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Archive for August, 2009

Tracing the strain

Posted in News/media, Pigs on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Swine flu has spread across the world since emerging in Mexico and is now officially the first flu pandemic for 40 years.
As cases continue to multiply, a 23 minute BBC radio documentary investigates the origins of the H1N1 virus and examines claims that it is linked to factory style pig farming in the United States.
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Proof that a van’s not SAFE anywhere

Posted in News/media, SAFE on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A callous thief has left Auckland’s animal crusaders without wheels to make their stand on.
Down a quiet driveway off a busy inner-city road, two faded white lines mark the spot where a van used to be parked. Last Tuesday night, someone stole the campaign van from the organisation’s Auckland headquarters close to the city. The [...]

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Zoo suspended from selling animals

Posted in Animals Australia, News/media on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Taronga Western Plains Zoo has been suspended from selling animals after it misled the public about the sale of endangered antelope to a member of the Shooters’ Party lobbying for the right to hunt them.
The Sydney Morning Herald says documents obtained under Freedom of Information show the zoo made none of the contractual safeguards it [...]

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Crown prosecutor joins SPCA’s free legal team

Posted in Law, News/media, tagged on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Auckland’s senior prosecutor has offered his services for no charge to help the SPCA campaign for tougher penalties for animal abuse.
Simon Moore, SC, the Crown Solicitor, has added his name to a panel of barristers, Queen’s Counsel and law firm partners who prosecute cases for free on behalf of the Auckland SPCA.
NZ Herald>
22 August 2009

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Jockeys encouraged to breach rules

Posted in Horses and horse racing, News/media, tagged on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A slice of jockeys, trainers and owners are in open revolt, determined to breach rules that limit the amount of times a horse can be thrashed during a race. It is a battle of goodwill against greed.
It is hard but so sad to imagine that a section of a modern community could be so determined [...]

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Coalition to counter activists claims

Posted in Chicken and egg, News/media, Pigs, Sheep and cows, tagged on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

‘Fed up with attacks on their livelihood, producers, processors and others involved in the WA meat industry are in the early stages of forming a coalition against animal rights activists and regulations.’
This may not be all bad thing. Sure, the coalition will be in competition with activists. But if, as the article claims, it will [...]

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Broome suspends sister-city relationship with Japanese dolphin slaughter town Taiji

Posted in Campaigns, News/media, Sea mammals, tagged on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Mounting international pressure and activist emails brings dolphins one step closer to protection from Japan’s mass annual dolphin slaughter.
The Shire of Broome held an emergency meeting recently and decided to suspend its sister-city relationship with the Japanese dolphin-killing town Taiji ater being inundated by emails from thousands of Animals Australia supporters and pressure from around [...]

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New animal law service launched in NSW

Posted in Law, News/media, Voiceless, tagged on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Pro Bono Animal Law Service (PALS@PILCH) was launched in NSW last week, filling a growing need to provide animal protection organisations and concerned individuals with access to free legal advice and representation.
The service has been launched to manage requests for pro-bono legal assistance and engage in strategic litigation, community education and policy and law [...]

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Alannah Hill gives bunnies a break

Posted in News/media, PETA, tagged on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Australian fashion designer Alannah Hill has had a change of heart after hearing from thousands of PETA Asia-Pacific supporters.
Take PETA’s fur-free pledge>
PETA, 20 August 2009

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No human cure justifies animal experimentation

Posted in Events/conferences, Testing and experimenting, tagged on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In a presentation at the Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Denise Russell, founding editor of the journal Animal Ethics, will make a powerful case against animal testing, comparing it with the now largely illegal practice of human slavery. Dr Russell argues that animal slavery is condoned and supported by government grants, charitable organizations, honours and [...]

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