Stop the Mount Walker Puppy Farm
There is a new development application currently with the Scenic Rim Regional Council for a puppy farm which would allow the applicants to keep up to 50 ‘breeding’ dogs at a time. This puppy farm would be located at Mount Walker, and would primarily breed so-called ‘designer’ cross breeds like…
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Qld government fails animals in new rodeo code
Let’s be clear. Achieving the highest standard of protection for rodeo animals in Australia wasn’t the Queensland Government’s primary aim in developing its first ever Rodeo Code of Practice. The new Code is heavily biased towards the rodeo industry with calf roping remaining legal and still no requirement for an…
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Say No To The New Puppy Farm
More great news!! The council has confirmed that no appeal was received during the appeal period for this puppy farm. This puppy farm proposal is now officially rejected and closed. Great news!! Sunshine Coast Council councillors voted strongly in favour of a motion to REJECT the puppy farm application for Diamond Valley Kennels puppy…
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Opinion: Calf roping should be banned
Gayle D’Arcy, Rodeo Campaign Director Calf roping is so controversial it’s already banned in Victoria and South Australia but unfortunately it was still on the 4 day Warwick Rodeo program at the end of last month. At the last APRA Warwick National Finals in 2019, the livestream broadcast even avoided…
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Queensland Needs to Ban Calf Roping Now
As we near the end of 2021, it’s been two years now since the draft Qld Rodeo Standards and Guidelines (S&Gs) were developed. Two years in which the Qld Agriculture Minister Mark Furner has not yet revealed his decision on the fate of the dreadful calf roping (rope and tie)…
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Charges Laid Over Starved Horses
After dozens of horses on one property have been left to slowly starve to death, we raised concerns over the remaining horses and pushed for animal cruelty charges to be laid. In August 2020 it was finally announced that the man responsible was being charged with animal cruelty. He pled…
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Dark side of horse racing exposed
A new documentary film and report just released by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, in collaboration with Animal Liberation Queensland and Animal Liberation, reveals the true number of racehorses sent to slaughter every year. In October 2019 ABC’s 7:30 program highlighted the routine slaughter of racehorses once they…
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Horse racing exposed – one year on
A new documentary film and report just released by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, in collaboration with Animal Liberation Queensland and Animal Liberation, reveals the true number of racehorses sent to slaughter every year. In October 2019 ABC’s 7:30 program highlighted the routine slaughter of racehorses once they are disposed…
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Stop Sunnynook Piggery Expansion
Sunnynook Farms plans to expand its piggery in South Burnett to house nearly 30,000 pigs, just 1.5 km from a local primary school. The effluent is to be spread over the surrounding area, falling only meters from the school building. Trucks transporting pigs in and out, as well as feed…
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