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Rodeo Code of Welfare ‘Sick Joke’
Friday, 31 October 2014, 11:11 am | SAFE
Animal advocacy organisation SAFE says the revised Code of Welfare for Rodeos just released is nothing but a sick joke. “Rodeo animals are goaded, tormented and forced to endure needless suffering and gross mistreatment, all for the sake of so-called ... More >>
Former Rodeo Performer Condemns NZ Rodeo Cruelty
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 9:53 am | SAFE
As Huntly Rodeo shuts down for good a United States former rodeo performer and veterinarian is condemning rodeo as ‘inherently inhumane’ in an open letter released today . As the New Zealand rodeo season begins, Dr Peggy Larson has joined with animal ... More >>
Glassons Blasted For Glamourising Animal Cruelty
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 10:26 am | SAFE
Clothing brand Glassons have found themselves embroiled in another controversy after launching a new advert featuring a girl riding a bull. Animal advocacy organisation SAFE have asked them to remove the ad immediately as it glamourises animal cruelty. ... More >>
Bunnies Offered Protection With New Technology
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 9:50 am | SAFE
SAFE is announcing the spring launch of its “bunny protector” – a new mobile phone app that will help shoppers on the go avoid animal-tested cosmetics products. Suitable for both iPhone and android, the ‘SAFEshopper Cruelty-free NZ’ app will ... More >>
Move from ‘Clean and Green’ to Mega Farms Spells Disaster
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 10:32 am | SAFE
The age of mega factory farms is beginning, warns advocacy group SAFE. One of the world’s largest dairy factory farms has opened up right here in New Zealand. This is part of an alarming trend towards massive factory farms which SAFE says could ... More >>
Burger Lovers Urged to Keep Pork Off Their Fork
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 9:17 am | SAFE
Animal advocacy group SAFE is urging consumers to opt out of that bacon burger. They are asking Kiwis to ‘keep pork off their fork’ with their pick of New Zealand’s top gourmet vegetarian and vegan burgers for World Vegetarian Month this October. ... More >>
New Zealand's 2014 Hottest Vegetarians Crowned
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 10:22 am | SAFE
With winter gone things are heating up, and things just got even hotter with the crowning of New Zealand’s hottest vegetarians, says animal advocacy group SAFE. Marking World Vegetarian Day, 1st October, director James Napier Robertson and actor ... More >>
Dairy Strategy Proving to be a Disaster
Friday, 26 September 2014, 12:57 pm | SAFE
The intensification of the dairy industry is proving to be a disaster, says SAFE. This comes after the forecast 2015 milk price payout was cut 12% by Fonterra this week. “Last year, the government effectively gave the green light for the dairy ... More >>
National Stands To Lose Votes If Animal Welfare Is Ignored
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 9:23 am | SAFE
SAFE has presented Prime Minister John key with a 40,000 signature-strong petition calling for a farrowing crate ban. More >>
National U-Turns: now admits cages for hens are cruel
Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 9:14 am | SAFE
In a New Zealand first all major political parties have spoken out against the incarceration of layer hens in cages. More >>
Factory farming debaters to look chicken in the eye
Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 9:23 am | SAFE
MPs participating in a panel discussion about factory farming will come face-to-face with a real live hen, rescued from the claws of the intensive farming industry. Hettie the Hen will demonstrate to the MPs what little space is afforded to each of New ... More >>
Voters favour parties with factory farming policies
Monday, 1 September 2014, 9:16 am | SAFE
A Horizon Research poll shows that 64.7% of adults are more likely to vote for a political party with a policy against factory farming. More >>
Labour- Positive for Factory Farmed Animals
Monday, 25 August 2014, 11:46 am | SAFE
Chickens in cages and pigs in crates will be clucking and oinking for joy today, after the Labour Party’s commitment to end intensive farming. Today, SAFE received Labour’s new Animal Rights policy which aims to stop the cruel incarceration of ... More >>
Housing Matters to Animals Too
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 9:40 am | SAFE
Today, 13 August, animal advocacy organisation SAFE, with the help of actor Robyn Malcolm, launches its ‘Housing matters to animals too’ election campaign, urging the public to support those political parties with firm policies banning all factory-farming ... More >>
Auckland Council Bypasses Public, Ditches Rodeo Ban
Monday, 28 July 2014, 9:25 am | SAFE
Auckland Council Bypasses Public, Ditches Rodeo Ban The Auckland Council has announced that they are abandoning the rodeo ban on council land, put into place in 2008. This was done with virtually no consultation, says SAFE, the animal advocacy organisation. ... More >>
National Rally Against Factory Farming
Friday, 25 July 2014, 9:31 am | SAFE
Animal advocates and members of the public all over New Zealand will unite for a ‘National Day of Action Against Factory Farming’ Saturday, tomorrow 26 July in response to two recent exposés that showed horrific conditions on pig factory farms. More >>
Cocktails for Industry Officials, Squalor for Pigs
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 9:52 am | SAFE
When members of the pork industry meet at their annual conference at Auckland’s Novotel Hotel today, animal advocates are expecting urgent action to address cruelty issues on factory farms. Animal advocacy group SAFE says pork industry officials ... More >>
Opposition Announcement on Cosmetics Testing Welcome News
Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 3:14 pm | SAFE
Animal advocacy group SAFE say they’re delighted at today's announcement from the Labour party that they have committed to a ban on cosmetics testing on animals, plus the sale and import of animal tested products. The news comes after a two year campaign ... More >>
Labour Party Leads the Way against Factory Farming
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 11:25 am | SAFE
If the nation’s factory farmed pigs could vote, the Labour party would be ruling the roost come this year’s election, says animal advocacy organisation SAFE. Labour leader and animal welfare spokesperson MP Trevor Mallard made history yesterday by ... More >>
Issues in Pig Farming Deepen with New Footage
Sunday, 6 July 2014, 8:11 pm | SAFE
Animal charity SAFE says issues in the pig industry could be even worse than previously thought, with the release of new footage of pigs being physically abused by farm workers. Filmed on a hidden camera by activists from Farmwatch the footage, shown ... More >>
