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Timeline for case against Cheale Meats’ employees

March 28th & 29th 2011 Filmed inside Cheale Meats – the race area and the slaughter area. April 27th & 28th Filmed inside Cheale Meats – the lairage, race and stun areas. April 4th –...

Posted 25 Apr 2012

Cheale Meats animal abusers jailed

Today (25 April), two former Cheale Meats slaughterhouse employees received jail sentences after pleading guilty to offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The men had been caught on covert cameras placed by Animal Aid...

Posted 25 Apr 2012

Reprieve for the Windermere Canada Geese

Plans to shoot 200 nesting geese this spring have been shelved after a concerted campaign by Animal Aid, in conjunction with Respect for Wildlife, wildlife experts, celebrities and local campaigners.

Posted 22 Mar 2012

Windermere Geese: a humane solution offered

Wildlife experts have today submitted a proposal to the Lake District National Park Authority, and to its partners on the Geese Management Group, offering a humane alternative to the mass cull of Canada geese that...

Posted 20 Mar 2012

Badger cull scrapped in Wales

Today, the Welsh Assembly Government has announced that the planned pilot cull of badgers in West Wales is to be scrapped and a five-year vaccination project will be trialled instead – an announcement greeted with...

Posted 20 Mar 2012

Demonstration held against Canada geese cull

On Saturday, local campaigners held a highly successful demonstration against the announcement by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) that it does intend to go ahead with a cull of 200 Canada geese on...

Posted 12 Mar 2012

Is the Canada geese cull legal?

Three weeks ago, Animal Aid asked the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) for more information about the proposed cull of 200 Canada geese on Lake Windermere. As yet, the LDNPA has not responded to...

Posted 09 Mar 2012