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Monkey Business at Monash University
Universities go to great lengths to woo prospective students, rightfully showing off the best that their facilities have to offer. But you can bet that there’s one thing that Monash University in Victoria isn’t telling prospective students about: its macaque-breeding colony, which is funded by the federal government. The colony ensures a ready supply of…
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Safeguarding Animals During Bushfires
Bushfire season in Australia is deadly for wildlife as well as companion and farmed animals.
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Update: VICTORY! Mackenzie’s Home Timber and Hardware Drops Cruel Glue Traps!
Following a campaign by PETA Australia, which included letters and calls from activists, Mackenzie’s Home Timber and Hardware has followed the lead of its parent company, Danks, and stopped selling the sticky death traps. As a result, fewer animals will suffer lingering, painful deaths on glue traps. Thanks to all the activists who contacted the…
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Ask Your MP to Stop Ships of Death
With the number of exposés on the tragedies in the live-export industry in recent years, it is surely time for Members of Parliament to start listening to the public and pushing for a ban on the cruel export of live animals from Australia. Over the past 30 years, Australia has crammed more than 200 million…
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Failed Racehorses Are ‘Wastage’
The recent report on the horse-racing industry on ABC’s Four Corners brought the plight of thousands of horses used for racing into the public eye. The disturbing video footage from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses shows horses discarded by the racing industry who were shot in front of other distressed animals. Horses discarded…