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Behold the Frankensalmon.
True believers claim that ingenuity is the lifeblood of economy, central to solving the economic, social and environmental dilemmas we have today. Much the same has been touted in connection to the...
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Sow Crates Are To Be Phased-Out: But ‘harrowing’ crates remain
The Minister for Agriculture, David Carter, has confirmed that the new Pig Welfare Code will phase out the use of sow crates in New Zealand within the next five years. The ban will come into full...
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Schechita, Halal and Ministerial Conflicts of Interest
It’s been a week of big announcements about animal welfare from the Minister of Agriculture, David Carter. We’ve seen not only the phase-out of sow crates but also the reversal of his decision in May...
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Against the Proposed New Elephant Enclosure at Auckland Zoo
Plans were approved in August this year to expand the elephant enclosure at Auckland Zoo to six times its current area. The importation of another 9 elephants to join the current sole occupant, Burma,...
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Animal Welfare on Farms: A lower standard for agricultural animals
A healthy flock of sheep A report in the Dominion Post this week about a particularly nasty case of criminal neglect of sheep in the Manawatu highlights much of what is wrong with the enforcement and...
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Circus Animal Bans
As of 1 July 2010, the use of any animal in a circus has been banned in Bolivia. A handful of other countries have banned the use of wild animals in circuses but only Bolivia has banned exploitation...
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Animal Justice Fund
Just a quick note on the Animal Justice Fund, administered by SAFE, funded from Jan Cameron’s (founder of the hugely-successful outdoor equipment company, Kathmandu) fortune which allocates $2 million...
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Strange Bedfellows: The Netherlands and NZ; Welfarists and the Far Right
Kosher and halal slaughter are now illegal in the Netherlands: Just one week after the acquittal of fiery far-right politician Geert Wilders, the Dutch parliament struck another blow against...
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Surfing the (Laser) Shark
This morning’s news presented two pieces of shark-related absurdity. First, the Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed that attempting to surf on the carcass of a shark is not a crime: The...
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Whatever happened to the Auckland City Council Rodeo ban on Council land?
[Note: This is a cross-post from my personal site] On 31 October 2010 Auckland Council inherited a policy from the legacy Auckland City Council that prohibited rodeo events on council land in the...
View ArticleClosing the Loopholes?
With much fanfare, the government launched an animal welfare amendment bill earlier this year. You may remember our scepticism. Now, with much less fanfare, Sue Kedgley MP’s clumsily-titled private...
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