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No More Treading Water: Australian Research Council Joins Forced Swim Test Ban

The Australian Research Council has endorsed the NHMRC’s decision to prohibit funding any experiments that use the forced swim test to model human depression in order to study “depression-like …

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There’s Nothing Humane About Australia’s Crocodile Welfare Standards Farm Transparency Project

There’s Nothing Humane About Australia’s Crocodile Welfare Standards

The Australian government is currently reviewing the Code of Practice on the Humane Treatment of Wild and Farmed Australian Crocodiles, which is long overdue an overhaul.

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Government Rejects Its Own Inquiry – Duck Hunting in Victoria to Continue

Shame on the Victorian government for ignoring the recommendations of its own inquiry by continuing to support recreational duck hunting.

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‘Bluey’ Receives Bug Bestie Award! © Ludo Studio

‘Bluey’ Receives Bug Bestie Award!

‘Bluey’ wins a Bug Bestie Award from PETA Kids in honour of the compassion Bingo and Lila show insects.

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Find Out What Lynx Has Banned and How It Will Help Animals

The world’s No 1 men’s fragrance brand joins the PETA US global Beauty Without Bunnies list after banning all tests on animals.

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Sheep Rights Billboard Campaign Fires Up Lamb-Eating Aussies

People don’t like to be reminded that “roast” and “chops” are just meat industry advertising euphemisms for “dead infant body parts”, but it’s the truth.

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My Dog Can’t Walk, Thanks to Fireworks – And We’re Bracing for More on Australia Day

“One thing firework fanatics tend to forget is that animals don’t know the explosions are meant to be festive.”

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Will the Bureau of Meteorology Name Heatwaves and Bushfires After Climate-Heating Meat, Eggs, and Dairy?

A moniker like “Heatwave Beef” would help remind people that using animals for food is one of the biggest drivers of the climate catastrophe.

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PETA and NZAVS Work to Ban the Cruel Forced Swim Test in Aotearoa and Beyond

PETA entity scientists and local animal defenders took on the cruel forced swim test in New Zealand – and won. Read all about their life-saving work.

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New Fur Exposé: Bears Baited With Cookies, Shot With Crossbows

Stephen Fry narrates a new video exposé showing bears being shot with crossbows and revealing the shocking connection of this blood sport to the King’s Guard’s bearskin caps.

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