Why The Grand National Needs to Be Banned
From the 3rd-5th April, The Grand National meeting will take place: a brutal event which has claimed the lives of 65 horses since 2000.
Posted 31 Mar 2025

Posted on the 12th June 2015
There are animal-friendly MPs on all sides of the House but the reality is that the past five years have been dreadful for animals, and the next five could get much worse.
Since 2010, the Conservatives have:
The Conservatives have said they will end the exploitation of wild animals in circuses, but it was their own MPs – Andrew Rosindell, Philip Davies and Christopher Chope – who repeatedly blocked legislation.
And now, of course, the government is keen to repeal the Hunting Act to allow gangs of hunters to pursue hares, deer and foxes until the animals succumb to the jaws of the hounds.
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From the 3rd-5th April, The Grand National meeting will take place: a brutal event which has claimed the lives of 65 horses since 2000.
Posted 31 Mar 2025
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