The Hunting Act: A great day for wildlife
The Hunting Bill came into force at midnight on February 18, 2005. This is the story of the long campaign that made it happen:
Posted 01 Feb 2005
News
‘Shooters and activists unite to oppose battery cages’
Animal Aid has achieved a major breakthrough in our five year campaign to ban all 'sport' shooting.
Posted 29 Jan 2005
Fowl play!
After the hunting ban comes a call to end the breeding of pheasants for 'sport shooting'.
Posted 01 Dec 2004
Hunting is banned!
At long last, after years of campaigning by groups opposed to bloodsports, MPs have passed legislation to 'abolish the hunting of wild animals with hounds'.
Posted 01 Nov 2004
Compassionate Christmas
Your guide to animal-friendly fashion, food and fun - stylish booklet available from Animal Aid, free of charge
Posted 16 Aug 2004
Yes, in your backyard – can the government now ride roughshod over its own planning inspectors
This article by Norna Hughes appeared in The Times, August 18, 2004. Norna Hughes, Solicitor, acted on behalf of Animal Aid and the National Anti-Vivisection Society in our High Court challenge.
Posted 01 Aug 2004
‘It works because we say so…’
On March 31, Portsmouth South MP, Mike Hancock, asked an apparently innocuous parliamentary question of the Home Secretary. 'What recent research', Hancock wanted to know, had his Department 'commissioned and evaluated on the efficacy of...
Posted 01 Jun 2004
3R plans a ‘sop’
Animal Aid statement in response to the government's plans for a new 3Rs centre
Posted 21 May 2004
Statement on the failure of Professor William ‘Twink’ Allen to obtain a Home Office licence to conduct cloning experiments on horses
Professor William 'Twink' Allen, who conducts invasive experiments on horses at the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association's Equine Fertility Unit based at Cambridge University, claims that the Home Office has bowed to pressure from animal rights protesters...
Posted 06 May 2004
Science based toxicology – Animal Aid backs important new report promoting non-animal safety
In October 2003, the European Commission presented its latest proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for the testing of chemicals. This is part of the EU's plan to test thousands of substances that have...
Posted 01 May 2004