Frances Ⓥ

Gold Dancer died at Aintree on Friday. He was not the first. He will not be the last. The RSPCA confirmed he was the 42nd horse to die in UK racing in 2026. It is only April. Since the year 2000, 68 horses have died at Aintree alone. PETA responded by calling the Grand National Festival the Grand Massacre. Animal Aid said the words that landed hardest: Everyone who bought a ticket, placed a bet or watched the ITV coverage paid for this horse to die. The BHA pointed to a falling fatal injury rate of 0.22 percent in 2025. Animal welfare groups said that number still represents hundreds of horses dying every year for entertainment. Gold Dancer won £67,524. He was dead within minutes of crossing the line. The Grand National ran the following day.

We are a nation of animal lovers. The UK was the first country to ban fur farming. But, more than two decades later, we’re still waiting to celebrate a true #FurFreeBritain 🦊. Millions of beautiful wild animals suffer in cages on fur farms, waiting in fear until they become nothing more than a bobble on a hat or a trim on a jacket 💔. They cannot wait any longer for change. Please take two minutes to email the DEFRA Secretary of State and urge her to confirm that fur is out of scope in UK-EU reset negotiations. 👉 bit.ly/Fur-Scope Animals cannot risk more barriers to a #FurFreeBritain.

“1357 grey hounds died at the trackside in Britain between 2017 to 2024, 35,168 sustained long term injuries” this is a cruel sport from cradle to grave and has no place in modern Britain” my interview on LBC with Iain Dale

Can’t believe people are still trying to defend this cruel & exploitive industry. Time it was banned in England as well