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Springwell Bay killed at The Cheltenham Festival – taking the death toll of this brutal event up to 77 horses since 2000
Animal Aid is heartbroken and disgusted that yet another horse has been killed at The Cheltenham Festival. Springwell Bay was killed this afternoon after falling at a fence - and became the 77th ...
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Notorious killer of race horses, the Cheltenham Festival, starts today!
Today is the first day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival – a four-day event which has claimed the lives of 76 race horses since ...
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NOW IN CINEMAS: Our new farming campaign
Today, our anti-dairy advert heads into cinemas. The advert, which has been airing on Channel 4 and Sky TV for the last three ...
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212 race horses killed in 2024 – a 20% increase in deaths from the previous year
It is horrifying that in 2024, 212 horses were killed as a result of racing on British racecourses. Horses died from ...
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557 abuses of whip regulations in 2024 – it’s time to ban the whip in horse racing!
It is shocking that in 2024, there were  557 breaches of whip regulations. Currently, the whip may be used six times in a ...
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The Cheltenham Festival starts next week – here’s why it should be banned!
A week tomorrow heralds the beginning of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, an event which has taken the lives of 76 horses ...
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598 horses from the racing industry were sent to slaughter in England in 2024
The Cheltenham Festival kicks off next week, as will the inevitable ‘welfare propaganda’ pushed by the racing industry. We know this to be nothing more than empty marketing rhetoric, peddled by the ...
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Terror on Our Tables: What’s next for our new farming campaign?
In February, we launched our BIGGEST farming campaign ever. Focusing on the dairy industry, our campaign comprised of nationwide billboards, street outreach and – best of all – the UK’s FIRST ...