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Taranaki Regional Council Shifting Blame Over Live Export Controversy
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 1:04 pm | SAFE
SAFE is calling out Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) chief executive Basil Chamberlain for saying animal activists got it wrong. The chief executive claimed that Port Taranaki, which in January began facilitating the export of live animals, has an independent ... More >>
Taranaki Locals Launch Petition To End Live Export
Friday, 17 April 2020, 9:31 am | SAFE
The live animal export ship Yangtze Harmony arrived in Port Taranaki yesterday to collect 4,450 cows, expected to depart tomorrow. This is the third live export ship to berth in New Plymouth this year. SAFE and other local groups want to see the practice ... More >>
Mother Pigs Will Have Their Day In Court
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 10:10 am | SAFE
Farrowing crates, which confine mother pigs kept on factory farms, violate the Animal Welfare Act 1999, and for the first time in New Zealand history the Act will be tested in court. SAFE and the New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA) filed court proceedings ... More >>
Two Animals Killed During The Current Rodeo Season
Monday, 24 February 2020, 8:39 am | SAFE
RNZ Checkpoint last week reported that the rodeo industry has killed two animals during the current rodeo season. Information recently obtained by animal rights organisation SAFE reveals two bulls were killed at ‘Mad Bull’ rodeo events in November and ... More >>
SAFE to protest arrival of live export ship at Port Taranaki
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 9:07 am | SAFE
The live export ship Yangtze Fortune is now on its way to New Plymouth to collect 3,800 cows for export, and animal rights organisation SAFE will protest its arrival. More >>
SAFE to protest arrival of live export ship at Auckland Port
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 8:50 am | SAFE
Caring Kiwis opposed to the live export trade will be protesting the arrival of livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune at Auckland Port today. More >>
Morning Harvest exposed for caged-hen cruelty
Friday, 20 December 2019, 8:59 am | SAFE
An exposé which aired on Newshub Live at 6pm last night showed dying, dead and rotting hens on a Whangārei colony cage farm. More >>
Review of live export trade open for public submissions
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 8:08 am | SAFE
The review of the controversial live export trade is now open for submissions from the public. More >>
Cruel animal test demonstrated outside LUSH Auckland
Sunday, 1 December 2019, 11:52 am | SAFE
NZAVS and SAFE, with support from LUSH Cosmetics Australasia, demonstrated the cruel Forced Swim Test outside LUSH Newmarket today. The action that took place outside the LUSH store in Newmarket, Auckland, involved a dunk tank, which volunteers from ... More >>
Cruel animal test to be demonstrated at LUSH
Friday, 29 November 2019, 8:20 am | SAFE
NZAVS and SAFE, with support from LUSH Cosmetics Australasia, will be demonstrating the cruel Forced Swim Test outside LUSH Newmarket tomorrow. More >>
Cash strapped Mid Northern Rodeo 2020 cancelled
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 9:27 am | SAFE
Animal rights organisation SAFE has been reliably informed that the Mid Northern Rodeo Club has cancelled its annual rodeo event in 2020 due to financial pressures. More >>
14,000 sheep trapped inside capsized live export ship
Monday, 25 November 2019, 2:29 pm | SAFE
Fourteen thousand sheep are trapped inside a live export ship which capsized off the coast of Romania on Sunday night. Many of the sheep have likely drowned. More >>
SAFE to protest at Wairarapa rodeo event tomorrow
Friday, 15 November 2019, 8:36 am | SAFE
Animal rights organisation SAFE will be protesting at the annual Martinborough Bucking Bulls rodeo event in the Wairarapa tomorrow. More >>
A Live export ship has covertly berthed at Timaru Port
Friday, 8 November 2019, 12:01 pm | SAFE
A live export vessel has covertly berthed at Timaru Port, bringing this year’s shipments of live animals up to a total of eight. More >>
Eat Kind Awards
Friday, 1 November 2019, 2:20 pm | SAFE
Animal rights organisation SAFE is celebrating World Vegan Day by recognising three of New Zealand’s best vegan eateries. More >>
Animals will be at risk at rodeo opening weekend
Friday, 25 October 2019, 9:10 am | SAFE
Animals will continue to be at risk of injury or death as this year’s rodeo season opens this weekend. More >>
Survey shows majority of Kiwis support banning animal test
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 8:56 am | SAFE
A campaign to ban the Forced Swim Test in New Zealand is in line with public opinion, according to a new survey commissioned by the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) and SAFE. More >>
Petition to ban cruel animal testing
Friday, 4 October 2019, 9:03 am | SAFE
A 20,000 strong petition will be presented to Parliament today, on World Animal Day, urging a total ban on the Forced Swim Test. More >>
Live export review ignores 99% of exported farmed animals
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 8:31 am | SAFE
The Government’s review of the live export trade ignores 99% of exported farmed animals. More >>
SAFE walks off the job to march with School Strike 4 Climate
Friday, 27 September 2019, 8:14 am | SAFE
Staff from animal rights organisation SAFE are going on strike today and will be marching with School Strike 4 Climate NZ in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. More >>