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"Game-changer For Animals" - Government Told To Review All Codes Of Welfare
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 10:29 am | SAFE For Animals
The Days Of Winter Grazing And Colony Cages Could Be Numbered, Along With Other Practices Inconsistent With The Animal Welfare Act 1999, Following A Ground-breaking Report From The Regulations Review Committee. The Committee Has Told The Government ... More >>
SAFE Slams Weak Penalties Given To Greyhound Abuser
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:38 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is appalled that a deliberate act of abuse in the greyhound racing industry received such weak penalties last week. A licensed greyhound handler has been fined $1,200 for abusing two dogs and assaulting a trainer at Addington ... More >>
Pet’s Death Is The Result Of Normalizing And Promoting Shooting Cats
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, 12:32 pm | SAFE For Animals
The New Zealand Herald has reported that a cat was shot in North Canterbury last week, and subsequently had to be euthanised due to his injuries. The killing follows the controversial North Canterbury Hunting Competition a week earlier, which included ... More >>
Depraved Attack On An Animal Receives A Slap On The Wrist From District Court Judge
Friday, 30 June 2023, 10:39 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE has slammed a judge's decision at the Porirua District Court to discharge without conviction two men who shot a much-loved bull multiple times with a bow. The attack took place in North Wellington in August 2021. Arrows ... More >>
The North Canterbury Cat-killing Competition Is Back On
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10:17 am | SAFE For Animals
After cancelling the category due to public backlash, the North Canterbury Hunting Competition have bought back the feral cat hunting category. The category has new rules . Hunters will receive one entry into a prize draw for each feral cat thats ... More >>
"Protect The Ban On Live Export" - New Zealand Leading The World On Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 11:13 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is calling on National and ACT to walk back their policy to restart live animal exports by sea ahead of the election. SAFE is drawing a line in the sand today, which marks Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day, ... More >>
Greyhound Handler Facing Several Charges For Animal Abuse
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 5:19 pm | SAFE For Animals
A licensed greyhound handler - already charged earlier this year after a greyhound tested positive for methamphetamine - now faces several charges relating to animal abuse, including throwing a greyhound into a swabbing kennel, causing them to hit ... More >>
Controversial Wongan Hills Feedlot Development Cancelled
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 2:27 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE has been notified today that the resource consent application to build four composting barns/feedlots in Kaituna Valley has been withdrawn. The feedlots would have confined 2,200 cows permanently indoors. The controversial proposal faced substantial ... More >>
"Animals Deserve Respect" - National Animal Rights Day This Sunday
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 9:22 am | SAFE For Animals
This Sunday, 4 June, Wellington and Christchurch will join over 300 cities worldwide in observing the National Animal Rights Day. The events remember the billions of animals who lose their lives each year due to human actions, and acknowledge the ... More >>
Racing Integrity Board Reports Makes The Case For Greyhound Racing Closure
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 3:53 pm | SAFE For Animals
The Racing Integrity Board’s (RIB) damning reports, released today by Racing Minister Kieran McAnulty, show the greyhound racing industry can’t continue. Two reports, delivered to the Minister in December 2022 and March 2023, highlight increasing injury ... More >>
Duck Shooting Season Is Bad News For All Birds
Friday, 5 May 2023, 10:04 am | SAFE For Animals
The duck shooting season, which begins on Saturday 6 May this year, means countless birds, including natives like pūkeko, kakīānau (black swan), pūtangitangi (paradise shelduck), pārera (grey duck) and kuruwhengi (Australasian shoveler duck), will ... More >>
New Zealand Makes History By Becoming The First Country To Ban Live Export By Sea
Friday, 28 April 2023, 9:50 am | SAFE For Animals
Live export by sea will be finally banned this weekend, on 30 April 2023. The milestone will be marked with celebratory events across the country. The decision was backed by Kiwis with over 30,000 people signing SAFE's petition and over 57,000 emails sent ... More >>
Canterbury Farmer Gets Slap On The Wrist After More Than 600 Calves Starve To Death
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:00 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organization SAFE is renewing its calls for a Commissioner for Animals, following the pitiful sentence for a Canterbury farmer whose animals suffered under their watch. Lisa-Jane Claire Miller was sentenced to seven months of home detention ... More >>
"This Feels Like Betrayal" - Greyhound Racing Industry Decision Kicked Down The Road Until After The Election
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:35 am | SAFE For Animals
Newsroom has reported this morning that a decision on whether greyhound racing will be banned won’t be made until after the election. In 2020, the Government gave the greyhound racing industry 18 months to make improvements or risk closure. Racing ... More >>
Hunting Competition Must Cancel The Cat Hunting Category
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 12:31 pm | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is calling on competition organisers to cancel the "most feral cats hunted" category of their annual fundraiser for Rotherham School and Community Pool. Stuff reported this morning that a sponsor has pulled ... More >>
Online Retailers Are Selling Illegal Glue Traps Into Aotearoa
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 11:58 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is alarmed that glue traps to catch rodents are making their way into Aotearoa despite being illegal. This week, Kogan.com, which operates online marketplaces including Dick Smith and Matt Blatt, pulled illegal glue traps from its websites after being ... More >>
Fire Leading To Mass Chicken Death Reveals Gaping Flaws In Aotearoa’s Animal Welfare System
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 10:04 am | SAFE For Animals
An early morning fire at an egg-laying farm in Orini, Waikato yesterday has claimed the lives of at least 50,000 hens. The farm is operated by New Zealand’s largest egg producer Zeagold, the country’s biggest egg producer, whose eggs are sold under ... More >>
Three Deaths In Three Days Prompts Renewed Calls For An End To Rodeo
Friday, 13 January 2023, 9:19 am | SAFE For Animals
The deaths of three animals in rodeo events, mere weeks into the current season, has prompted renewed demands from SAFE for the Government to urgently ban rodeo. Information recently obtained by animal rights organisation SAFE reveals two bulls ... More >>
‘Catastrophic Injuries’ Suffered On Auckland Racetrack Result In Another Greyhound Death
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 9:52 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is ringing in the new year with an urgent call for the Government to ban greyhound racing, after yet another dog suffered injuries severe enough to result in her death. The greyhound, Megan’s Munch, sustained four broken ... More >>
Heat Stress-related Deaths Prompt Urgent Calls For Improved Government Oversight
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 9:28 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is urgently renewing calls for a Commissioner for Animals, following the Ministry for Primary Industries’ investigation into heat stress-related deaths of several pigs on a livestock truck earlier this year. The deaths occurred aboard a livestock ... More >>
