Circuses under attack
Once again the so-called Great British Circus met with passionate and articulate opposition to its cruel use of animals when it visited Animal Aid's home town of Tonbridge, Kent from June 4th to 8th.
Posted 10 Jun 2008
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Thank you walkers and sponsors!
Thank you to everyone who took part in Animal Aid’s 5th annual sponsored walk on Saturday (June 7th) at Hampstead Heath, and to everyone else who sent in sponsor money. Special guests included comedian, actor...
Posted 10 Jun 2008
Horse killed on opening day at Great Leighs Racecourse
Animal Aid is calling for the suspension of horse racing at Britain's newest racecourse, Great Leighs, following the death of a second race horse after just seven days of racing at the course.
Posted 29 May 2008
Great Leighs is visited by Animal Aid’s spectre of death on its grand opening day
Great Leighs – the first new racecourse to be built in Britain since 1927 – will see Animal Aid hold a demonstration on its formal, public opening day on 28 May.
Posted 15 May 2008
Animal testing: an historic breakthrough
Key US government agencies this week have issued the clearest and most authoritative statement to date that animal testing does not work. Under a five-year programme, government laboratories will start moving to non-animal methods such...
Posted 15 Apr 2008
Squalor, misery, disease and death: the reality of British pig farms
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
Badger cull announced in Wales
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
Britain’s most lethal course claims another victim
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
Another victim at Cheltenham’s Festival of Death
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
Sick chickens freed from ‘hellhole’ shed
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