An undercover investigation by Animal Aid has revealed the shocking suffering of goats on farms whose milk and cheeses are sold by leading supermarkets. The campaign group visited three goat farms – in Dorset, Monmouthshire...
Posted 19 Nov 2007
The death of two horses at Carlisle on 12 November, brings to 100 the total number of Thoroughbreds killed on British racecourses since the Cheltenham Festival in March.
Posted 15 Nov 2007
Animal Aid today (8th November) has published a damning report on the hidden motives that drive wildlife culls: convenience, financial incentives and personal prejudices. Dishonourable mention is reserved for the 'sport' shooting, sea fishing, angling,...
Posted 08 Nov 2007
An East Midlands television programme was screened on 7 November about the cruelty of game bird shooting. Inside Out is a half hour regional current affairs programme which presents matters of public interest.
Posted 07 Nov 2007
A major new scientific report has produced ‘convincing’ evidence that eating red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer. But instead of alerting consumers to the risks, the government is helping to fund propaganda offensives...
Posted 01 Nov 2007
Despite opposition from Animal Aid, local bird groups and the local Community Action Party, Wigan council’s Environmental Services Director Martin Kimber has given the go ahead to allow government killing gangs to slaughter around 140...
Posted 12 Oct 2007
Less than three years after parliament banned hunting with hounds, the red carpet was rolled out at this week’s Labour Party conference for the leading figures of a bloodsport that involves the mass production and...
Posted 25 Sep 2007
Animal Aid today (Thursday, September 20) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded children’s riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered...
Posted 20 Sep 2007
Animal Aid today (Thursday, September 20) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded children’s riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered...
Posted 20 Sep 2007
The British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) http://www.beta-uk.org/ conducted the National Equine Survey, the results of which were published in 2006.
Posted 18 Sep 2007