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Time for the animal rights movement to go mainstream?

Posted in News/media, Science and ethics, tagged , on February 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Nick Pendergrast has written an interesting article in New Matilda addressing the complex and often confusing distinction between the animal welfare and animal rights movements.
The animal welfare ideology promotes better treatment of animals by humans; the animal rights ideology promotes the abolition of humans’ use of animals. This is sometimes also referred to as the [...]

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WSPA condemns SeaWorld

Posted in Campaigns, Sea mammals, World Society for the Protection of Animals, tagged , on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has condemned SeaWorld after reports of a killer whale killing its trainer. WSPA says the death reveals the serious welfare risk to both people and animals that comes from using animals for the sake of entertainment. WSPA is urging people not to visit marine mammals in [...]

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Leaked pig code may delay end of sow crates

Posted in Campaigns, Pigs, SAFE, tagged , , , , on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Another media storm in New Zealand – this time over a leaked draft of NZ’s new pig code. The code was due to be released in December 2009, but was delayed, apparently under threat of legal action by pork industry, and couldn’t even be obtained under the Official Information Act. Now a draft has been [...]

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Get animal rights updates by topic

Posted in Publications/resources, tagged , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A new feature has been added to Animal Rights Hub Australasia: category-specific RSS feeds. If you are interested in just one or two animal rights topics, the new feature allows you to get updates on those topics only. Just go to the RSS by topic page, select the category or categories that interest you, and [...]

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Happy as a pig in Mudgee

Posted in News/media, Pigs, Voiceless, tagged , , , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Voiceless is trumpeting its part in prompting journalist Amanda Woods to take a look into pig farming and the meaning of ‘free range’ pork.
Woods read Voiceless’ report on intensive pig farming in Australia, From Paddocks to Prisons, and suddenly her ‘plate was piled high with questions that wouldn’t go away.’
The piece looks at how pigs [...]

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The much-abused chicken is pecking back

Posted in Animal Liberation, Chicken and egg, News/media, tagged , , , , , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

With a stubborn unwillingness among Australia’s regulatory bodies to work toward improving the welfare of factory farmed hens, Mark Pearson, executive director of Animal Liberation, wonders if the risk to human health will be the only thing that will make the authorities act:
‘The European Union will ban the barren cage in 2012 – many EU [...]

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Biggest issue left out of cow welfare code

Posted in Sheep and cows, tagged , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The New Zealand Green Party has responded with disbelief that the new NZ Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare does not address the issue of factory farming of dairy cows.
The Minister of Agriculture David Carter has acknowledged that the Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare 2010 did not cover the proposed factory farming of cows in the [...]

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Kangaroo campaigns heating up

Posted in Campaigns, Native, wild and feral animals, News/media, tagged , , , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Animal Liberation is reinvigorating its 440,000 Joey Campaign following lots of media activity about Australia’s kangaroo slaughter and the pros and cons of eating kangaroo meat.
The news has been running hot with items on a campaign within the EU to ban kangaroo meat imports, a move by China to approve the importing of kangaroo meat, [...]

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Campaign to retire circus elephant

Posted in Campaigns, Circus, zoo and rodeo, tagged , , , , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Animals Australia is calling upon Perry Bros Circus to retire its last elephant, Saigon, from circus life to a facility where her behavioural needs can be met, and where she can enjoy a better quality of life.
Saigon is 55 years old and too old to perform. Yet she still endures the stress of being trucked [...]

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New code released for dairy cattle welfare in NZ

Posted in Publications/resources, Sheep and cows, tagged , on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

New Zealand’s Minister of Agriculture has released a Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare that aims to encourage farmers to adopt the highest standards of animal care and provides guideline principles of good practice.
The code was developed by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, applies to all dairy cattle, and covers all aspects of dairy cattle [...]

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