Wildlife
Victorian duck shooting season is over for another year – hopefully forever
Victoria's brutal 'recreational' duck shooting season is over for another year Could the 2023 season be the last?
31 January 2024
Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur
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Duck shooting: cruel and dangerous for Australian wildlife
Waterbirds and other wildlife in Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania are suffering for the sake of shooter "recreation". Please call on State Governments to protect Australian animals.
19 December 2024
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Wildlife
Hollywood stars urge Nike to save kangaroos (Join them!)
Did you know that wild kangaroos are brutally shot for soccer boots? Watch the short film and sign the petition!
7 February 2023
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Wildlife
Take urgent action for swans
Urge the Tasmanian Government to stop the cruel slaughter of swans and their cygnets for profit, and instead protect native wildlife.
1 December 2022
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Wildlife
Victorian Labor is abandoning kangaroos and joeys to horrific cruelty
Every night in Victoria, joeys and their mums are being terrorised, injured and killed… all for profit.
11 October 2022
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Wildlife
Tell VIC Gov: Stop the kangaroo slaughter
Under the cover of darkness, kangaroo mums and their joeys are being brutally hunted down and killed for the 'pet food' industry. Speak out today to urge the Victorian Government to end the commercial slaughter of kangaroos.
11 October 2022
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Wildlife
Animals Australia joins the International Kangaroo Protection Alliance
Animals Australia is proud to join this international group of wildlife advocates, to help shape a future where kangaroos are respected and protected.
7 March 2022
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Wildlife
Help save monkeys destined for cruel labs
Indonesia's wild monkeys are being captured and exported overseas for horrific experiments. Take action now to stop the cruelty.
28 February 2022
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Wildlife
Muttonbird chicks under attack again
Tasmania is the only state that allows the cruel killing of hundreds of thousands of muttonbirds chicks threatening their long-term survival.
7 February 2022
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Wildlife
Victory for Cape Schanck kangaroos: Kill permit cancelled!
Kangaroos trapped behind fences were at risk of being shot due to a government-sanctioned killing permit – now, thanks to the efforts of Animals Australia’s legal team and supporters, the kill permit has been cancelled. Still, there is more work…
24 January 2022
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Wildlife
Help protect Australia's endangered native animals!
Gentle and vulnerable Australian animals like this Southern hairy-nosed wombat are at risk of extinction if we don't all work together to protect them.
14 January 2022
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Wildlife
End the commercial kangaroo slaughter
Few Australians are aware that our national icon has become the target of a brutal slaughter — all for the sake of profit. Urge the Federal Environment Minister to put an end to the cruelty.
21 December 2021
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Wildlife
Save Cape Schanck kangaroos from slaughter
Trapped behind fences and at risk of being shot, kangaroos in Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula urgently need your help.
17 December 2021
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Wildlife
6 things Aussies can do to help wildlife right now
Six things you can do to help wildlife survive summer.
15 December 2021
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Wildlife
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
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Wildlife
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
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Wildlife
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
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Wildlife
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
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Wildlife
Pledge to help end circus cruelty
The circus is no place for any animal. Please help to create a better future those trapped in the circus 'entertainment' industry by pledging never to support animal circuses.
30 November 2020
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Wildlife
Kangaroo shooting in Australia is mass-slaughter of wildlife... for profit
Kangaroos are being shot and injured, and joeys decapitated, bludgeoned or left to suffer and die.
22 October 2020
