Ending cruelty

Ending cruelty

Understanding the issues: painful procedures for sheep

Despite their gentle nature and capacity to suffer as any other animal, sheep aren't protected by the same laws as dogs and cats.

8 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Australia's secret primate experiments

Every year, millions of animals — hundreds of them non-human primates — are subjected to experiments in the name of science in our own backyard.

8 December 2021

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…

8 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Stop cattle cruelty

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

8 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Help stop sheep cruelty

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

8 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Slaughterhouse cruelty: the human factor

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

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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’

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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…

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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?

7 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

6 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

3 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Spare horses: 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 sector.

6 October 2026

Ending cruelty

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.

3 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

3 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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.

3 December 2021

Ending cruelty

Pledge to adopt, not buy

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

3 December 2021

Ending cruelty

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'.

27 August 2024