Live chicks ground up in macerators at game farms

by Colin James | Mar 25, 2021 | Timeline

Animal Aid has captured exclusive footage from a game bird hatchery (Heart of England Game Farm, Warwickshire) which shows hatching and live chicks being tossed into a macerator – a high-speed grinder. Read more here

Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith signalled his support for the campaign

by carole | Feb 18, 2020 | Timeline

Our ‘ban gamebird cages’ adverts were featured on the sides of buses that passed the Defra building

by carole | Feb 18, 2020 | Timeline

Animal Aid is running a series of bus adverts in central London, asking the Environment Secretary to ban cruel cages for breeding game birds. See images of the adverts and find out more

A YouGov poll found that 80 per cent of people oppose the use of cages for game birds

by carole | Feb 18, 2020 | Timeline

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Rooks left in cage traps and a male pheasant shot out of season

by gamebirds_admin | Oct 14, 2018 | Timeline

Animal Aid investigators found rooks left in cage traps without water or a perch. One bird was injured. We also found a pheasant in a cage trap and a male pheasant shot outside of the permitted season. Action: Animal Aid reported the breaches to the police on 5 June...

90% of cages examined were barren and one contained a dead bird

by gamebirds_admin | Oct 13, 2018 | Timeline

Our investigators examined 20 pheasant cages and found 18 of them were barren. Of the other two ‘enriched’ cages, one had a green ‘privacy’ curtain; the other contained a single brick. Inside one of the cages, a bird lay dead. A dunnock was trapped Inside a cage trap...