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Stop the Slaughter of the Seals of Nam
The first of July marks the beginning of a killing spree. A minimum of 85,000 cape fur seal pups will be beaten and stabbed to death for their pelts in Namibia. A further 6,000 adult bull seals will also face slaughter so that their genitals can be used to make aphrodisiac potions for sale in…
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‘Free-Range’ Eggs: Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be
The Australian Egg Corporation is pushing ahead with plans to alter the definition of “free-range eggs” to allow farms that confine as many as 20,000 hens per hectare to sell their eggs as “free-range”, despite opposition from animal welfare and consumer groups, MPs and even some free-range egg producers themselves. The present model code recommends…
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VICTORY! University Of Queensland Ends Terminal Experiments on Animals
After ongoing campaigns by our affiliate PETA Asia-Pacific and other groups in Australia, the University of Queensland has confirmed that they have ceased using dogs from local pounds for terminal procedures at their facility. Previously, the University of Queensland had been using unclaimed animals from municipal animal shelters for veterinary students to practice surgery skills…
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New South Wales Government – Don’t Encourage Young Killers
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the Game and Feral Animal Control Regulation is up for review. And in an astonishing move, the new regulation proposes allowing unsupervised children as young as 12 to hunt and kill animals such as pigs and wild dogs using bows and arrows and knives. The regulations are governed by…