The racing industry’s welfare regulator, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), despite a prior warning from a leading trainer¹, failed to make simple changes to Starting Stall procedures that could have prevented five-year-old mare, Just Marion,...
Posted 15 Jun 2017
We are very excited to announce that vegan actor, writer and comedian Sara Pascoe has become an Animal Aid patron. Sara has appeared in numerous popular television shows, including The Thick of It, Mock the...
Posted 14 Jun 2017
Members of Devon Animal Save will hold a memorial vigil this Friday (16 June) in order to draw attention to the issue of injuries and deaths in horse racing. The campaigners will be dressed in...
Posted 13 Jun 2017
Animal Aid has written to Sainsbury’s CEO, Mike Coupe, urging him to commit to the use of humane wildlife deterrence following the trapping and shooting of a fox at the Sainsbury’s store in Crayford.
Posted 09 Jun 2017
After the recent General Election results and the events that have followed, it is unclear exactly what the outcome will mean for animals in the UK, but Animal Aid remains firmly committed to pressing the...
Posted 09 Jun 2017
Exeter Castle is to host Animal Aid’s spectacular grand finale to The Vegan Festival of Britain on Saturday 10 June. The Compassion @the Castle summer vegan fair is jointly organised by Animal Aid and Exeter...
Posted 08 Jun 2017
A video showing the final moments of a race horse called Tea In Transvaal (IRE), has been released by local animal rights group, Devon Animal Save.
Posted 06 Jun 2017
Animal Aid has uncovered deeply disturbing experiments that involved live mice being stitched together, and forced to remain like this for several weeks. Separate research also exposed by the national animal protection organisation, involved a...
Posted 06 Jun 2017
1st June marks World Milk Day, which aims to celebrate the supposed benefits of the dairy industry. But the truth is that dairy farming is cruel and environmentally damaging. So here are ten facts about...
Posted 01 Jun 2017
With 76 race horses killed racing this year so far¹, it would be expected that the regulator, the British Horseracing Authority, would be doing all it could to prevent horses from being raced too frequently...
Posted 31 May 2017