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Victory Alert: Cruel Goat Races Cancelled!
Following an ongoing campaign by our friends at Animal Liberation New South Wales and action from PETA Australia, the Roma Easter in the Country Festival has postponed further goat racing events until 2015. This follows the news that Origin Energy and Qantas have withdrawn their support from the festival because of concerns over the cruelty…
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Joaquin Phoenix Is Drowning
Award-winning actor and animal lover Joaquin Phoenix struggles underwater, panic in his eyes and on his face, in a new ad that asks people to try to relate to frightened and panicked fish who die agonising deaths after being pulled from the water. Joaquin has won many awards for his performances and has been nominated…
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An Offer You Can’t Refuse?
I’ve lost count of the number of times that people have offered me a non-vegan food item and, when I’ve politely refused, have been told, “Oh, don’t be silly, one won’t hurt”. No matter what the item may be (often nothing more than a lolly or some small nibble), the assumption seems to be that…
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Melbourne Fashion Festival Gives Fur the Cold Shoulder!
With numerous Australian designers and department stores turning their backs on fur, the fashion industry has shown that it listens to consumers and will no longer support the cruel fur trade. Now, one of the biggest fashion events in Australia, the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) has issued a no-fur policy for its entire event!…
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PETA Australia: A Year in Review
The year 2012 saw some great victories for animals in Australia, and the PETA Australia Annual Review highlights just a few of them. PETA Australia continued to join other PETA affiliates in campaigning against the barbaric practice of mulesing (in which farmers cut huge chunks of skin from the backsides of lambs) by sending letters…