Global warning
Only the ignorant few now deny that the effects of global warming are already upon us. The earth's ice cover is melting at a faster rate than at any time since records began, sea levels...
Posted 01 Sep 2001
News
EU chemical testing – doctors and lawyers oppose plan
The organisation Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine (DLRM) oppose - on scientific grounds - an EU plan for a massive new programme of safety testing of chemicals using animals. What follows is the DLRM...
Posted 01 Jul 2001
Animal protection groups fight Oxford horse omnibus plan
Animal protection groups from the UK and the USA have joined forces to ask Oxford City councillors to reject a byelaw proposal that would allow horse-drawn omnibuses to operate in the city.
Posted 14 Jun 2001
RSPCA urged to prosecute Grand National organisers for animal cruelty
Animal Aid is today calling upon the RSPCA to instigate a prosecution of the organisers of the 2001 Grand National meet under the 1911 Protection of Animals Act – a statute that is intended to...
Posted 07 Apr 2001
Aintree kills another horse
The following statement has been issued by Animal Aid today:
Posted 06 Apr 2001
Protesters again turn spotlight on Aintree
This article appeared in The Independent, 30 March 2001 as a result of our Horse Racing Awareness Week campaign.
Posted 01 Mar 2001
Aintree sabotage fear as animal rights hardliners wage cyber war on National
This article appeared in The Mirror, Tuesday 27th March 2001 as a result of our Horse Racing Awareness Week campaign.
Posted 01 Mar 2001
Huntingdon’s 11th hour reprieve
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) has been top of the national news agenda. When the Royal Bank of Scotland threatened to call in its £22.5 million overdraft facility, financial ruin seemed certain for...
Posted 01 Mar 2001
Vivisection planning victory
Plans for a large extension to the animal research facility operated by Cambridge University at Girton, north of the City, suffered a major blow when permission was refused by South Cambridgeshire District Council on 3...
Posted 01 Mar 2001