Animal Rights -> Smart List

Coalition Against Duck Shooting

Other Articles: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, Archive Despite the ravages of climate change; long-term drought across eastern Australia; Victoria in drought; bushfires raging; millions of fish dying in the Murray-Darling river system; important waterbird breeding wetland the Menindee Lakes completely dry and native waterbird numbers at seriously low levels, the Andrews Labor Government has again ignored the science and declared a 2019 recreational duck shooting season.

The 10 Rights for Dolphins as 'Non-Human Persons'

Dolphins are so intelligent, say scientists, they deserve their own cetacean Bill of Rights.

Animals Australia - for a kinder world

Animals Australia works to protect the most vulnerable and abused animals in our society. Join us to help end factory farming & protect ALL animals from cruelty.

Taiji dolphin hunt: activists to launch unprecedented legal challenge

Exclusive: lawsuit in Japan contends that dolphins are wrongly classified as fish and should be protected as mammals

Animal Welfare Institute

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has sought to reduce the human-inflicted suffering of all animals since its founding in 1951.

Save Our Sharks

Save Our Sharks aims to educate about the true nature of sharks, with the aim of creating respect, appreciation & conservation of these amazing creatures.

World Animal Protection | Move the world to protect animals International

Our vision is a world where animals live free from suffering - together we can move the world for animals

Animal Law Guide NSW 2nd Edition

Published by the Law Society of NSW [young LAWYERS]

The world’s platform for change

Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform, using technology to empower more than 200 million users to create the change they want to see.

Humane Society International

Humane Society International (HSI) works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond and confront cruelty in all its forms. Learn more about our work.

15-Ways-to-Help-Wildlife -> free ebook

WIRES - NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue information Service Inc.

Why you can't keep native mammals as pets

The best place for native animals is in the bush where they can live in their natural environment. Native mammals have special needs and do not thrive in confined domestic environments. Native mammals need to be housed and looked after in particular ways to ensure their wellbeing. NSW Dept. of Planning, Industry & Environment.

Wild For Life Home

Australian wildlife - born to be wild. Many people are unaware of how cruel it is to keep native animals as pets

New report shines light on who commits animal cruelty and how they are punished

The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council's new report reveals that most cases of animal cruelty handled by the law are in fact animal neglect.

Wild For Life | WIRES

Sign WIRES petition to help keep wildlife in the wild, native animals should not be pets, they should be wild for life

Dr. Jane Goodall - Rewind the Future

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Think Inc. and the Jane Goodall Institute Australia are proud to bring to you, Jane Goodall: Rewind The Future in May 2019.

Environmental Law -> Smart List

Image courtesy of Jeremy Bishop: Unsplash

'Boiled alive': New footage shows full scale of live exports horror

It is the footage commercial television would not show.

Pigcasso

Original Art by Pigcasso, from Farm Sanctuary SA

Australia leads the world on extinction, with the highest number of mammals declared extinct since European settlement.

Australia's biggest ever alliance of environment groups, protecting the laws that protect the places you love.

Steven Wise: Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights

Chimpanzees are people too, you know. Ok, not exactly. But lawyer Steven Wise has spent the last 30 years working to change these animals' status from things to persons. It's not a matter of legal semantics; as he describes in this fascinating talk, recognizing that animals like chimps have extraordinary cognitive capabilities and rethinking the way we treat them -- legally -- is no less than a moral duty.

It is currently legal to eat a dog or cat in the USA. Yes, you read that correctly. It is not a joke or a quirk of the law.

Although reported cases are extremely rare.. The position against such conduct needs to be made clear in order for the USA to lead by example and place pressure on countries where such occurrences are commonplace, or even run as commercial enterprises. The US Congress wants to change this...

Blue Ocean Law Group -> Master Smart List

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C.A.T.S. - Legislative control of cats

People who through the kindness of their heart feed stray cats can't get them registered if there are more than 2. Here lies a major problem with this approach: if the cats aren't registered, they won't be taken to the vet to be desexed. So, these cats will continue to breed.