued at this year's event when Lilium de Cotte died on Friday after suffering a massive haemorrhage while running in the 5.30 John...
Posted 11 Apr 2005
Jockey Club's courses are the deadliest
Posted 15 Mar 2005
Professor William 'Twink' Allen, who conducts invasive experiments on horses at the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's Equine Fertility Unit based at Cambridge University, claims that the Home Office has bowed to pressure from animal rights protesters...
Posted 06 May 2004
Statement from Animal Aid on the 2004 Grand National
Posted 03 Apr 2004
Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler went head to head with leading horse racing lobbyist, Brough Scott, in The Guardian newspaper, Saturday April 3, 2004. Read their exchange below.
Posted 01 Apr 2004
Major report shows that whipping horses reduces their chances of winning
Posted 31 Mar 2004
Animal Aid's Mad Science Awards (AAMSAs) - handed out each August for pointless and grotesque scientific research - this year go to research teams from 14 establishments who conducted invasive experiments on horses.
Posted 14 Aug 2003