The music mogul has been persuaded by the Bleeding Lovesinger – who he mentored on UK TV talent show The X Factor in 2006 – to support Sir Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Mondays campaign, in which people give up eating animal products once a week.
Leona – who met the Beatles legend at the end of last year [...]

PIGS kept in tiny cages, chickens fed antibiotics, tomatoes that won’’t ripen and apples stored for months before they hit the supermarket shelves.
It sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, but in fact, these are the realities of global food production, where farm-fresh food is increasingly difficult to source.
With the vast majority of fruit, vegetables, [...]

CAT owners have told the City of Swan that they cannot control their pets, and they should not be held responsible for keeping felines off private property.
Cat owners are the main complainants of a local law introduced in January that allows people to trap straying pets, according to the City of Swan.
The City has received [...]

THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has still not responded to a second request lodged two months ago by the Shire of Waroona seeking permission to shoot 100 western grey kangaroos that live in bush around Preston Beach Golf Club.
Club members claim the roos damage fairways and threaten golfers.
The council, which uses an appealing [...]

THE catching of native fish in Perth lakes and wetlands has been suspended after more than 10 long-necked tortoises drowned in Department of Fisheries’ nets at Lake Goollelal last month.
Department of Fisheries principal research scientist Craig Lawrence said the nets were placed to survey the populations of threatened native fish.
“I am saddened and sorry that [...]

Israel takes a giant step, approving expansion on anti-fur bill to include all animals
The Israeli Government approves unanimously a bill that brings Israel one step closer to becoming the first fur-free country
In one of the most important achievements in the combined efforts of the ‘International Anti-Fur Coalition’ and ‘Let the Animals Live’ in their endeavors [...]