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Out of their own mouths
The racing industry often claims that the wellbeing of the racehorses is its top priority. But as these two quotes from industry-insiders show, this is far from the truth.
Posted 31 May 2016
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Animal Aid works hard to protect animals across the UK, and we get results!
Posted 16 May 2016
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A time to remember: World Day for animals in laboratories
World Day for Animals in Laboratories is marked on the 24th April each year. Established in 1979, this is a day when people around the globe gather to remember those animals who have suffered and...
Posted 21 Apr 2016
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Take a stand for race horses
For those horrified by the deaths of seven horses at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week.
Posted 22 Mar 2016
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Death toll at Cheltenham Festival hits ten year high with seven dead
With the racing establishment desperately trying to dampen any news and debate about multiple deaths at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, another two horses have perished on the final day of the Gloucestershire meeting.
Posted 18 Mar 2016
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Cheltenham Festival slammed in satirical new postcards from Animal Rights group
An exhausted horse, brought to the ground by the demands of running in the big race, continues to be whipped by his dementedly ambitious jockey. The rider cries ‘Come on! They’re getting away!’ It is...
Posted 03 Mar 2016
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11 horses killed at 11 different racecourses in 11 days
Eleven horses were killed on British racecourses in as many days during February – a death toll that serves as a depressing curtain-raiser for the Cheltenham Festival (March 15-18), which itself is a graveyard for...
Posted 01 Mar 2016
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Four horses killed in three days at Catterick Bridge: call for racing to be stopped
National campaign group Animal Aid is demanding a complete shutdown of Catterick Bridge racecourse after a spate of deaths this January in which four horses have been killed in just three days of racing.
Posted 28 Jan 2016
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Royal Veterinary College under fire for its animal experiments
The popular notion of a dog being man’s best friend is clearly not recognised at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), where researchers have been subjecting beagle-crosses to painful experiments that aim to alleviate human, rather...
Posted 20 Jan 2016
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The dark side of McCoy’s BBC ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’
On Sunday 20 December, the now retired jockey Tony (AP) McCoy will receive a BBC ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to sport.
Posted 17 Dec 2015