Breaking news: New slaughterhouse investigation at Farmers Fresh, Wales!

Our first investigation at a Welsh slaughterhouse finds blatant staff incompetence and brutal treatment of animals. Workers were filmed mishandling and throwing sheep, trampling over them and improperly stunning them.

• Find out more
• Call on the Welsh government to introduce independently monitored mandatory CCTV without delay

Stand up for non-native animals

The government has recently launched a consultation to investigate opinions on non-native wildlife, and actions they should take. 

Many of the proposals by the government are shocking, and suggest wide-ranging culls of ‘non-native species’. Please take the opportunity to speak up for these persecuted animals, and also speak out against the changes that will make it illegal to rescue and release grey squirrels.

Read our handy online guide to help you submit a response

Please do this today, as the deadline is 12 September.

Calling all students! Order our new Vegan Student Survival Guide!

As the new academic year draws closer, Animal Aid has produced a new guide aimed at helping students who are already vegan or want to go vegan. It features lots of useful information including shopping tips, cheap and easy recipes, nutritional information and tips and advice from former and current students and chef and campaigner Jack Monroe. They are of course free, so if you are already vegan, or want to give it a try and are a student, why not order one?

National Anti—Shooting Week 23-29 September

Please help with this year’s National Anti-Shooting Week (23-29 September), which focuses on our campaign to ban cruel battery cages for breeding pheasants and partridges.

 Can you run a street stall or order leaflets to give out in your town centre?

Order your leaflets now

Make your MP’s day, with a lovely postcard…

We have our lovely mouse-shaped postcards in stock again, so please order yours now! The postcards ask your MP to push for a targeted and timetabled reduction, to zero, of the numbers of animals killed each year in the name of ‘science’. Some MPs get mountains of post, so these colourful and unusual cards will really stand out from everything else!

Order your postcards now

Help our petition reach 250,000 signatures!

We are calling for a ban on racing pregnant mares after poor race horse, Beyondtemptation, and her unborn foal were killed in a horrific fall when racing on a British racecourse.  She was forced to race for a third time in just 17 days whilst pregnant.

Please sign our petition, share it on social media and encourage as many people as you can to sign. Help us reach 250,000 signatures!

Dare we mention the C word…?

It’s only the beginning of September but event organisers are turning their attention to Christmas. We want to continue to encourage local councils to move away from hosting events using live animals such as reindeer, camels and penguins.

Have your heard about any planned events that will feature live animals? Please let us know!

School speakers needed in Kent!

Animal Aid’s Education Department is looking for volunteer speakers to deliver school talks about animal issues in secondary schools in Kent and East Sussex.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in and would like more information, click here to find out more.

57% of Summer Vegan Pledge survey respondents to remain vegan!

This June, more than 3,500 people took our Summer Vegan Pledge. Of those who responded to the feedback survey, 57% have said that they will remain vegan and an additional 35% have reduced their consumption of animal products. 

Read more

Join the Animal Aid lottery and you could win cash prizes!

Every month we draw our lottery and four lucky people win cash prizes of £75 x 2, £150 and £300. £3 a month gives you three entries, but you can add as many as you like for £1 each.

In December we also draw a bonus prize of £1000!

As well as the chance to win these cash prizes, you will also receive free Animal Aid membership, giving you Outrage magazine, in which we publish the winning numbers, a 10% discount on everything in the Animal Aid shop and many other benefits.

Join today for your chance to win!

Celebrating 60 years of cruelty free beauty!

At the vanguard for six decades, Beauty Without Cruelty has led the way in cruelty free cosmetics. To celebrate this wonderful achievement we’re giving you 10% off ALL Beauty Without Cruelty products throughout September (simply enter code BWC60 during checkout), that’s in addition to the 10% discount Animal Aid members get off everything in the shop!

Not a member? Why not join during checkout to instantly claim 20% off everything in the fabulous BWC range? Need a further incentive? We’ve added two brand new BWC products – gorgeous lip liners and fabulous eyebrow pencils. Happy shopping! 

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