RAJU the bear will never have to smoke cigarettes or dance on his hind legs under the hot sun again thanks to a multinational project to save an endangered species and end a cruel centuries-old tradition in India. Raju was the last endangered sloth bear that had to work for a living, but who now [...]

Australia’s live exporters say tighter global regulations should be considered, after one of the industry’s worst accidents. More than 40 sailors are feared dead and almost 30,000 head of livestock were killed when a live export ship sunk off the coast of Lebanon on the weekend. The ship was transporting stock from Uruguay and LiveCorp [...]

A BIZARRE plan to farm Kiwi cows in indoor cubicles is poised to jeopardise the eco-friendly nation’s clean, green image. The Green Party has come out guns blazing, calling it “factory farming” that was a “chilling prospect” from an animal welfare perspective and could do immense harm to the country’s international brand. “Once word gets [...]

Australians may think of themselves as animal lovers, yet our laws allow many animals to suffer a lifetime of cruelty in the name of profit. We are well behind world’s best practice in this area, particularly Europe. Here, millions of farmed animals such as pigs or chickens are still confined in restrictive cages that prevent [...]

An escapee steer which fell into Darwin Harbour while being loaded for live export has been recaptured by mariners. Darwin Port Authority asked Ben Wall of Workboats Northern Australia to investigate after receiving reports of a floating steer. Mr Wall and his crew found the animal exhausted and close to drowning, and he said it [...]