Animal Aid http://www.animalaid.org.uk --T00:00:00Z <p>Please get involved in Animal Aid&rsquo;s National Anti-Shooting Week and help us to spread the word about the cruelty and wastefulness of the &lsquo;game bird&rsquo; shooting industry, thereby persuading people to demand a ban on the production of bir... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/2361// 02-09-2010T00:00:00Z <p>Three years ago, Animal Aid released footage taken inside four of Britain's zero grazing dairy units. Inside the sheds, dairy cows live in almost permanent confinement with some animals never able to get outside at all.</p> <p>Our report, <a href="h... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_factory/ALL/2352// 18-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>A&G Barber - the Essex slaughterhouse secretly filmed by Animal Aid inflicting shocking cruelty on pigs - has been forced to close as a result of the undercover investigation.</p> <p>A&G Barber used to kill a quarter of all &lsquo;cull sows&rsquo; i... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_slaughter/ALL/2354// 18-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>Since the Coalition government came to power, there has been a significant erosion of animal protection measures on several fronts, according to animal protection group, Animal Aid. Some of the steps taken - such as markedly reducing veterinary cov... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_other/ALL/2355// 18-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>Animal Aid has today issued heartfelt thanks to St Ives Town Council for taking the progressive decision to formulate an animal welfare charter, based on the articles in our Compassionate Charter, showing themselves to be at the forefront of ethical lo... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_compcharter/ALL/2351// 13-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>An investigation by the Wales on Sunday newspaper has revealed that animal experiments at Cardiff University have risen by 13% since 2006. In the past four years, the University used more than 190,000 animals in research, including mice, fish, birds, g... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2349// 11-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>With the so-called Glorious Twelfth now upon us, Animal Aid offers several reasons why this bird-killing festival is nothing to celebrate.</p> <p>As well as the hundreds of thousands of grouse victims, a large number of native birds and mammals who ... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/2350// 11-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>Please ask your MP to support Adrian Sanders&rsquo; Early Day Motion (EDM 224) against using battery cages for &lsquo;game birds&rsquo; who are kept for breeding purposes.</p> <p>The Coalition Government&rsquo;s Hunting and Shooting Minister, Jim Pa... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting/ALL/2347// 04-08-2010T00:00:00Z <p>The government has revealed that more than 3.6 million experiments were conducted on animals in British laboratories in 2009. This represents a 1&#37; decrease on 2008. However, given that 2008 saw a massive 14&#37; increase on the previous 12 months, ... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2346// 28-07-2010T00:00:00Z <p>Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that he wishes to see an end to the Hunting Act. This law &#8211; which is supported by the majority of the public &#8211; took decades to pass. If the law is repealed, fox, deer and hare hunting will be made ... http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_wildlife/ALL/2344// 27-07-2010T00:00:00Z