On the final day of Cheltenham, Ginto, a 6-year-old gelding, broke down when running in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle race. His death follows that of Shallwehaveonemore, Born Patriot and Mindsmadeup who were all killed...
Posted 23 Mar 2022
The attrition rate of fallers from the outset of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival has again highlighted the dangers horses face when racing.
Posted 18 Mar 2022
Posted 14 Mar 2022
If the failings of the racing industry were to be represented in a single issue, it is that of the deaths of hundreds of horses each year. 2021 proved no exception with a record number...
Posted 07 Feb 2022
Ask your MP to sign a new Early Day Motion to end horse slaughter in the UK
Posted 20 Jan 2022
We need 100,000 signatures on our petition by midnight on 17 November in order to trigger a parliamentary debate on horse slaughter, and force the government to take action on the root of the problem.
Posted 10 Nov 2021
As part of the racing industry’s consultation process on the future of the whip in racing, Animal Aid met with representatives from the British Horseracing Authority (26 October 2021).
Posted 28 Oct 2021
Posted 07 Oct 2021
People often ask the Campaigns Team at Animal Aid what it is like to watch slaughter footage. It's sickening - but it is only bearable because we know that we can do something about it....
Posted 04 Oct 2021
Shouted and sworn at, shot through the head then dragged through a pool of his own blood – the horrific end to the life of a race horse …
Posted 10 Sep 2021
