US Supreme Court Justice refuses to end injunction against Sea Shepherd

Photo courtesy of The Australian. Original picture from AAP. Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court has refused the application by US- based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to dissolve an interlocutory injunction granted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals prohibiting the group from sailing within 500 metres of Japanese whaling vessels in the Southern Ocean.…

Independent Office of Animal Welfare

Bahrain Feed lot – Sheep handlers with training handling sheep Photo courtesy of Animals Australia Further to our report (see below) of the appointment by the Federal Labor Caucus on 27 November 2012 of a Live Animal Export Working Group to develop a model for an Office of Animal Welfare, click here to read the House of…

Cruel treatment of bobby calves at Victorian abbatoir captured on video

Photo courtesy of Animals Australia.  New footage has emerged capturing the cruel treatment of bobby calves at a Victorian abbatoir. The footage was aired on Lateline on 1 February 2013. It has stirred debate regarding the treatment of bobby calves in Australia and the laws which govern how they may be treated. You can view the…