Animal cruelty
Man charged over ‘senseless’ mass slaughter of wombats
Nine wombats were found bearing tyre marks and were artificially staged after being deliberately hit with a car, the Conservation Regulator alleges.
- Angus Delaney
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Perth vet’s registration cancelled after multiple complaints and two dead dogs
Adrian Burstein had his registration cancelled after appearing before the State Administrative Tribunal.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘They just kept dropping’: Suspected mass bird poisoning probed
Hundreds of birds have been found dead in Springvale South since Saturday. Many fell from the sky and into a shopping centre car park, leaving shoppers and wildlife volunteers traumatised.
- Alexander Darling
Racing Queensland responds to criticism of ‘deadliest’ greyhound track
The body has insisted it takes animal welfare seriously following damning criticism of an $85 million greyhound track dubbed Australia’s “deadliest”.
- Cameron Atfield
Racing suspended at Australia’s ‘deadliest’ greyhound track
Racing at Queensland’s new greyhound racing hub has been suspended due to unsafe conditions – a decision made after a string of dog fatalities at the brand new $85 million three-track facility.
- Cameron Atfield
Former Australian Olympic videoed whipping a horse 42 times
The former Australian Olympian has defended his actions on social media, saying it was “life or death” for the horse which was on its way to the knackery.
Tears, cheers and smears: Emotional council vote over animal shelter
The new contract for the operator of a Glen Iris pound saw more than 3000 people sign a petition, a packed council meeting and a heated dispute over an animal euthanasia policy.
- Lachlan Abbott
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Respect local cultures? Sometimes that culture doesn’t deserve respect
Other countries do things differently to ours, the world would be a terribly boring place if they didn’t. But at some point you must draw a line.
- Ben Groundwater
‘He feels as trapped as the chickens’: How an activist teamed up with the ‘enemy’
What happened when the activist and the chicken factory-farmer joined forces? They exposed the lies behind the ‘humane’ treatment of shed-reared chooks.
- Rutger Bregman
‘Deeply disturbing’: Man charged over animal cruelty videos
A Broken Hill man was allegedly filmed torturing kangaroos and farm animals in a series of videos too graphic to publish.
- Jessica McSweeney
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