Ending cruelty


  • Understanding the issues: cattle stations

    While many cattle on the vast stations in the north of Australia are destined for live export, their troubles begin well before they ever set foot on a ship. Painful procedures, infrequent monitoring and care, and the stresses of mustering…

  • Stop cattle cruelty

    Australian beef and dairy industries these gentle giants are confronted with problems that they desperately need our help to solve.

  • Help stop sheep cruelty

    Uncover what the meat and wool industries really mean for sheep, and take action.

  • Slaughterhouse cruelty: the human factor

    An industrialised environment of violence, fear and death means that animals are not the only victims of slaughterhouses.

  • Duck farming: 9 ways duck farms are failing animals

    The Humane Society of the United States, ‘An HSUS Report: The welfare of animals in the duck industry’

  • Understanding the issues: caged birds

    Rather than acknowledging the obvious cruelty of keeping a living being destined to fly free in the sky confined in a cage, we have been conditioned to think that this practice is acceptable.

  • Understanding the issues: farming for fur

    Eighty-five percent of the fur industry’s skins come from animals raised in ‘battery’ cages2, where animals are deprived of any form of quality of life and the ability to perform their natural and instinctual behaviours. Mink live solitary lives and…

  • Understanding the issues: painful procedures for cattle

    Dehorning is one of the most traumatic experiences cattle are forced to endure. Both male and female calves usually undergo this surgical procedure without anything to dull the pain.

  • Understanding the issues: kangaroo shooting

    Each night in Australia, kangaroo families flee in terror as they’re chased down by hunters in utes. These iconic native animals are being slaughtered at an alarming rate to supply the lucrative meat and skin trade.

  • How laws are failing animals: codes of cruelty

    Have you ever wondered why hens can be packed into a single cage for their entire lives, when their suffering is so obvious? Or why mother pigs can be confined in cages so small they can't even turn around?

  • Kangaroo cruelty receives national attention on ABC’s 7.30

    Government-sanctioned kangaroo killing has been largely hidden from the public eye – carried out as darkness falls across the outback. Until now.

  • Stop savage 'pig dogging' in Australia

    Take urgent action to help stop the shameful 'sport' of pig dogging in the Australian bush, where many animals die slowly and painfully.

  • Pledge to never bet on horse racing cruelty

    For the horses forced to race, much more than money is at stake... Take the pledge today to spare these sensitive animals from the cruelty of this profit-driven industry.

  • Pledge to be fur-free!

    Almost all fur in Australia is imported from Europe, the US and Asia, where animals killed for their fur are caught from the wild in painful traps, or are locked in tiny cages on fur factory farms.

  • Petition to end the brutal Canadian seal slaughter

    Help strengthen Australia's voice for seals by signing the petition to the Canadian High Commissioner in Australia.

  • Pledge to choose cruelty-free products

    Cosmetic testing bans haven’t ended animal suffering. Millions of animals are still used in chemical tests for drugs, pesticides and household products. Choosing cruelty-free is the key to ending this cruel practice.

  • Pledge to adopt, not buy

    Your important commitment to adopt, not buy, can save lives and help end the pet overpopulation crisis.

  • Help end jumps racing carnage

    Jumps racing is up to 20 times more dangerous to horses than flat racing. Take action now and help spare them from facing injury and death for the sake of racing 'entertainment'.

  • Millions of Australian sheep have been spared live export since 2002

    Over nearly two decades, together we've helped protect millions of animals from the horrors of live export.

  • Shocking cruelty inside Aus Govt approved slaughterhouse

    Urge Labor to keep their promise to end live sheep export, and call for an end to cruel practices from a slaughterhouse approved by the Australian Government’s live export scheme.