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Animal Rights Charity Lays Complaint Over Mass Fish Deaths
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 7:16 am | SAFE For Animals
The complaint has been followed up by SAFE calling for an industry-wide review into breaches of New Zealand’s animal welfare legislation. More >>
Greyhound Racing’s Death Toll Climbs As Industry Drags Its Feet
Friday, 11 April 2025, 9:13 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Head of Campaigns Jessica Chambers says this is a bitter reminder of just how urgently the industry needs clear directives to begin winding down. More >>
SAFE Condemns The Export Of Over 80 Greyhounds For Racing
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 4:43 pm | SAFE For Animals
"This matter requires the immediate attention of the Racing Minister, to ensure no more dogs are sent overseas and denied their legal right to freedom from racing," says SAFE Head of Campaigns Jessica Chambers. More >>
Animal Rights Advocates Call For Rodeo Ban At National Finals
Friday, 21 March 2025, 7:47 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Campaign Manager Emily Hall says rodeo holds no place in a society that values compassion for animals, with this season’s death toll illustrating the cruelty inherent in the industry. More >>
Five Animals Killed; Demand For Rodeo Ban Intensifies
Monday, 17 March 2025, 2:52 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Campaign Manager Emily Hall says the death toll of five this season illustrates the inherent cruelty of rodeo. More >>
Three Greyhounds Dead In One Week - Video Captures Harrowing Final Moments
Friday, 14 March 2025, 2:22 pm | SAFE For Animals
On March 13 at Addington Raceway, Homebush Honey collapsed and died after a trial. SAFE has received footage showing a greyhound, who appears to be Homebush Honey, in visible distress. More >>
Greyhound Racing Claims Another Life While Industry Scrambles To Stay Afloat
Monday, 10 March 2025, 11:05 am | SAFE For Animals
Despite the Government’s clear position, the leaked document also revealed that GRNZ plans to continue racing as usual in 2025, which SAFE says will only lead to more suffering, more injuries, and more deaths. More >>
SAFE: Animal Cruelty Has No Place In National Sports Awards
Friday, 7 March 2025, 8:31 am | SAFE For Animals
"Sport involves a fair competition between willing participants. The animals forced to participate in rodeo events are suffering and dying in the name of entertainment," says Hall. More >>
SAFE Calls For Halt On Fish Farm Developments And Urgent Industry Review
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 12:20 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is calling for an immediate halt on all fish farm expansion until the Government has conducted a thorough review of what is currently an unregulated industry. More >>
SAFE Renews Call For Rodeo Ban Following Four Deaths
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 1:15 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE says releasing the revised code of welfare is urgently needed to allow New Zealanders to have their say on rodeo events, aligning it with both the Animal Welfare Act and public expectations. More >>
SAFE Calls For Urgent Reforms Following Horrific Sheep Cruelty Footage
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:52 pm | SAFE For Animals
"The lack of empathy in their response is deeply troubling. Instead of addressing the severity of the abuse or the systemic failures that enabled such cruelty, Federated Farmers have sought to minimise the issue, which only reinforces the need for greater ... More >>
"Fix The Label" - SAFE Challenges Misleading Cage Egg Marketing
Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 9:27 am | SAFE For Animals
Currently, all New Zealand cage egg brands omit the word ‘cage’ entirely from their packaging, using vague and confusing terms like ‘colony’ or ‘colony laid’ instead. SAFE says current egg labels breach the Fair Trading Act by concealing the ... More >>
SAFE Calls For Release Of Delayed Rodeo Code Of Welfare Following Two Deaths
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 12:23 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE understands the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) drafted a revised rodeo code of welfare two years ago, however no further steps have been taken either by the NAWAC or Andrew Hoggard, the Minister responsible for Animal Welfare. More >>
A Landmark Decision For Greyhounds Marred By Tragedy
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 11:50 am | SAFE For Animals
Diamond Roman, aged two, sustained a severe compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula, described as "severely comminuted and displaced" by Greyhound Racing New Zealand. The extent of the injury left no option but to end his life. More >>
Justice For Greyhounds - SAFE Celebrates Greyhound Racing Ban
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4:22 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE believes this outcome reflects a growing recognition that NZ won’t stand for cruelty disguised as entertainment. "This victory belongs to everyone who has campaigned for better lives for greyhounds," says Brodie. "The phase-out is a testament to the ... More >>
SAFE Disgusted Over Ocean Pollution From Silver Fern Farms’ Slaughterhouse
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 9:39 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Campaign Manager Emma Brodie says dumping slaughterhouse waste into Aotearoa’s oceans is a reckless act of environmental sabotage. More >>
Animals Suffering For Entertainment - SAFE Calls For Ban As Rodeo Season Begins
Friday, 1 November 2024, 10:42 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Campaign Manager Emily Hall says rodeo events directly breach New Zealand’s Animal Welfare Act, with animals used at these events subjected to extreme psychological and physical trauma. More >>
Another Dog Dead - SAFE Demands Immediate Ban On Greyhound Racing
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 3:38 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE Campaign Manager Emma Brodie says the time for talking is over and urgent intervention is gravely needed. What’s On is the fourth dog to die this racing season which only began on 1 August and the 30th fatality since the industry was formally put ... More >>
SAFE Denounces Select Committee’s Failure To Act On Colony Cages
Friday, 11 October 2024, 9:25 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE maintains that colony cages breach the Animal Welfare Act, as they prevent hens from displaying normal behaviours essential to their health and welfare, including the ability to move freely, dustbathe, and forage for food. More >>
SAFE ‘Horrified’ By Mass Lamb Deaths
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 3:09 pm | SAFE For Animals
"Every year, animals are left to endure brutal winter weather. Sheep are made to give birth in late winter and early spring when conditions are most treacherous - putting them, and their vulnerable newborns, at significant risk." More >>
