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Animal Aid calls for an inquiry into horse deaths at Lingfield Racecourse
In the space of just over thirteen weeks, seven horses have perished as a result of racing at Lingfield’s All-Weather racecourse.
Posted 24 Jan 2018
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Increase in race horse deaths recorded by Animal Aid
Race Horse Deathwatch Review 2017 Animal Aid was able to find out about 159* horses who died as a result of racing on British racecourses in 2017. The number of fatalities is well above the 2016...
Posted 22 Jan 2018
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Ministers’ support for squirrel culling condemned
We were extremely alarmed to read in the Times (18 January), that ministers had expressed their support for culling grey squirrels.
Posted 19 Jan 2018
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Shameful rise in whip abuse amongst Britain’s jockeys
In 2017, there was a shocking rise (11.5%) in the number of times that jockeys broke the whip rules. Compared with 2016, 7% more jockeys broke the rules at least once, and there was a...
Posted 15 Jan 2018
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Blue Planet II and the quest for a global recognition of fish sentience: Joining the dots…
Animal Aid's Farming Campaign Manager, Tor Bailey, looks at why the astonishing scenes revealed in Blue Planet II should make people re-think eating fish...
Posted 22 Dec 2017
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Racing must be made accountable as another horse is killed at Cheltenham
Just weeks after four horses were killed at Cheltenham racecourse, a horrendous scene emerged again this weekend (16 December 2017) at the Gloucestershire course, as a young race horse shattered a hind leg.
Posted 18 Dec 2017
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The Cruelty of Jump Racing – Horse Breaks Neck at Ludlow
The innate cruelty of National Hunt (jump) racing was evident this week at Ludlow Racecourse which saw seven-year-old gelding Gayebury take an horrific fall and suffer fatal spinal injuries.
Posted 07 Dec 2017
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Our work in 2017
It’s been a busy year, with some tremendous progress for animals. From convincing the government to introduce mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses, to stopping plans to race horses in the centre of London, there have been...
Posted 28 Nov 2017
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Four horses dead and a leading jockey slams Cheltenham
Three days of racing at Cheltenham Racecourse (17-19 November 2017) left four horses dead and the state of the course was criticised by a top jockey.
Posted 20 Nov 2017
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Big Fella Thanks – But No Thanks
No thanks or recognition by the racing industry for this big hearted horse
Posted 30 Oct 2017
