MPs must guarantee that live export cruelty will not continue
Posted by David Reynolds | May 16th, 2013
If Federal politicians cannot give their constituents a personal guarantee that animals will not continue to be abused in the live export trade then they must support new legislation to end live export – a decision that is both in the interests of producers and animals. In a joint press conference with Independent MP Andrew [...]
A FLEDGLING animal rights party will field up to 12 Senate candidates in the Federal Election, as it fights against what it sees as animal brutality in Australia. The Animal Justice Party – the brainchild of economic and ethicist Professor Steve Garlick – has been registered for two years. Prof Garlick was galvanised into action [...]
LIVE cattle exports would not be reopened until Egypt committed to new export standards, even if it meant losing the important market for northern primary producers, the head of the Australian Live Export Council has said. After footage was referred to the Department of Agriculture last week, live exports to Egypt were suspended by the [...]
Six years after the live export trade to Egypt was halted due to the brutal treatment documented in Egyptian slaughterhouses – an Egyptian veterinarian has conveyed that shocking new vision of animal cruelty was filmed by workers as a ‘joke’. The footage filmed in October 2012 – in the only two abattoirs accredited to import [...]
Animal Liberation says it will operate within the law when it uses an robotic drone aircraft to collect evidence of welfare breaches, particularly in feedlots without adequate shelter. The $14,000 hectacopter drone was purchased by the animal rights group in NSW, Queensland and the ACT, with help from private donors. Animal Liberation executive director Mark [...]
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she stands by the Government’s 2011 ban on live exports ahead of a possible clash between farmers and protesters later today. Ms Gillard is in Perth to attend a community cabinet in Thornlie tonight. During a question and answer session on ABC local radio, she was asked by a [...]
DISTRESSING footage of poultry workers mistreating turkeys at an processing plant at Inghams Enterprises in Sydney has been turned over to police. Sydney vet Dr Mark Simpson said the behaviour shown in the footage, taken from a camera hidden in the plant by Animal Liberation over a period of two weeks and given to the [...]
POLICE have charged a man as part of an investigation into animal cruelty in Upper Plenty last week. A number of kangaroos were shot on a private road on the March 9. A 27-year-old Upper Plenty man was charged with a range of firearms, drug and traffic offences. Read the orginal article…
The ACT government killed more than 400 joey kangaroos in their mothers’ pouches during the 2012 round of Canberra’s annual cull. In official documents released under freedom of information laws, the Department of Territory and Municipal Services concedes the official number of 1154 animals destroyed in the conservation cull in May and June 2012 did [...]
An anti-duck hunting group has lost its bid to place undercover inspectors on the wetlands during hunting season. The Coalition Against Duck Shooting offered a $10,000 contribution to the RSPCA or Department of Primary Industries to bring in undercover inspectors. It says hunters who leave injured birds in the water are committing cruelty offences and [...]
An annual family-friendly celebration of folk and world music in a traffic-free, self-contained bush land retreat with something for everyone. Over 90 acts will entertain you on this amazing and magical weekend escape from our everyday lives. So come along and enjoy a meal at the PAWS van Fairbridge Village, South West Highway, 5 km [...]
Southbound is returning on Friday, 4th and Saturday, 5th January 2013 and PAWS wil be there yet again serving its delicious vegan fare. The inaugural Southbound festival began in 2005 and 8 years later, it’s still WA’s only music, camping and arts festival. 2013 marks Southbound’s 9th (yes, 9th!) year and boy, are we excited [...]
The Festival team have hand selected the best of the best food stalls to compliment the vibrant food culture that already trades on Beaufort Street. PAWS is delighted to be one of them yet again. We look forward to be part of the festival and hope to see you… For more information visit Beaufort Street [...]
PAWS will yet again be in the GLBT Pride Parade promoting that “EveryBODY Matters”. Held on November 3 the parade attracts tens of thousands of people to the streets of Northbridge and is a flagship event for Pride WA and the WA community itself. Each year it includes over 50 floats that represent many aspects [...]
PAWS will be Catering for This is nowhere noise 2012 will see the doors of sonic perception in our city burst open by way of a shiny new music event, This Is Nowhere, where you are invited to indulge in the subterranean sounds of artists from home and afar. Music lovers of many varieties will [...]
PAWS will be catering again at this years Conscious Living Expo, The Expo showcases a balanced range of products and services arranged in easy to find colour coded sections with lots of things for visitors to see, touch, taste, try and experience. Exhibition Showcase: The best available products and services in WA for better health and sustainable wellbeing [...]
For any free thinking, media questioning, authority challenging minds Be The Change Events will be showing free fortnightly films based on current world events, hidden from public view by the corporate owned mainstream media. Are you concerned about: Corporate influence? Government Corruption? The Environment? Healthcare aka Sickcare? Politics? Secret Societies? But most importantly – making [...]
PAWS for a Meal at GTM Bunbury music magick , Yes PAWS will be catering this year at GTM to help lift the sun out of darkness at Hay Park on Saturday 19 May 2012 If you’re not from around these astral parts, the gathering of the GTM tribe will welcome and take place at: [...]
Fairbridge Festival of World and Folk Music is Western Australia’s most popular family camping festival which takes place annually in April. It is a friendly celebration of folk, roots, blues, acoustic, celtic, a capella and world music in a traffic-free, self-contained bushland site at Fairbridge Village, South West Highway, 5 km north of Pinjarra, Western [...]
PAWS will again be catering In the Pines as it returns to the beautiful surrounds of the Somerville Auditorium on the grounds of UWA for the 19th installment of this iconic celebration of local music, this year on Sunday April 22. This year the line-up will be as eclectic as ever, featuring everything from indie pop and [...]





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