The shooting industry’s £20 million tax dodge exposed
A government investigation into tax evasion by the shooting industry has uncovered evidence of non-payment of VAT that could amount to more than £20 million.
Posted 14 Dec 2006
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Hunting out the right tax
This article is republished from OneHMRC – the staff magazine of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs A project from Norwich, now gone national, is pulling in millions of pounds of extra VAT from the shooting...
Posted 14 Dec 2006
Whitewash! Vivisectionists support primate research
The just-released Weatherall report on the use of non-human primates in experiments - which claims that there is a 'strong scientific and moral case' for such research - is nothing short of a sham.
Posted 13 Dec 2006
Don’t follow the herd and give a cow for Christmas
This article, by our Director Andrew Tyler, is republished from The Independent
Posted 29 Nov 2006
Three more horses killed on Cheltenham’s notorious racecourse
The notorious Cheltenham racecourse claimed three more equine victims this weekend, with the deaths of Ol' Man River, Buailtes And Fadas, and War General.
Posted 13 Nov 2006
Exposed! Racing industry’s ‘systematic horse exploitation, injury and destruction’
The chase after vast financial rewards by the global horse racing industry's dominant forces has led to over-production of a swift but physically weak Thoroughbred, according to a major new report, 'Bred To Death', published...
Posted 29 Sep 2006
Cheap Shots – shooting industry tax ‘irregularities’ exposed
The game shooting industry, while trumpeting its alleged contribution to the rural economy, is guilty of widespread tax 'irregularities', according to a new report by Animal Aid.
Posted 25 Jul 2006
The John Lewis shooting club
For five months every year, the 25-strong department store group invites its staff to indulge in the perverse 'pleasure' of blasting pheasants from the sky. Around 200 birds are bagged daily at the firm's 3000-acre...
Posted 20 Jul 2006
VERO
A new group of Oxford University members and graduates called VERO (Voice for Ethical Research at Oxford) has sent an open letter to the Vice Chancellor of the University challenging its decision to build the...
Posted 06 Jul 2006
Animals: the Hidden Victims of War
This month, the Imperial War Museum in London launches The Animals' War - an exhibition commemorating the animals who have died in worldwide conflicts. To coincide with this, Animal Aid has produced a brand new...
Posted 01 Jul 2006