Jonathan Safran Foer used to love his grandmother’s chicken and carrots. But after his son was born, the bestselling American author decided to give up meat. Like German author Karen Duve, who is also writing a book about eating ethically, Foer is trying to make the world a better place. It was a magical moment [...]
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FREMANTLE Federal candidates have taken stock of the live export issue after the RSPCA urged them to become “political animals” and support a phase-out of the trade. RSPCA chief executive Heather Neil said sheep meat exports were worth 20 per cent more to the economy than sheep sent overseas for slaughter, and keeping sheep in [...]
We may feel queasy eating manipulated meat, but more troubling is the motivation of the affluent West By Paul Vallely Photographers, like poets, understand the power of suggestion. Which is why they get low on the ground and point the camera upwards towards the cow, so its muzzle becomes huge and an enormous head dwarfs [...]
Australia’s animal welfare lobby wants federal politicians to turn their attention to factory farming and live exports. The RSPCA has launched its election platform, calling for live exports to be phased out, truthful labels on humanely farmed food, and an end to the intensive farming of dogs in puppy factories. CEO Heather Neil says the [...]
The Catalan parliament voted to ban bullfighting in an emotional session packed full of deputies, activists and observers, says the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford in Barcelona. In the end the vote passed by an absolute majority – a wider margin of victory than animal rights campaigners had dared hope for. Sixty-eight deputies voted in favour of [...]
The SPCA’s national chief executive is warning the premature birthing of calves could harm New Zealand’s farming reputation. Dairy farmers deliberately birth thousands of calves prematurely each year in a practice known as “inducing”. The vet gives the cows two injections, so their calves will be born 8-12 weeks premature. The practice is done to [...]
MOORABOOL Shire Council has refused a planning permit for the construction of a puppy farm in Ballan. The application was lodged in November last year by a Melbourne puppy breeder who hoped to keep 15 dogs and 85 breeding bitches at the property. Council had received 1300 submissions against the development of the proposed farm, [...]
A little-known species of dolphin, found only in northern Australia, is taking a battering from boats and lost fishing gear off the WA tourist town of Broome. Nearly two thirds of the Snubfin Dolphins that live in Roebuck Bay show injuries from boat hits and fishing gear snags, a new report shows. Dolphin researcher Deborah [...]
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