In 2021, video games are big business – bigger in dollar terms than Hollywood and North American sports combined. Video games are not just for children: many parents and other adults play video games on a regular basis. Games such as Grand Theft Auto can be both hyperviolent and a lot of fun; they seem […]
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The Victorian parliament has been presented with a motion that would recognise animal abuse as often intimately related to family violence. Advanced by Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick, the motion aims to address the serious problem of women (and sometimes men) who are unable to leave abusive relationships due to the risks to their […]
Continue ReadingThe RSPCA confirmed the results of an autopsy on a koala found screwed to a post at a lookout point in the Gympie region in mid-January. The Gympie Times reports that results show the koala was hit by a car and was likely dead before it was secured to the wooden post with building screws. […]
Continue ReadingStewards from Racing NSW have opened an inquiry in to alleged animal cruelty by the Mounted Division of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). Allegations of mistreatment, illegal sedation and cruelty to horses surfaced in a Sydney Morning Herald report last month. Racing NSW began to act following a mid-January incident at the Falls Music & Arts Festival […]
Continue ReadingThe actions of a concerned Egyptian veterinarian have thrown the live export industry in to yet another scandal. In April Mahmoud Abdelwahab corresponded with animal welfare group Animals Australia, and they subsequently obtained footage of slaughterhouses in Egypt. The footage shows cruelty in facilities that the live export industry has previously deemed to meet Australian […]
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