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Each Australian consumes around 2 kilos of salmon per year.

Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this

Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry, read this first.

  • Peter Singer

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Wombat joey Hope survived more than three weeks without her mother, who was killed by unknown offenders.

Miracle survival: How wildlife rescuers found Hope after the cruelest act

Locals went to extraordinary lengths to save a wombat joey.

  • Bianca Hall
Sheep on board the Ocean Swagman, set to travel from Perth to the Middle East.

Flock it: The WA farmers hoping to turn live sheep exports into a live election issue

The Albanese government has passed a ban on the controversial trade in the last state still doing it: WA. Could it dent Labor’s federal election hopes?

  • Victoria Laurie
Permai the elephant leaves Perth, heading across the Nullarbor.

Permai the elephant begins 2000km journey from Perth Zoo to South Australia

The 37-year-old will begin her trip at around 11.30am on Monday in a custom-made crate complete with air conditioning, CCTV, snacks and water.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Baby gorilla rescued from plane during smuggling attempt in Turkey

A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said on Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat.

Local government rangers called the RSPCA after they found the cat dead in an esky.

Floreat man charged after neighbour’s cat dies in esky

The man had trapped the cat and then called City of Nedlands rangers to notify them, but when they arrived, the animal was dead.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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A man has been charged with animal cruelty after 98 kangaroos were allegedly shot at the NSW Hunter Valley.

Cruelty charges laid after almost 100 kangaroos shot

A man has been charged after the latest in a string of horrific animal cruelty cases in NSW.

  • Perry Duffin
One of the animals at the Eco Hub at Corrimal High School.

‘Horrific acts of animal cruelty’: Dozens of chickens killed at NSW high school

NSW Police are investigating after 29 birds were slaughtered south of Sydney. 

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Erika Wadlow-Smith with Whisper, her retired greyhound

Move over, cavoodles: Meet Sydney’s $27,000 dog

Erika Wadlow-Smith loves her adopted greyhound, but new figures reveal the sky-high costs of rehabilitating the former racing dogs.

  • Jordan Baker
Once the race that stopped the nation, the Melbourne Cup has been in decline for over a decade.

How the Melbourne Cup became the race that bores the nation

Those hoping to lay blame for the cultural decline of the Cup solely on animal protesters or COVID-19 aren’t paying attention.

  • Bianca O'Neill

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