A Sydney abattoir has received a $60,000 fine for for what Magistrate Margot Stubbs characterised as “sickening” cruelty. For the full story click here.

Bahrain Feed lot – Sheep handlers with training handling sheep Photo courtesy of Animals Australia The Australian Greens have introduced a bill for the Office of Animal Welfare. Below are excerpts from the media release from today: The Australian Greens have introduced a bill into the House of Representatives today to establish an independent Office…

Above right: The Draize eye irritancy test. UPI/ Bettman Archive photo. Australian Competition & Consumer Law News reports that Choice has found that some cosmetics companies that advertise their products as “cruely free” are in fact testing their cosmetics on animals in order to be able to sell those products in China. For the full…

Still from media coverage available here Bob Irwin and conservationist Colin Riddell have launched the Animal Coalition with Sea Shepherd. Already the Animal Coalition has signed 28 wildlife groups including Sea Shepherd, Animals Australia and RSPCA Qld. Together, they will fight for better wildlife protection by calling on the total ban on hunting and culling of more than…

More than 800 ducks, many endangered, were killed and abandoned by hunters in an act criticised by Game Victoria as ‘appalling’. The slaughter embarrassed even the most hard-headed of hunters. More than 800 abandoned duck carcasses that shooters did not bother to pick up. At least 150 endangered ducks killed, many among Australia’s rarest. And other…

The controversial live exports trade is facing further scrutiny with fresh allegations of cruelty, this time concerning Australian goats and cattle in Malaysia.Already reeling from footage of Australian cattle being brutally slaughtered in Egypt, footage has emerged of goats being stuffed into sacks and put in the boot of a sedan in Malaysia. You can…

Photo from The Age online. ‘Cattle wait in Darwin stockyards. Photo: Michele Mossop’ The Australia Livestock Exporters’ Council has voluntarily suspended live export to Egypt following the release of new footage of animal cruelty. You can view the ABC 7.30 Report’s story on 6 May 2013 and the footage here. You can read the Egypt trade suspension…

Here is the link to the Seven News report this evening on the annual Warrnambool (western Victoria) Grand National Steeplechase. The report’s video shows two heavy falls by horses. They were apparently uninjured this time. But in the five years to 2011, more than sixty horses have lost their lives in jumps racing events In Victoria and…

Photo courtesy from Stock and Land article. The results of the Industry Government Implementation Group’s review into the export of breeder livestock are out. You can read the full report in this Stock and Land newspaper report.