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Animals in sport & leisureHuman beings have historically wanted to confine, use and kill animals for personal pleasure and/or convenience. Animals are imprisoned in the name of 'entertainment'; chased and destroyed in the name of 'sports'; forced to race to make punters money and millions are killed so their bodies can be turned into 'fashion' items. A number of national and international animal protection groups confront such exploitation. Animal Aid - for strategic reasons - focuses on horse racing and pheasant production and shooting. While Animal Aid concentrates on these two issues, we provide factual briefings and undertake campaign initiatives on a whole range of issues relating to the use of animals for sport and leisure. Every April Animal Aid promotes Horse Racing Awareness Week, which culminates on the day of the notoriously cruel Grand National horse race at Aintree. Almost every year without exception, horses have been killed at the three-day event. |
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| For links to all the resources for Animal Aid campaigns in this area see the sport & leisure archive. | ||||||||||||||||
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