The results of a study have recently been published which demonstrate a that vegetarians and vegans shown violent pictures have more brain activity in areas relating to empathy. In the study, sample groups of meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans were shown pictures of animals and humans who had been mutilated, murdered, tortured, wounded, etc.
Psychology Today blogger [...]
MORE than a quater of a million healthy cats and dogs are destroyed every year because there are not enough homes for them.
Behind the numbers there is a vicious debate about the oversupply of animals and what can be done to tackle the problem.
On one side, animal welfare groups backed by Sydney lord mayor and [...]
Sale yards, abattoirs and live export depots are to be visited by officers from the Department of Agriculture and Food to promote national animal welfare guidelines.
Chief Veterinary Officer with the Department, Tony Higgs said the officers were committed to helping the State’s livestock industries meet the national Fit to Load guidelines.
“Failure to comply with Fit to [...]
A SEMI-trailer loaded with pigs has overturned in South Australia’s Murraylands, killing some of the animals.
The truck rolled about 5km south of Palmer about 10.20am (CST) this morning.
A police spokesman said a number of the animals are roaming in the area.
Some of the pigs will have to be destroyed because of their injuries, he said.
“At [...]
New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune has broken down while giving evidence at his trial in Tokyo.
Bethune has pleaded guilty to four charges, including trespassing on a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic and carrying a knife.
But he is contesting a charge of assault.
Bethune said when he threw the butyric acid at the Japanese ship, [...]
A Malaysian minister has defended an Indian company’s plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans.
The plans by India’s Vivo BioTech Ltd to set up a biotechnology centre in southern Malacca state has come under fire by activists because it [...]
FREMANTLE has adopted a policy aimed at putting an end to live sheep exports from the port.
A historic decision was made last night by the City of Fremantle to support a phase out of live exports.
More than 80 per cent of the nearly 4 million Australian sheep exported in 2006 were loaded through the port [...]
It’s no news that medical scientists use animals such as mice to test drugs, including pain-relief drugs. It also should be no surprise that, in order to assess the effectiveness of pain relief drugs, scientists first inflict pain on the animals.
What’s in the news at the moment is that some scientists are currently performing tests [...]
Last Sunday, over a thousand piglets and more than one hundred adult sows died in a fire at an intensive piggery near Gingin, Western Australia.
Last year Westpork was charged under the Animal Welfare Act 2002 following from a police raid of the piggery in 2007. The West Australian newspaper published an article regarding the charging, [...]
Sadly, Edgar Alan Pig died last week, only a few days after his seventh birthday. The famous founding-member of Edgar’s Mission in Victoria apparently had a previously undiscovered kidney problem.
Edgar’s seventh birthday was on Sunday 18 April, and was celebrated at Edgar’s Mission with cakes and visitors.
On a tribute page to her four-legged friend, Edgar’s [...]
In the wake of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, there have been some early reports on the impact on Iceland’s animals. The ash that has brought Europe to its knees is a health threat to animals and humans alike. So far the reports have focussed on domestic animals, mainly horses and cattle.
The [...]
Actor Kate Winslet has narrated a PETA video showing the cruelty of foie gras production. For more information about foie gras, see nofoiegras.org.
The following article on the subject was published by the Australian newspaper.
Winslet speaks out against foie gras
The Australian, 15 April 2010
OSCAR-WINNING actress Kate Winslet has thrown her weight behind a campaign against foie [...]
ABC Rural have posted an article about futurist Marcus Barber’s conclusion that the world is facing serious ongoing water shortages, and that part of the solution is to become vegetarian or mostly-vegetarian.
Marcus Barber has a Master of Science in Strategic Foresight, and is a particularly interested in water and food production. He has several related [...]
Christein Meindertsma, 29, said: ‘Like most people, I had little idea of what happens to a pig after it leaves the abattoir so I decided to try to find out. I approached a pig farmer friend who agreed let me follow one of his animals.’
Identified by its yellow ear tag number, 05049, her pig trail [...]
From Food to Fork
ABC Lateline broadcast: 25/03/2010
Reporter: Karen Barlow
Descriptions such as free range, farm fresh and free trade are used to attract consumers eyes and allay animal welfare concerns, but many are stuck on food with little scrutiny.
To watch the program click here. (Warning: Contains disturbing images.)
Transcript
TONY JONES, PRESENTER: The saying goes you are what [...]
THE handler of the caged kangaroo being used by Tourism Australia in the US said Steve Irwin would “approve”.
Shocking video footage showed 10-year-old Fesnick crouching in a cage on a busy Los Angeles street and exposed Tourism Australia to allegations of animal cruelty.
The stunt was part of Tourism Australia’s “G’day USA” marketing campaign.
Handler Jim Brocket, [...]
HUNDREDS of cows have died aboard a live export ship bound for Egypt from Fremantle.
The 266 cattle were the first to be exported to Egypt since the practice was banned in 2006.
A federal investigation has been set up to establish the cause of deaths, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
RSPCA Australia CEO Heather [...]
In the world of music, Moby is known for wearing lots of different hats — DJ, singer-songwriter, eclectic musician. Now the longtime vegan can add “editor” to the list with the publication of “Gristle,” a collection of essays that explore issues of food safety, factory farming, compassion for animals, and how the food we eat effects the [...]
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Over the past two decades, Monika Biernacki has successfully found new homes all over Sydney for 9000 canines whose lives she saved on the days of their intended executions.
The first and the only thing Biernacki usually learns about each animal’s history is when a council employee rings asking her to take an almost [...]
To tread more lightly on the planet, our diets must change
Thoughts from Commissioner Tim Lang speaking at the Holyrood Conference on Scotland’s National Food Policy
At no time in history has the pace and scale of change in our diet been faster than the last 50 years.
During this time consumer choice has massively increased but choice [...]
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