FRESH evidence of cruel treatment of Australian livestock in foreign markets has raised new doubt about the ability of the government and industry to ensure the welfare of animals exported for slaughter. Footage obtained by The Age shows filth-covered cattle being belted with spike-tipped poles as they are unloaded from a cramped truck in Israel. More [...]

Yes! PAWS will be catering again this year Medieval Carnival down south at lovely Balingup… 27th – 28th August 2011 Saturday  10am-4.30pm     Sunday  10am-4.30pm Journey back to a time of Dragons, Knights in shining armour and Lords & Ladies. Sample some of the Regions finest Wines & tempt your tastebuds with a variety of great [...]

THE head of Meat & Livestock Australia told a Senate inquiry he had never seen the sort of animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs as shown on the ABC Four Corners program in May. MLA managing director Scott Hansen, who was a witness to the inquiry into the live export market to Indonesia, said he had [...]

AUSTRALIA’S live export trade ranks as one of the world’s worst because of the sheer number of animals involved and the long distances they endure, a leading European animal rights lobbyist has said. Peter Stevenson, chief policy adviser for Compassion in World Farming, said the government’s decision to end the month-long live export ban was [...]