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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 >>
"It’s Got To Stop": Greyhound Euthanised After Suffering Broken Back
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 9:28 am | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is renewing calls for the Government to ban greyhound racing after yet another greyhound has lost their life due to horrific injuries sustained on the track. The greyhound, How’s the Luck, suffered a broken back and dislocated ... More >>
Damning Greyhound Racing Report Highlights Doubts The Industry Should Continue
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 10:58 am | SAFE For Animals
In response to a petition from the Greyhound Protection League calling for a ban on greyhound racing in New Zealand, the Select Committee has released a damning report outlining doubts as to whether the industry retains the social licence required to ... More >>
Renewed Calls To Ban Greyhound Racing After Horror Weekend On Tracks
Monday, 7 November 2022, 6:14 pm | SAFE For Animals
Animal rights organisation SAFE is renewing calls for the Government to end greyhound racing after yet another horror weekend on the tracks. Sunday alone saw nine injuries and four broken bones in Auckland. In one race, a lure break-down caused multiple ... More >>
MPI Response To Skinny Cows "Unacceptable"
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 6:01 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is urgently renewing calls for a Commissioner for Animals, following MPI’s lacklustre response to images of thin to emaciated cows , taken on two separate farms in recent weeks. SAFE received images via its 0800 EXPOSE programme , which showed ... More >>
New Data Reveals Failure Of The International Live Export Trade To Protect New Zealand’s Animals
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 5:29 pm | SAFE For Animals
Information obtained through Official Information Act requests has revealed that as many as ten times more animals could be dying shortly after live export voyages compared with during the journey. SAFE CEO Debra Ashton said the information was ... More >>
MPI's Response To Dead Sheep Dumped Among Gorse Bushes Inadequate
Friday, 5 August 2022, 10:15 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE has obtained evidence of about seven dead sheep in various stages of decomposition dumped among gorse bushes in a paddock near Templeton, Christchurch. Another sheep was found dead near the edge of the paddock. The paddock shares a fence with Globe ... More >>
Failed Cattle Shipment Exposes Live Exports' Inherent Flaws
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 10:07 am | SAFE For Animals
A planned export of 12,300 cattle organised by Genetic Development Exports Limited Partnership failed after the livestock carrier Al Kuwait broke down en route to Aotearoa. The delay resulted in subsequent animal welfare problems. Pregnant cows lost so much ... More >>
High Court Sends The Question Of Rodeo Back To The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
Friday, 29 July 2022, 2:52 pm | SAFE For Animals
In a High Court decision released today, Justice Churchman found errors and procedural defects in the Government’s process when reissuing the rodeo code of welfare in 2018. While the Court declined to make a ruling on the legality of rodeo, the Court ... More >>
Next Week The Legality Of Rodeo Will Be Challenged In Court
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 9:33 am | SAFE For Animals
The New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA) and SAFE say rodeo activities violate the Animal Welfare Act 1999. NZALA and SAFE’s case against the Agriculture Minister and the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee will be heard on 11 and 12 July ... More >>
He Waka Eke Noa Gives The Dairy Industry A Free Pass
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 4:27 pm | SAFE For Animals
The agriculture sector’s plan to avoid the emissions trading scheme relies on band-aid solutions and unproven technologies and neglects the destructive impacts of intensive dairy farming in Aotearoa. Deer, sheep and beef farms will face the ... More >>
New Zealand King Salmon Mortality Rates An Animal Welfare Disaster
Friday, 27 May 2022, 10:37 am | SAFE For Animals
New Zealand King Salmon has revealed a 42% mortality rate for salmon they farmed in warm water areas in their financial year ending 31 January 2022. For the salmon towed to cooler water the mortality rate was 37%. SAFE Campaigns Manager Anna de ... More >>
Government Investment In Plant-based Food Company A Step In The Right Direction
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 5:54 pm | SAFE For Animals
The Government announced on Tuesday that Sustainable Foods Ltd, which produces the plant-based food brand ‘plan-t’, will receive Government backing with a $1.25 million loan from the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund. SAFE CEO Debra Ashton ... More >>
Millions Of Salmon Are Suffering And Dying Every Year In Aotearoa's Salmon Farms
Monday, 23 May 2022, 9:49 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is launching its "Forgotten Victims of Factory Farming" campaign today and demanding a code of welfare for farmed fishes. Fishes are the only farmed animal in Aotearoa with no code of welfare. This lack of regulation is creating an ... More >>
World Animal Protection Joins SAFE’s Call For A Commissioner For Animals In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 10:02 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE’s petition calling for a Commissioner for Animals in Aotearoa has attained thousands of signatures since its launch on 3 May 2022. The petition highlights the need for an independent voice for animals at the highest level and is supported by ... More >>
Greyhound Is Killed After Suffering A Catastrophic Racing Injury In Christchurch
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 9:30 am | SAFE For Animals
On Tuesday, following a race at Addington Raceway, greyhound ‘Epic Addi’ was found to have a displaced compound fracture of the right fore ulna and radius, with soft tissue damage up to the elbow joint. Eight greyhounds have died on racetracks ... More >>
Bird Shooting Season Is Bad News For All Birds
Friday, 6 May 2022, 10:53 am | SAFE For Animals
The bird shooting season, which begins on Saturday 7 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 >>
SAFE Launches A Petition Calling For A Commissioner For Animals
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 9:32 am | SAFE For Animals
The petition is supported by leading animal organisations New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA), Helping You Help Animals (HUHA) and the New Zealand Anti-vivisection Society (NZAVS). Other groups are expected to add their support in time. The Animal ... More >>
Live Export Protests Planned Across The Country This Saturday For A National Day Of Action
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:21 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE will join protestors around the country on Saturday 30 April 2022, who are rallying together from midday to demonstrate their opposition to live export by sea. As part of a ‘National Day of Action,’ independently organised protests will ... More >>
Greyhound Trampled And Euthanised In Christchurch Yesterday
Friday, 22 April 2022, 10:40 am | SAFE For Animals
Yesterday at Addington raceway, the greyhound Gary collided with other dogs and tumbled shortly after reaching the lure, having just crossed the finish line. He was trampled by four other dogs, which caused a catastrophic injury to his right ... More >>
