Animals news

• Calls for jump-racing ban after Grand National horse deaths

  15-04-2023 22:46
  
  Animal rights group Animal Aid says change needed after ‘brutal horrors’ at Aintree as three horses die during festivalAnimal rights campaigners have called for jump racing to be banned and “much more stringent” safety measures put in place for the sport after three horses died at the 175th annual Grand National festival.The third fatality, Hill Sixteen, is said to have suffered a broken neck at the first fence at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool before being put down.
  
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• More than 100 animal rights activists arrested after Grand National protests

  15-04-2023 20:17
  
  Demonstration by Animal Rising, a group linked to Extinction Rebellion, delays start of famous race
  More than 100 animal rights protesters have been arrested after a day of demonstrations that culminated in an invasion of the Grand National course that forced the start of the world’s most famous steeplechase to be delayed by a quarter of an hour.More than 70,000 fans were at Aintree to cheer on the 8-1 favourite Corach Rambler, but the day will be remembered more for the sight of dozens of
  
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• Grand National forced to delay start after animal rights protest at course

  15-04-2023 20:17
  
  Activists arrested as group linked to Extinction Rebellion attempts to stop raceTwenty-three animal rights protesters have been arrested after invading the Grand National course and forcing the start of the world’s most famous steeplechase to be delayed by a quarter of an hour.More than 70,000 fans were at Aintree to cheer on the 8-1 favourite Corach Rambler, but the day will be remembered more for the sight of dozens of protesters from Animal Rising, a sister group to Extinction Rebellion
  
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