The sudden deaths of two horses at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday – apparently from electrocution – has been widely reported. The victims were Fenix Two and Marching Song. Fenix Two was about to run his...
Posted 14 Feb 2011
Animal Aid has campaigned for many years to abolish the use of the whip in horse racing. Our 2010 report, 'Beaten To The Line', shows the extent of the maltreatment that takes place on a...
Posted 02 Feb 2011
Despite industry and government promises of reform…
Posted 19 Nov 2010
A&G Barber - the Essex slaughterhouse secretly filmed by Animal Aid inflicting shocking cruelty on pigs - has been forced to close as a result of the undercover investigation.
Posted 18 Aug 2010
After three years of campaigning, Animal Aid has succeeded in getting Cheltenham Racecourse to remove a notoriously dangerous fence from its position at the bottom of the racecourse hill.
Posted 26 Jul 2010
Animal Aid has today released footage taken secretly inside an Essex slaughterhouse that kills pigs. The film, which was shot over three days, shows scenes of extreme and deliberately-inflicted suffering, including use of electric tongs...
Posted 27 Jun 2010
Prince Charles’ call for a cull of grey squirrels in Cornwall has prompted animal protection groups to describe him as ‘a man who doesn’t let his education get in the way of his ignorance’. Animal...
Posted 23 Jun 2010
One of the first decisions by the new Hunting and Shooting Minister, Jim Paice, has been to withdraw a new Code of Practice for ‘game bird’ production (made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006). The...
Posted 07 Jun 2010
Animal Aid has released a shocking new factory farming film featuring grim scenes shot secretly in randomly-selected farms across the UK during the last three years.
Posted 26 May 2010
Animal Aid has today released footage taken secretly inside a Norfolk slaughterhouse that kills pigs and sheep.
Posted 06 May 2010