Horse racing’s showcase meeting, Royal Ascot, has claimed the life of three-year-old colt, Stravagante, who is reported to have broken his leg in a race on Friday (19 June) and was subsequently destroyed. This follows...
Posted 22 Jun 2015
The Animal Aid Battle Bus takes to the road this month to reveal what the shooting industry would rather keep hidden from the public.
Posted 18 Jun 2015
New undercover film of caged partridges released today by Animal Aid reveals what the national campaign group describes as an animal production system that is ‘as cruelly oppressive as any we have witnessed in this...
Posted 18 Jun 2015
To remember the four horses who died at last year’s Royal Ascot meeting – Flat racing’s most prestigious event – Animal Aid staged a ceremony on Ladies’ Day, Thursday 18 June.
Posted 15 Jun 2015
There are animal-friendly MPs on all sides of the House but the reality is that the past five years have been dreadful for animals, and the next five could get much worse.
Posted 12 Jun 2015
A Freedom of Information request reported by the Daily Mirror has revealed that thousands of people have become seriously ill after taking part in clinical trials of new drugs, with many suffering life-threatening symptoms. Before...
Posted 12 Jun 2015
In a move that is likely to have a significant impact on the health charities sector, Age UK has announced that it will no longer be funding animal experiments. Its final grants for animal research...
Posted 10 Jun 2015
The European Commission has today (June 3) rejected a Citizens’ Initiative signed by more than one million people from across Europe, which called for the current Directive on animal experimentation to be overturned, and for...
Posted 03 Jun 2015
National animal rights organisation Animal Aid has joined forces with local campaigners in opposing plans for a giant factory farm that would hold more than 30,000 pigs at any one time.
Posted 02 Jun 2015