Why did this ex-pig farm worker ditch meat?
In the 1980s, Mark was working on a pig farm. What he saw shocked him and resulted in him going vegetarian.
Posted 03 May 2019
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New Vegan Releases – April 2019!
Just in time for the Summer Vegan Pledge; here are some of our favourite new vegan products that were released in April 2019!
Posted 03 May 2019
Animal Aid bus ads call for ban on cruel cages
Animal Aid is running a series of bus adverts in central London, asking the Environment Secretary to ban cruel cages for breeding game birds.
Posted 01 May 2019
Peter Egan becomes Animal Aid patron
We are very excited to announce that Peter Egan has agreed to become a patron of Animal Aid. The acclaimed actor has starred in programmes including Downton Abbey and Hold the Sunset, and is a...
Posted 18 Apr 2019
UK could slow climate clock by converting animal farmland to forest and still grow enough protein, Harvard research shows
New research from Harvard University demonstrates that the UK would be able to sustain itself and help meet the Paris Agreement by returning a portion of the land used for animal agriculture back to forest....
Posted 12 Apr 2019
Exposure to Ebola caused monkeys to bleed from their genitals
Animal Aid is today highlighting the terrible ways in which thousands of animals are suffering and dying in warfare experiments. The main location for these macabre tests is the government laboratory at Porton Down, which...
Posted 12 Apr 2019
MEPs plan to ban ‘meat-like’ names for veggie and vegan food
MEPs will soon vote on whether to ban producers of plant-based foods from using words like ‘sausage’ and ‘burger’.
Posted 12 Apr 2019
St Day Rabbit Cull – our response
We were recently alerted to a rabbit cull by the waste management company SUEZ due to take place at the United Mines landfill in St Day, Cornwall.
Posted 11 Apr 2019
Grand National shame as horse Up For Review is killed at the first fence
Chaos at the first fence in the Grand National resulted in race horse Up For Review being brought down by a fallen horse.
Posted 06 Apr 2019
Grand National Race Meeting kills two horses on second day – Animal Aid asks people not to bet on the Grand National tomorrow
Amid pitiful scenes of suffering on racing’s most notorious racecourse, campaign group, Animal Aid, is calling on the public to not bet on tomorrow’s Grand National.
Posted 05 Apr 2019