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750 pigs die in farm fire

A fire across two sheds at a farm in Wiltshire has killed more than 750 pigs, including 700 piglets. Eight fire engines were called to the scene, but fire fighters were unable to rescue the...

Posted 28 Jul 2016

Grouse shooting: Unnatural. Uncontrolled. Unkind.

With just two weeks to go until the start of the grouse shooting season – the so-called Glorious Twelfth – a short, hard-hitting film, revealing the destructive and cruel nature of grouse shooting, has been...

Posted 27 Jul 2016

New government vivisection figures – the scandal continues

The shocking extent of animal use for scientific research is revealed today in Home Office statistics, relating to all vivisection completed in 2015. A total of 4.14 million procedures were conducted on animals, including dogs,...

Posted 20 Jul 2016

Animal Aid’s Battle Bus visits Doncaster Racecourse

One of the most lethal in the country On Thursday, 21 July, campaign group Animal Aid’s Battle Bus will be at Doncaster Racecourse to tell punters about the shocking number of race horses who have...

Posted 13 Jul 2016

Animal Aid’s battle bus visits Catterick Bridge

One of the most lethal racecourses in the country On Wednesday, 20 July, campaign group Animal Aid’s Battle Bus will be at Catterick Bridge racecourse to tell punters about the shocking number of race horses...

Posted 13 Jul 2016

Shocking animal deaths at the Royal Veterinary College

Internal Royal Veterinary College documents, obtained by Animal Aid under Freedom of Information legislation, reveal a series of blunders by college researchers performing animal experiments, that have resulted in dogs, sheep, guinea pigs and other...

Posted 29 Jun 2016

Brexit: The Future for Animals?

The referendum outcome, calling for Britain to leave the European Union, will have far-reaching, although not always predictable, consequences for animals in farms, in vivisection laboratories, in the wild and elsewhere.

Posted 24 Jun 2016