Dutch could ban all 'sport' shooting

11-04-2013T00:00:00Z

Animal Aid has campaigned hard against the shooting of ‘game birds’ for sport for 15 years, gathering evidence through undercover filming and publishing several reports that make evident the wholesale cruelty and environmental damage involv...

Help us show WH Smith that the public is on our side!

29-11-2012T00:00:00Z

On 15 December, activists will be leafleting outside WH Smith outlets across the UK, to protest the retailer’s sale to children of titles such as Shooting Times, Sporting Gun, Shooting Sports

Order postcards and help keep gun magazines out of the hands of children

13-11-2012T00:00:00Z

Please order our campaign postcards, which ask leading newsagents to ban the sale of gun magazines to anyone under the age of 18, and to move those publications to the top shelf, out of the reach of children.

Recently it has come to light tha...

Ban the sale of gun magazines to children!

27-10-2012T00:00:00Z

This advertisement appeared in the Guardian and Daily Express newspapers on Saturday, ...

Food Standards Agency warns pregnant women and children against toxic game meat

12-10-2012T00:00:00Z

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released a report that advises those who regularly eat ‘game’ killed with lead shot to reduce consumption because the meat is potentia...

Food Standards Agency suppresses publication of lead in 'game' meat warning

05-10-2012T00:00:00Z

After more than two years of meetings and examination of scientific reports, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), taking advice from the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG), was expected on 3 October 2012 to publish guidance to the public on the risks of consuming...

Keep gun magazines away from children!

14-09-2012T00:00:00Z

National Anti-Shooting Week 2012 takes to the high street – and we need your help!

National Anti-Shooting Week 2012 runs from 24-30 September. This year we are targeting newsagents that sell gun magazines – such as WHSmith R...

Call for ban on sale of gun magazines to children gets massive public support

11-09-2012T00:00:00Z

An overwhelming majority of people want gun magazines that show animals being killed for sport consigned to newsagents’ top shelves alongside pornography, according to a new public opinion poll. An even higher proportion want the sale of such pub...

Call for ban on sale of gun magazines to children

28-08-2012T00:00:00Z

A campaign to ban the sale of gun magazines to children has been launched by Britain’s largest animal rights group, Animal Aid.

Among those backing the initiative is the respected criminologist and public policy expert, Professor Peter ...

There's nothing 'glorious' about the twelfth

03-08-2012T00:00:00Z

The grouse shooting season, which started on the so-called Glorious Twelfth, runs until 10 December. Animal Aid considers a few of the many reasons why this bird-killing festival is nothing to celebrate.

A large number of native birds and mamma...

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