DOZENS of wallabies stranded by floodwaters have died from heat stress and about 200 are surrounded by crocodiles. The animals are trapped on three small islands because of Lake Argyle’s rising water levels near Kununurra. Food drop for animals | The Department of Environment and Conservation said yesterday that the wallabies could be stranded for [...]

The maximum penalty for serious animal cruelty will be tripled in Queensland following a spate of attacks. The state’s criminal code will be amended to create a new serious animal cruelty offence carrying a maximum seven years’ jail, increasing the penalty from the current maximum of two years’ imprisonment, Premier Anna Bligh said on Monday. [...]

THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has attributed a recent spate of turtle deaths in suburban lakes to Perth’s long, hot summer. Eight turtle deaths have been recorded at Woodlands’ Jackadder Lake during the past five weeks, with deaths also reported in Mt Pleasant, Bibra Lake, Kewdale, and the Perth Hills. The DEC has [...]

PEOPLE should think twice before helping turtles that appear distressed in dried-out lakes. The Department of Environment and Conservation has received many calls to report sick oblong turtles in suburban lakes. DEC wildlife officer Matthew Swan said while dry weather was having an impact, the oblong turtle was a common and adaptable native species. “The [...]

A vegetarian couple on the Greek island of Crete have been barred from adopting a child because of doubts about their diet, a local social welfare official said. The decision was taken because the would-be adoptive parents, who have gone to court to overturn it, eat no meat or fish and officials feared this regimen [...]

PAWS will be here again for this truly amazing festival to ensure wholesome food will be delivered this year we will also have Organic Raw Food available as well as our usual Burgers, Curries and the famous PAWS Chips as those of you that have had the PAWS chips a festival is not a festival [...]

Again PAWS will be catering for the biggest day on the RTRFM calendar, Yes RTR FM in the Pines is locked in for Sunday April 24 at the always gorgeous Somerville Auditorium at the University of Western Australia. This is right slap bang in the middle of Easter, and the day before ANZAC day, so it’s going to be [...]

EXPERTS say that record temperatures and low oxygen levels are to blame for dead fish being washed up on riverbanks and beaches across WA. Dead fish, eels and crayfish have been found on shores with the coastline of Green Head, some 290km north of Perth, being covered in washed up carcasses. Green Head resident Rod [...]