As the racing industry gears up to its self-promoting initiative, National Racehorse Week (10-18 September 2022), Animal Aid can reveal that race horses are still being slaughtered for their meat.
Posted 05 Sep 2022
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
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
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
Animal Aid has called for a ban on the three-day Grand National Meeting after Houx Gris and The Long Mile were killed, bringing the death total for the three-day event to 55 horses since the...
Posted 12 Apr 2021
Several animal protection groups and animal sanctuaries have joined together to speak out for race horses.
Posted 19 Mar 2021
Following the publication of shocking images of Grand National winning trainer, Gordon Elliott, and amateur jockey, Rob James, sitting on newly dead horses, Animal Aid has written to racing’s regulators to ask how many horses...
Posted 03 Mar 2021