Animal Aid has dismissed a ‘concordat on openness’, signed by 72 practitioners or advocates of animal research, as a manoeuvre to boost dwindling public confidence in vivisection and how it is regulated.
Posted 14 May 2014
Two horses, both aged six-years-old, lost their lives at Plumpton Racecourse yesterday afternoon (Sunday 11 May).
Posted 13 May 2014
A new report commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has found that if Europeans reduced their consumption of meat and dairy by half, it would cut nitrogen pollution and greenhouse gas emissions...
Posted 28 Apr 2014
To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories (April 24), Animal Aid is challenging four prominent UK medical research charities to take part in a public debate about the moral and scientific merits of the...
Posted 20 Apr 2014
Monkeys used more than once in punishing experiments Made to develop uncontrolled movements and psychotic behaviour Canadian experiments co-funded by UK charity
Posted 07 Apr 2014
‘Thankfully, there were no horse fatalities in this year’s Grand National but the race was a stomach-churning, chaotic event, with just 18 of the 39 who took part able to complete the course. Eight horses...
Posted 05 Apr 2014
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to warn people that eating processed red meat – such as bacon and sausages – increases the risk of bowel cancer, the second biggest...
Posted 01 Apr 2014
Last year’s media hype surrounding the mating habits of two pandas has once again rekindled. The media today (31st March) is reporting that Tian Tian’s ‘window of receptivity’ is approaching, and that her hormone levels...
Posted 31 Mar 2014
The Prime Minister has confirmed that the Hunting Act will not now be changed to allow more than two dogs to ‘flush out’ foxes.
Posted 26 Mar 2014
Four horses died at last week’s four-day Cheltenham Festival. This is an attrition rate four times higher than that found in racing as a whole, and twice the death rate when only jump racecourses are...
Posted 17 Mar 2014