As the Christmas period draws nearer, we have seen a rise in the amount of local authorities and businesses using live animals in displays. The consequence is that wild animals such as reindeer and penguins...
Posted 24 Nov 2015
Alsager Town Council has voted through a motion to prohibit the practice of giving away animals as prizes. The motion was put to the council by Green Party Councillor, and Animal Aid supporter, Jane Smith...
Posted 19 Nov 2015
Fridays Ltd has withdrawn its application to build a giant egg farm in Kent, just two days after Animal Aid provided the local council with shocking footage from two of the company’s other farms.
Posted 12 Nov 2015
Animal Aid has uncovered distressing scenes of animal suffering during an undercover investigation at a factory farm run by a Yorkshire company that is planning to build a new chicken farm.
Posted 12 Nov 2015
It has been reported in the media today that the incidents of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle increases where those cattle are intensively reared.
Posted 11 Nov 2015
Animal Aid has launched an innovative phone app that allows people to check whether medical research charities fund experiments on animals. The Cruelty-Free Giving app – which is free to download – features a searchable...
Posted 06 Nov 2015
The grey squirrel is one of the most persecuted wild animals in Britain today. It has been blamed for vast numbers of devastating crimes – from environmental destruction to the near extinction of the red...
Posted 01 Nov 2015
The World Health Organisation has announced that processed meat is ‘carcinogenic to humans’, ranking it amongst some of the most cancer-causing substances in the world, adding further weight to Animal Aid’s call for it to...
Posted 23 Oct 2015
The massive overbreeding of genetically modified (GM) animals is revealed today in Home Office statistics, relating to all vivisection completed in 2014. A total of 1.94 million animals, mostly mice, incinerated – many of them...
Posted 22 Oct 2015
The day when slaughterhouses will be compelled to fit independently-monitored CCTV cameras has moved a step closer this week, as Jim Cunningham became the hundredth MP to have signed a parliamentary motion in support of...
Posted 15 Oct 2015