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Farmed animals

Many people are shocked to learn that farmed animals are not shielded by the same laws that protect our companion animals, despite the fact all animals share the capacity to suffer. We didn't choose this, but we can change it.

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  • Farmed animals

    This should never happen again

    Investigators have documented cows, pigs, sheep and week-old dairy calves suffering egregious cruelty in Tasmanian slaughterhouses, and it seems until now, no one ‘saw a thing’. Urge your state MP to support calls for independently-monitored CCTV to be made mandatory…

    13 December 2023

  • Farmed animals

    Tell the wool industry: surgery hurts!

    Mulesing, castration and tail docking are routinely carried out without any pain relief - urge the Australian wool industry to enforce proper training and make pain relief mandatory to spare sheep from suffering.

    30 November 2020

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