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Our laws lag well behind community expectations when it comes to the treatment of animals, especially farmed animals and wildlife. We engage with governments to influence policies to improve the lives of all animals. Find out more about this work and how you can help.

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    This should never happen again

    Investigators have documented cows, pigs, sheep and week-old dairy calves suffering egregious cruelty in Tasmanian slaughterhouses, and it seems until now, no one ‘saw a thing’. Urge your state MP to support calls for independently-monitored CCTV to be made mandatory…

    13 December 2023

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