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Justice or repression?
On December 23rd 2008, four of the five anti-vivisection activists on trial at Winchester Crown Court were found guilty of 'conspiracy to blackmail' after a 14-week trial. They were accused of harassment against employees of...
Posted 05 Jan 2009
Animal Aid’s undercover footage from the 2008 game bird shooting season
More information about pheasant and partridge shooting
Posted 23 Dec 2008
The Game Drain: How millions are spent on producing a food that is worth a fraction of its production cost
As the ‘gamebird’ industry steps up its efforts to promote the ‘sport shooting’ of birds as a wholesome and natural means of food production, a damning new report reveals the massive squandering of resources and...
Posted 15 Dec 2008
Pig meat: a healthy option?
Newspapers are full of warnings to consumers to avoid Irish pork products due to possible contamination with dioxins, chronic exposure to which can cause cancer in humans
Posted 09 Dec 2008
Watchdog bites the Lady
Ultra-posh purveyors of country fare, Daylesford Organic – run by Lady Carole Bamford, the wife of eye-wateringly wealthy JCB boss, Anthony Bamford – has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The watchdog branded...
Posted 28 Nov 2008
Bloodlust: Images that reveal the shooting industry’s dark secrets
As the ‘gamebird’ shooting lobby tries desperately to sell its ‘sport’ as a branch of the food industry, fresh images from this year’s shooting season expose the cruelty and wastefulness of this bloodsport.
Posted 21 Nov 2008