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
Tate Modern has recently installed a piece by Hélio Oiticica, entitled Tropicália, which features two macaws in a small cage.
Posted 18 Jul 2016
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
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
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
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
... the Queen's horse, Guy Fawkes, is killed
Posted 16 Jun 2016
More than 100,000 people* have signed a joint Care2/Animal Aid petition calling for an independent inquiry into horse deaths at Royal Ascot.
Posted 13 Jun 2016
This week, a grotesque new chapter in the genetic modification of animals hit the headlines. Employing a new ‘wonder gene-editing tool’, pigs are being used to grow organs for transplantation into humans.
Posted 07 Jun 2016
The racing industry often claims that the wellbeing of the racehorses is its top priority. But as these two quotes from industry-insiders show, this is far from the truth.
Posted 31 May 2016