On 20 April 2015, for the first time in history a judge in New York granted an order to show cause and writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a nonhuman animal. In a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe issued an order to show cause and…
The Grand National was tinged with sadness today as a six-year-old horse died after falling at one of the hurdles. The novice hurdler, Seedling, died instantly after he hit and somersaulted over a large jump as he took part in the Mersey Novices Hurdle. He tragically fell at the second to last on the third day…
Izzy’s appeal to the High Court of Australia is to be heard in Canberra tomorrow, 14 April 2015. It will be recalled from previous posts that Izzy’s owner was unsuccessful at first instance in the Supreme Court of Victoria on complaints of procedural fairness about the City of Knox Panel hearing convened to determine whether Izzy…
Last Friday the Panel dispatched lengthy and detailed letters opposing Senator Chris Back’s Criminal Code Amendment (Animal Protection) Bill 2015 to all Federal Labor MPs and relevant Senate cross-benchers. A copy of the panel’s submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport may be found here (submission 240): http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Animal_Protection_Bill/Submissions. The…
On Friday the Panel again publicly called for the greyhound industry to be shut down following the discovery of 55 greyhounds in a mass grave near Bundaberg, Queensland . A 71-year-old man and 64-year-old woman have now been charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm after a police search found a rifle and ammunition in a…