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ACT MP Uncaring About “Silly Little Chickens”
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 1:33 pm | SAFE
ACT MP Uncaring About “Silly Little Chickens” Outlandish and offensive comments made by Act MP Hilary Calvert last night on TVNZ’s Back Benchers has outraged animal welfare advocates. SAFE says Calvert’s comments about the plight of three million ... More >>
Auckland Zoo Proposal a Cruel ‘White Elephant’
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 2:38 pm | SAFE
Auckland City Council will decide the fate of three Asian elephants tomorrow. After two years of debate and controversy the Auckland City Council is expected to make a crucial decision whether to allow Auckland Zoo to house more elephants. More >>
Parents Warned Duck Shooting Too Dangerous
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 7:59 pm | SAFE
Careless and reckless behaviour during the first day of duck shooting has resulted in a fatal shooting and the Armed Offenders Squad arresting a gun-wielding duck shooter in a bar. Police say they received about 15 complaints relating to unsafe behaviour ... More >>
Activist Cracks Month Inside Hen Cage
Friday, 29 April 2011, 9:45 am | SAFE
Thirty-one days ago, Carl Scott was nobody to everyone except his family and friends within his humble hometown of Waitati. Now he has thousands of fans all across New Zealand and the world - Australia, India, Hungary, Ireland, England, Canada, United ... More >>
Wellington Vigil For Caged Hens
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 10:25 am | SAFE
The Capital¹s commuters will be invited to be crammed inside a human-sized cage in downtown Wellington from 8am this morning to experience living conditions of a battery hen. More >>
Proposed Colony Cages A Cruel Joke
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 10:16 am | SAFE
The country’s leading voice against battery hen cages says the new colony cages proposed by the egg industry are nothing short of a cruel joke. Thirty-year veteran animal welfare campaigner and former SPCA inspector Hans Kriek says the Government ... More >>
Silo Occupation Exposes Hen Cruelty
Sunday, 20 February 2011, 12:32 pm | SAFE
The plight of New Zealand’s three million battery hens has prompted a daring lock-on demonstration on top of two silos at a battery hen farm in Tuakau, south of Auckland, at first light this morning. More >>
Hen Code Proposes Cruel New Cage System
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 11:20 am | SAFE
The draft welfare code for layer hens, released for public consultation today, has left animal advocates outraged and questioning the logic of the Agriculture Minister’s animal welfare advisors. The code proposes to ban existing battery cages on the basis ... More >>
Safe’s ‘Biggest Ever’ Appeal for Animals
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 11:54 am | SAFE
Over 1500 caring kiwis nationwide will transform into their favourite animal costumes of all colours, shapes and proportions and take to the streets this week in a bid to raise $350,000 for SAFE. More >>
Sow Stall Ban First Important Step
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 3:29 pm | SAFE
The government has taken the first crucial step to improve pig welfare in New Zealand by announcing it will ban the use of sow stalls from 2016. SAFE, which has fiercely campaigned for three-years to end sow stalls and farrowing crates, says it welcomes ... More >>
Govt Fails To Ban Factory-Farmed Animals
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 2:17 pm | SAFE
11 November 2010 Govt Fails To Ban Factory-Farmed Animals Animal advocacy group SAFE says the Government should brace itself for a public backlash after National and Act both stymied a Private Member’s Bill that would have seen sow crates and ... More >>
$2m Anti-Factory Farming Fund Launched
Monday, 8 November 2010, 11:33 am | SAFE
A two-million-dollar fund is being launched today to challenge cruel factory farming practices in New Zealand in an effort to stop widespread animal suffering on factory farms. National animal advocacy group SAFE will administer the fund and says the ... More >>
Collectors Sought To Help Animals
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 1:24 pm | SAFE
SAFE is now calling for hundreds of volunteers to help collect during its annual street appeal on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 December 2010. More >>
Animal Welfare Bill in Political Peril
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 9:44 am | SAFE
Animal advocates are concerned that Act and the National Party will jeopardise improving animal welfare standards in New Zealand. More >>
Bacon Judges Urged To Fail On Cruelty
Friday, 13 August 2010, 10:30 am | SAFE
New Zealand’s top bacon producers will be competing for high praise and accolades this Friday. However, animal advocates from SAFE are urging the 24 judges of the annual 100% NZ Bacon Competition to fail entries if the pork is sourced from factory-farmed ... More >>
Council Urged To Reject Elephant Plan
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 4:33 pm | SAFE
Animal advocacy organisation SAFE says the Auckland City Council should not support Auckland Zoo’s proposal to expand to make space for a new elephant herd. The proposal, which is being tabled tomorrow, will cost over $13 million if approved. More >>
MPs Called to Support New Welfare Bill
Friday, 6 August 2010, 12:09 pm | SAFE
Animal advocates from SAFE welcome the animal welfare bill drawn from the ballot at Parliament yesterday and say the bill could improve conditions for millions of farmed animals. More >>
Consumer Ad Campaign Challenges Pig Industry
Monday, 19 July 2010, 10:00 am | SAFE
A striking new advertising campaign launched today by national animal advocacy organisation SAFE seeks to warn consumers about a planned ‘100% New Zealand Welfare Approved Pork’ label. The ‘Don’t be fooled’ consumer campaign will be SAFE’s largest ... More >>
Documents Reveal NZ Pork Defiant
Sunday, 20 June 2010, 8:02 pm | SAFE
The pork industry has again come under scrutiny after documents released under the Official Information Act reveal the industry will not accept a ban on pig crates and wants to confine pregnant sows in crates for half their lives. More >>
Call To Ban Cruel Goat Tethering
Monday, 7 June 2010, 12:36 pm | SAFE
A proposed draft welfare code that governs how goats are treated in New Zealand has angered animal welfare campaigners who say that the suffering of tethered roadside goats has been ignored. Public submissions close this Friday. More >>
