OneKind blog
North Ayrshire Council votes against animal circuses
20 September 2012
The Scottish coastal town of Irvine yesterday saw the latest step towards making the UK free of travelling animal circuses. Above: Libby and Irene at...
Sign petition for badgers
13 September 2012
Badger shooting has now been given the go-ahead in parts of England. In light of this, Brian May has opened a petition to seek a parliamentary debate....
Love pets? Hate snares.
29 August 2012
Animal protection charity OneKind will be taking the anti-snaring message to the Love Pets show in Edinburgh this weekend (1 and 2 September). While...
For sale: one zebra, four horses and four camels
23 August 2012
The Great British Circus has placed an advertisement in Horse and Hound to sell its trained zebra, horse and camel acts. According to an interview in...
Billions of farmed fish need welfare rules
09 August 2012
A significant new report by researchers Alison Mood and Phil Brooke Estimating the Number of Farmed Fish Killed in Global Aquaculture Each Year has...
Steven Berkoff pledges birthday to end animal cruelty
03 August 2012
Acclaimed British actor, writer and director Steven Berkoff has pledged his birthday today (3 August) to OneKind. Visit Steven's birthday giving...
Support needed to reduce experiments as new law published
02 August 2012
The Home Office has published new draft regulations to implement the recent European directive 2010/63 EU on the protection of animals used in...
Experiments on animals continue to rise
10 July 2012
More than 3.79m scientific procedures were carried out on animals in 2011, according to the Home Office statistical report, published today. Despite a...
Europe’s obligations towards animals highlighted
09 July 2012
The European Parliament voted last week to support an important resolution drafted by Marit Paulsen MEP on the European Union Strategy for the...
Transparency required over snare use in Scotland
28 June 2012
OneKind believes snare users in Scotland should report their captures to the Scottish Government. OneKind is calling for a reporting requirement to...