Animal Aid UK

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, UK Government Announces Plans to Phase out Badger Cull 5 years, 3 months ago

It was widely reported earlier this month that the government of the United Kingdom has announced that it intends to phase out its annual badger cull. We welcome this long-awaited step towards ending this cull […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Rats Shot in the Eyes: The Terrible Reality of Warfare Experiments 5 years, 4 months ago

Animal Aid reveals more grotesque warfare experiments on living animals. These experiments, described as “Rat Blunt Ocular Injury Model,” and conducted at the University of Birmingham, were found in a paper […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, 186 British Race Horses Killed in 2019 5 years, 4 months ago

Animal Aid’s detailed research into race horse deaths found that 186 horses died in England in 2019 as a direct result of racing. This alarming figure shows no sign of improvement in comparison to the fatality r […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Scapegoating the Aliens: "Invasive" Species 5 years, 6 months ago

A special report by Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler

Animal Aid has long been concerned about the growing tendency among what might be called ‘top table conservationists’ to scapegoat various animal species […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, 2,000 British Race Horses Dead: The Shame of the Racing Industry 5 years, 6 months ago

Animal Aid’s website Race Horse Deathwatch was launched in 2007 to expose the deaths of horses on British racecourses.

Image from Race Horse Deathwatch

The first horse whose death was entered on the w […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Ban the Whip in UK Horse Racing 5 years, 9 months ago

Horse racing’s regulatory body in the United Kingdom, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) sanctions the use of the whip by jockeys for two purposes: to keep rider and mount safe, and for ” […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Pigs Shot or Blown Up for Military Medic Practice 5 years, 10 months ago

It has been revealed, through a United Kingdom parliamentary question, how military medics are being sent to Denmark to take part in exercises involving pigs being given “bullet and blast wounds.”

The animals […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Incompetence and Chaos Run Rife at Welsh Slaughterhouse 5 years, 10 months ago

Animal Aid investigators have revealed hidden animal suffering at Farmers Fresh lamb slaughterhouse in North Wales. They obtained four sets of film on visits between March26th and June 3rd of this year.

The […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Baby Animals Used to Grow Pathogens at Secret UK Government Laboratory 6 years ago

Using the Freedom of Information Act, Animal Aid UK has obtained the minutes of internal meetings that contained summaries of some of the experiments being conducted at Porton Down, a government laboratory located […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, The Trouble With Horse Racing 6 years, 1 month ago

Note: this article is written with an emphasis on the horse racing industry in the United Kingdom, though many of the larger themes explored here are present in other nations’ horse racing industries as […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, What’s Wrong with High-Welfare Animal Products? 6 years, 3 months ago

Meat, milk and eggs produced under so-called ‘higher welfare’ schemes – including Freedom Food, free-range and organic – have become increasingly popular amongst consumers in recent years, thanks in part to high […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Pressure Builds on Cheltenham and the British Horseracing Authority to Suspend Racing as Three Horses Killed 6 years, 4 months ago

On the last day of the Cheltenham Festival, two more horses lost their lives, one of whom died in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

In the first race of the day, Sir Erec, a 4-year-old colt, who was hot favorite to win […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Situation for Wild Boar in the United Kingdom Becomes Increasingly Dire 6 years, 4 months ago

With natural habitats dwindling, and wildlife suffering from the impact of human activities, it is remarkable when wild boar can survive and thrive. We should protect the boar, not demonize and persecute […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Five Reasons to Make Going Vegan Your New Year’s Resolution 6 years, 6 months ago

Any time of year is perfect for ditching animal products – but January offers the incentive to try something new, and there are lots of good reasons to give it a go. Here’s 5 reasons why you should consider t […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Say No to Horse-Drawn Carriages 6 years, 6 months ago

A ride on a horse-drawn vehicle might at first appear to be a romantic, nostalgic journey to a bygone era when cars and buses were absent. However, this industry is actually fraught with potentially serious […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Five Things You Can Do To Help Animals This Christmas 6 years, 7 months ago

1. Spare the turkey

Each year in the United Kingdom alone, 10,000,000 turkeys are killed for Christmas dinners. The majority of these animals will have spent their short lives on factory farms where they […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Parkinson’s charity plans cruel experiments on monkeys 6 years, 8 months ago

Parkinson’s United Kingdom (UK), through their drug development arm Virtual Biotech, will give more than £780,000 [over one million United States dollars] to fund work which will include testing a drug named NLX […]

Animal Aid UK wrote a new post, Mice Matter 6 years, 8 months ago

Animal Aid’s newest campaign aims to educate people about the sensitivity of mice, how this sensitivity cannot be accommodated in laboratories, how mice deserve the same consideration as other animals, and how m […]

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