National campaign group Animal Aid has called for the annual Grand National horse race to be banned following the horrifying death of Goguenard in Saturday's gruelling race that also saw favourite Iris Bleu carried off...
Posted 05 Apr 2003
As promised, the government introduced its new hunting bill in December, and - as suspected - it fell short of a total ban.
Posted 01 Mar 2003
Animal Aid's director, Andrew Tyler, offers a seasonal message of respect for wild animals.
Posted 01 Jan 2003
The UK's largest animal protection organisation, Animal Aid, has condemned four national conservation organisations, namely English Nature, National Trust, RSPB and Landmark Trust, for their planned cull of rats on the isle of Lundy.
Posted 11 Dec 2002
Andrew Tyler exposes the financial scams at the heart of the pheasant industry. We call it 'The Capone Factor'. The US authorities couldn't get underworld figure Al for murder, so they put him away for tax...
Posted 01 Oct 2002
Our campaign against the excesses of the pheasant rearing and shooting industry received an important boost with this feature in the Guardian on 7th October 2002. Coverage in the Guardian 'Fat, sluggish and just waiting to...
Posted 01 Oct 2002
While his persecution of the Trafalgar Square pigeons has lost Ken Livingstone a great many friends in recent months, there is some positive animal-related news to report in respect of the London Mayor. Thanks to...
Posted 01 Sep 2002
The following article, which draws on Animal Aid's Bred to Suffer report, appeared in The Times, Tuesday 30th July 2002.
Posted 30 Jul 2002
The House of Lords select committee on animals in scientific procedures published its report today, July 24th 2002.
Posted 01 Jul 2002
As part of Animal Aid's ongoing campaign against pheasant rearing and shooting, we produced a damning report last November exposing the way the industry is avidly recruiting young children to make up for a big...
Posted 01 Jun 2002