An investigation by Animals Australia during the Eid religious festival in Jordan in mid-October 2013 shows Australian sheep being dragged along the ground, thrown into car boots or trucks and carved open at the throat. Over 10,000 Australian sheep were sold outside the current Exporter Supply Chain Assurance Scheme (ESCAS), introduced in 2011 following the Indonesian…
Australia’s largest woodchip exporter has stopped logging in areas with high populations of koalas after admitting it had killed and maimed animals in Victoria’s south-west. You can read more here: http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/australian-bluegum-plantations-says-sorry-for-killing-koalas-20131029-2wdnu.html Also, see the footage aired last night on ABC’s 7:30 program:
Associate Justice Derham of the Supreme Court of Victoria yesterday expedited the hearing of Mylo’s appeal by directing, first, that both the application for leave ( permission) to appeal and the appeal be heard together by a Judge of the Court and, second, that the parties file and serve written submissions and a court book…
Animals Australia has exposed yet more evidence of sheep exported from WA being sold outside the federal export supply chain system in Jordan and Kuwait for likely private slaughter in backyards as part of the religious Eid festival. In Jordan 10,000 sheep were found located at places not approved by the federal supply chain, suggesting…
Bobby (male) calves are only 5 days old when transported to the abattoir, solely on the grounds that they are a cost to the dairy farmer and of no use. In the Panel’s view an animal’s life must count for much more than immediate euthanasia or an early death. Read more here: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/call-for-better-life-for-dairys-rejects-20131012-2vff7.html
Woolworths has announced it will phase-out the sale of eggs from caged hens by 2018. The sale of caged eggs by Woolworths has dropped dramatically in recent years as consumers concerned about animal welfare exert their market power. In 2009 caged eggs made up 70% of Woolworths sales; now they comprise just 50%. The plight…
The Panel intervened this week to save a dog, Zeus, from being put down by Brisbane City Council as an alleged restricted breed dog, pending the arrival from interstate in the next fortnight of a veterinarian (arranged by the Panel) to assess Zeus and certify that he is not a restricted breed dog, and if…
The Panel is delighted to confirm that Mr Bill Bruce will be presenting at the following seminars throughout Australia: Sydney (Supported by Australian BSL Protesters and Team Dog) Date: Thursday 17 October 2013 Time: 2-4pm AND 6-8pm (two seminars) Location: The Barnett Long…
The challenge in the Supreme Court of Victoria to save Knuckles and Zeus from euthanasia a few weeks ago by the City of Greater Geelong concluded today with the lives of both dogs spared. But for the Court challenge, these two dogs would have been killed. However there are further legal steps to be taken, including…