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Video captures the final moments of a six-year-old race horse
A video showing the final moments of a race horse called Tea In Transvaal (IRE), has been released by local animal rights group, Devon Animal Save.
Posted 06 Jun 2017
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Too Many Races for Too Many Diamonds
With 76 race horses killed racing this year so farÂą, it would be expected that the regulator, the British Horseracing Authority, would be doing all it could to prevent horses from being raced too frequently...
Posted 31 May 2017
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Animal Aid continues its call for a ban on the Grand National
As the 2017 Grand National Meeting came to an end, many of the horses who raced at Aintree would have returned to their stables shaken and sore, with a number carrying injuries from the melee...
Posted 10 Apr 2017
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Animal Aid Underground Posters Spell Out Lethal Reality of the Grand National Meeting
This week, London Underground passengers will be confronted with escalator posters that reveal the lethal reality faced by horses who are forced to compete at the annual Grand National Meeting.
Posted 04 Apr 2017
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The Grand National Meeting – Deadlier Than Ever
Last year’s Aintree Grand National Meeting (2016) was the most deadly this century. Six horses died as a result of the three days of racing. Despite the authorities stating the race itself is getting safer,...
Posted 30 Mar 2017
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Horse Racing Awareness Week – 1-8 April 2017
For those horrified by the horse deaths at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival, please make a pledge to help with Animal Aid's Horse Racing Awareness Week, which takes place in the days leading up to the...
Posted 22 Mar 2017
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Horrific Scenes at Cheltenham as Two More Horses are Killed
Cheltenham’s infamous racecourse claimed the lives of two more horses at this year’s Festival. On this third day of racing, eight-year-old Toe The Line (IRE) was put down after breaking her leg in the 4.50pm...
Posted 16 Mar 2017
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Consul De Thaix killed at Cheltenham
After disturbing scenes of horse suffering on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, day two claimed a victim in the first race of the afternoon when 5-year-old gelding Consul De Thaix broke his neck...
Posted 15 Mar 2017
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Race Horse Deathwatch: The Shocking Toll
Ten years ago, Animal Aid launched a new initiative, entitled Race Horse Deathwatch. The aim of the project was to publish information about the deaths of horses who were killed as a result of racing,...
Posted 07 Mar 2017
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Ban the whip!
Horses are the only animals who may be beaten in public for entertainment. That is why Animal Aid has campaigned for 15 years to ban the whip from racing in Britain.Â
Posted 10 Feb 2017
