Badger cull update – parliamentary debate scheduled for 25 October
Thank you to everyone who signed the Team Badger e-petition, which has collected more than 155,000 signatures to date.
Posted 17 Oct 2012
News
Food Standards Agency warns pregnant women and children against toxic game meat
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released a report that advises those who regularly eat ‘game’ killed with lead shot to reduce consumption because the meat is potentially toxic. The FSA’s Director of Food Safety...
Posted 12 Oct 2012
Food Standards Agency suppresses publication of lead in ‘game’ meat warning
After more than two years of meetings and examination of scientific reports, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), taking advice from the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG), was expected on 3 October 2012 to publish guidance to...
Posted 05 Oct 2012
Exposed: Shocking conditions found on award winning farms
Five animal farms celebrated during the past three years as meeting the industry’s highest possible standards are exposed in a shocking new Animal Aid undercover investigation.
Posted 02 Oct 2012
Milk allergy cloning experiment results in seriously deformed cow
More evidence that the genetic modification of animals is a reckless, hazardous activity comes today with news that New Zealand scientists have created a GM cow whose milk lacks a protein that causes an allergic...
Posted 02 Oct 2012
Hounds off!
The campaign group, Hounds Off, has now been running for one year. It promotes hunt-free areas by encouraging anyone with land – no matter how little or how much – to contact their local hunt...
Posted 01 Oct 2012
British Horseracing Authority’s review of the 2012 Grand National: a cynical whitewash, says Animal Aid
The Review of the 2012 Grand National by the industry’s regulatory body, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has utterly failed to address the core problems that have made the event such a prolific killer of...
Posted 20 Sep 2012
End puppy farming
From 12 noon today (Sept 15th), one extraordinary woman will remain incarcerated in a shed in isolation for 7 days. Every moment of her ordeal – intended to highlight the terrible suffering in puppy farms...
Posted 15 Sep 2012
Challenge to badger cull failed
An appeal to halt the proposed badger cull failed yesterday (11th September) at the court of appeal. The Badger Trust had challenged an earlier ruling that permitted the slaughter of thousands of badgers in two...
Posted 12 Sep 2012
Call for ban on sale of gun magazines to children gets massive public support
An overwhelming majority of people want gun magazines that show animals being killed for sport consigned to newsagents’ top shelves alongside pornography, according to a new public opinion poll. An even higher proportion want the...
Posted 11 Sep 2012