PETA UK

In this straight-talking ad, Simon Cowell has some advice that’s impossible to argue with: never, ever leave a dog inside a hot car.

Every way you look at it, going vegan makes sense; for animals, for your health, for the environment, for your conscience and even for your wallet!

All across the country in public spaces – outside shops, at train stations or under bridges – pigeons are dying in pain after becoming trapped in netting designed to deter them.

Compassion and common sense won out this week when Leeds University cancelled plans to host a petting zoo on campus.

Earlier this month, as part of a competition to win some ethical shampoo, we asked you for your cruelty-free beauty tips – and were totally overwhelmed by the response!

Worrying news this week: the RSPCA reports that in England and Wales, convictions for cruelty to animals have risen by a third in the last year.

A draft bill was tabled in Parliament to stop circuses using animals beginning in 2015 – a move that all British people can celebrate.

Cruelty is in the air, as a result of the shipments of terrified monkeys to laboratories in the cargo holds of some Air France flights. Use your voice to help these animals.

Are UK pigeon racers putting human health at risk? After an outbreak of deadly avian flu virus H7N9 Chinese authorities have suspended pigeon races in Shanghai.

Cross-channel pigeon racing’s chilling secret is the widespread killing of hundreds of thousands of birds each year – often by having their necks broken by untrained hobbyists.