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High wounding rates means thousands of birds will die slow
Saturday, 4 May 2019, 12:27 pm | SAFE For Animals
High wounding rates means hundreds of thousands of birds will die slowly this duck shooting season More >>
Chickens rescued from a factory farm gain following
Friday, 3 May 2019, 9:33 am | SAFE For Animals
Two chickens rescued from an Auckland factory farm are on their way to becoming Instagram stars. SAFE says they represent the individuals behind the 125 million chickens bred and killed for meat every year in New Zealand. More >>
New poll shows caring Kiwis moving towards plant-based diet
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 9:33 am | SAFE For Animals
Compassionate Kiwis are ditching animal products and opting for kinder plant-based foods, according to new figures from Horizon Research. More >>
Baby birds, bred to suffer: Chicken Meat Industry Exposed
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 9:26 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE has released footage from an Auckland chicken farm that would shock most meat-eaters. More >>
SAFE says Baboon deaths at Wellington Zoo were irresponsible
Sunday, 24 February 2019, 10:26 am | SAFE For Animals
The Four baboons who were euthanised at Wellington Zoo today again highlights the inherent cruelty of animal captivity for entertainment, according to SAFE. Habib, 14, Osiris, 7, Les, 17, and Rafiki, 15 were all put to death today, due to what Wellington ... More >>
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives giant Valentine card
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 3:03 pm | SAFE For Animals
Three of Jacinda Ardern’s constituents and SAFE delivered a giant Valentine’s card to the Prime Minister’s Mt Albert electorate office this morning. Inside were hundreds of messages and signatures from caring Kiwis, all calling for Ms Ardern ... More >>
SAFE applauds Government decision to cancel Saudi sheep deal
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:41 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE applauds the Government’s decision to cancel the controversial Saudi sheep deal, a plan by the previous Government which was to include a $10 million slaughterhouse in the Saudi desert. More >>
Another death leads to renewed calls for an end to rodeo
Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8:53 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is appalled that a horse has been killed at the Methven rodeo today and that animals continue to be put at risk at rodeo events to provide fun for a minority. More >>
Government deals devastating blow to animals
Monday, 8 October 2018, 9:41 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is slamming the Government for its refusal to separate the agriculture and animal welfare portfolios, in a breach of its election commitments. More >>
New Report Finds Farrowing Crates Unnecessary and Illegal
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 9:47 am | SAFE For Animals
A new report, released today, shows the use of farrowing crates are unnecessary, illegal and harmful to New Zealand pigs. SAFE is presenting Parliament with copies of the report, as part of an ongoing campaign to ban farrowing crates, used in pig ... More >>
SAFE Urges Animal Lovers to Buck the Cruelty of Rodeo
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 8:50 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE urges people to steer clear of rodeo cruelty by avoiding the Omahu Valley bullride this weekend. Investigators at New Zealand rodeo events have filmed bulls being riled up into ‘performing’, with methods including shocks with electric prods, being ... More >>
Coup for hens - Foodstuffs to be cage-free
Thursday, 21 September 2017, 2:01 pm | SAFE For Animals
SAFE is congratulating Foodstuffs, who owns New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square, on their announcement that they will stop selling all cage eggs from 2027. In a statement Foodstuffs said today that following an extensive review of its egg sourcing and ... More >>
National & ACT Parties Behind On Helping Animals
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 8:44 am | SAFE For Animals
Early voting has started and SAFE is reminding people that their vote can impact millions of lives. All registered parties were surveyed on a range of key animal welfare issues with the results being allocated scores out of a possible 26. National ... More >>
Ground-breaking, Virtual Reality Pig Farm Footage Released
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 9:10 am | SAFE For Animals
SAFE and Farmwatch have released a brand-new investigation into pig farming in New Zealand, using both hidden camera footage, and a ground-breaking, New Zealand-first, look at a pig farm with virtual reality technology. More >>
New colony eggs not all they are cracked up to be
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 11:32 am | SAFE For Animals
Suzanne Paul, well known entrepreneur, TV personality and presenter, has joined with animal advocacy organisation SAFE to produce a spoof video explaining New Zealand’s new colony cage system for layer hens. Using her natural humour and personality she ... More >>
‘Hip clamp’ dairy footage shows continual failure of MPI
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 10:31 am | SAFE For Animals
Footage filmed at a Waikato farm last year by Farmwatch and released today has shown the mistreatment of a cow, which was found suspended from a tractor by ‘hip clamps’ for some time, whilst her dead calf lay metres away. Advocacy organisations SAFE ... More >>
Schoolgirl Takes Battle for Hens to Countdown’s Door
Thursday, 6 October 2016, 10:48 am | SAFE For Animals
12-year-old schoolgirl Maja Skilling, who launched a petition aimed at stopping Countdown selling cage eggs, is upping the ante by spending her school holiday protesting with other passionate young people outside Ponsonby Countdown today. Maja will be ... More >>
John Key Urged to Reject Cruel ‘White Elephant’ gift
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 12:21 pm | SAFE For Animals
1 OCTOBER 2016 | MEDIA RELEASE John Key Urged to Reject Cruel ‘White Elephant’ gift Ahead of Sri Lankan PM Visit More >>
Animal Cruelty Investigation Leads to Conviction
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 2:48 pm | SAFE For Animals
Justice has been belatedly served for the calves brutalised by a slaughterhouse worker, according to animal advocacy charity SAFE. The worker was today sentenced to 10 months home detention and community service. SAFE says animal rights groups can take the ... More >>
New report shows factory farming the wrong direction for NZ
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 2:56 pm | SAFE For Animals
The government released its report on the outlook for the primary industries today. SAFE says the report demonstrates factory farming is the wrong direction for New Zealand. “Only 1.8% of the money involved in farming came from pigs and chickens ... More >>
