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The government has today (10 July) announce that it will ban the use of lead shot, with a three-year phase-out period.
Animal Aid and our supporters have been at the forefront of campaigning to end the use of animals in research. Progress has ...
Animal Aid hosted a roundtable in Westminster, to meet with MPs and other invited guests to discuss the ending the LD50 and other animal tests.
As the greyhound racing industry releases its annual data on the number of dogs’ deaths, a raft of well-known names - ...
A rabbit farm franchiser is vying to set up a further rabbit meat and fur farm in Lyndon Top, Rutland. He has already had planning refused at sites in Cornwall and Buckinghamshire. Our investigators ...
Shocking figures obtained by Animal Aid show that 112 horses were killed on British racecourses from January – June 2024, and there were 299 abuses of the whip.
Race horse Envoye Special was killed in the Randox Foxhunters’ Chase at Aintree Racecourse this afternoon, after running loose and falling on the Grand National course.
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 of victims ...
The latest figures from a survey conducted by OnePoll for Animal Aid reveals that the vast majority of people want to see a ban on animal experiments.
We’re delighted to share the news that the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill has passed its final stage in Parliament, delivering on the government’s longstanding commitment to ending the export ...
Animal Aid’s detailed research into race horse deaths found that 186 horses died in 2019 as a direct result of racing.