Animal Aid has released footage taken covertly at the Soil Association-approved Sturminster Newton abattoir in Dorset. This is the sixth UK slaughterhouse to be filmed by the campaign group, and the footage shows serious welfare...
Posted 12 Apr 2010
Unique research by national campaign group Animal Aid demonstrates that a horse dies on a British racecourse approximately every other day.
Posted 26 Mar 2010
The RSPCA has formally endorsed Animal Aid’s call for CCTV to be installed in all UK slaughterhouses and has said that it will make cameras mandatory in all Freedom Food approved abattoirs.
Posted 25 Feb 2010
Amersham horses trial - Tuesday 2 Feb - Bicester Magistrates Court, Oxfordshire
Posted 17 Feb 2010
Part 1: Neck Dislocation Two of the slaughtermen dislocate the necks of stunned sheep immediately after ‘sticking’. We understand that this constitutes a breach of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (WASK), Schedule...
Posted 11 Dec 2009
Three slaughtermen have been suspended from a Soil Association-approved abattoir following an undercover investigation by Animal Aid that reveals what the government regulatory body, the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), describes as ‘clear evidence of breaches...
Posted 11 Dec 2009
The government-appointed Working Group charged with setting rules for how ‘game birds’ will in future be produced for shooting has caused widespread dismay this week by publishing a Code of Practice that fails to outlaw...
Posted 26 Nov 2009
Swansea dog track in South Wales has closed less than two weeks after the owner was fined under the Animal Welfare Act for keeping greyhounds in poor conditions. Inspectors found dogs kept on soiled bedding,...
Posted 13 Nov 2009
‘Older And Wiser’ became the first equine victim at Britain’s newest racecourse, Ffos Las, following an horrific fall.
Posted 09 Sep 2009
Animal Aid’s undercover investigation exposes shocking cruelty
Posted 28 Aug 2009