Last week, Animal Aid visited a typical pig farm in order to compare the welfare standards we found with those claimed by the pig farming industry in recent weeks. The conditions we witnessed are a...
Posted 14 Apr 2008
The Welsh Assembly has announced that a cull of badgers will take place – a decision that flies in the face of scientific evidence and public opinion. Although the location and details have yet to...
Posted 09 Apr 2008
A five-year-old novice horse, Star Of The Desert, died from neck injuries sustained in a heavy fall at Sedgefield racecourse yesterday.
Posted 26 Mar 2008
The Cheltenham Festival claimed yet another equine victim when seven-year-old Whispered Promises suffered a fatal fall in the over-crowded Coral Cup hurdle race on 14 March 2008.
Posted 14 Mar 2008
Six sick and ailing chickens were rescued from an intensive ‘broiler’ shed and taken to a vet last week during the course of an Animal Aid undercover investigation into modern broiler bird production.
Posted 10 Mar 2008
… as six horses die at Sussex course in just nine days.
Posted 04 Mar 2008
On Wednesday 6 February 2008, three horses were killed and another was seriously injured during the day’s racing at Ludlow. On the same day, Balmoral Star, a seven-year-old mare fell dead at Carlisle Racecourse.
Posted 08 Feb 2008
After years of conducting experiments on goats to determine the effects of extreme pressure and the ‘Bends’ on submarine crews, the MoD has bowed to pressure from MPs, the Southern Animal Rights Coalition and other...
Posted 07 Feb 2008
Almost 12,000 grey squirrels have been poisoned to death or shot in the past year in a ‘cull’ funded by the government. The killings took place in Northumberland and were undertaken - it was said...
Posted 29 Jan 2008
On 12 December, jockey Edward 'Eddie' Ahern whipped his horse, Marsam, with such frequency and excessive force that weals appeared on the Thoroughbred's flesh.
Posted 08 Jan 2008