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
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
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
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
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
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
No thanks or recognition by the racing industry for this big hearted horse
Posted 30 Oct 2017
In a typical week’s horse racing across Britain, numerous horses have suffered – some in the most horrific circumstances.
Posted 25 Oct 2017
Friday the 13th – a day plagued by superstition and thoughts of ‘bad luck’. Whereas one can shrug this off as nothing more than folklore, the same cannot be said for animals suffering in the...
Posted 13 Oct 2017
Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests have revealed the shocking extent of wildlife culling undertaken in the Royal Parks, by the Park authorities.
Posted 07 Oct 2017
