Grand National Demo: 9th April 2011

A demonstration against the Grand National and horseracing in general will take place at the Aintree racetrack from 11.30 to 14.00, on Saturday 9th April…

The Grand National

——- Send A Message To ScouseVeg ——– Subject: Demo Against the ‘Grand National’ From: Tony Moore, Chairman : Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe (FAACE) in conjunction with Animal Aid have organised a Demo against the 2009 Grand National. This will take place on the day of the Grand […]

The Grand National

—————–Send a message to ScouseVeg:————– Name:: Tony Moore Subject:: The Grand National Website: http://www.faace.co.uk Message:: Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe (FAACE) in conjunction with Animal Aid have organised a Demo against the 2008 Grand National. This will take place on Thursday 3rd April from 12.00hrs to 14.00hrs opposite the main entrance to the Aintree […]

The National Disgrace

There will be a demonstration outside of the Aintree racecourse on Saturday 6th April, from 11.00am to 2.00pm – the day of the Grand National. Info from FAACE: Demo against the Grand National – April 2013 A demonstration will take place on the day of the Grand National, Saturday 6th April from 11am to 2pm, […]

Horse Deaths On The Racecourse

On the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, three horses were killed… From Animal Aid: “The Cheltenham Festival, which has killed nine horses in the last five years, produced three more fatalities on the opening day of the 2012 event. The victims were 11-year-old Scotsirish, 13-year-old Garde Champetre and 7-year-old Educated Evans. The first two, […]

Horse Racing Awareness Week

Horse Racing Awareness Week has already started and it is a campaign by Animal Aid to highlight the dangers of horse racing which every year leads to death of at the least one racehorse at Aintree. Horse Racing Awareness Week takes place in the seven days leading up to the Grand National meeting in Aintree […]

Parkgate Pony Sanctuary Open Weekend

What’s the event ? The Parkgate Pony Sanctuary Open Weekend Celebrating 25yrs of Rescuing Horses and Ponies Where is it ? Raby Park Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64, UK » Map/Directions When is it ? Saturday August 1st, 2009 from 11:00 – 5:00pm Sunday August 2nd, 2009 from 11:00 – 5:00pm More info ? Hosted by […]

Niki On The Radio

Her quest for world media domination continues ! After her telly and newspaper appearances, another medium is captured by one of our own when Niki O’Leary took to the radio last Saturday (March 29th) morning as a guest news reviewer on Simon O’Brien’s radio show on City Talk 105.9 FM: You can listen again to […]

Jonathan Safran Foer on: Eating Animals

Over this past week The Guardian has been posting extracts from Jonathan Safran Foer‘s first non-fiction book: Eating Animals. The American author has been an occasional vegetarian (some years vegetarian, some years omnivore, occasionally vegan) since the age of 10. With the birth of his first child Jonathan pondering the responsibility of making dietary choices […]

Friday News Roundup

I’ve still got lots of human rights stories to post, but more of them later. Today it is the latest news headlines and news of the environment: Via the Guardian: £3.68 trillion: The price of failing to act on climate change Britons face the prospect of a welter of new green taxes to tackle climate […]