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Coming up in May, hunters will have something new to concern themselves with, in addition to falling numbers of ducks to shoot. NO ducks to shoot. Local animal groups in the Waikato, the popular area for hunters,  will be making sure fewer ducks are shot this season, which begins 6...

How big is the cage? The cage is 56 square meters and it sits within a disused retail  space with a large window frontage. Each person has no more that 1.2  square meters each. As with caged hens and pigs, there will be just  enough room for each participant to...

Hey kids, our Animal Squad website is now live! You can learn all about animals, find fun and useful ways to help animals, and play our exciting new Animal Tales game. You can even share your stories and ideas on our blog. Sign up before the end of the year...

Putting any animal through stress, and  potentially fear and injury is wrong, especially when it’s in the name  of so-called entertainment. While all rodeo events can cause distress to  the animals made to perform, the case against rodeo is particularly  strong when it comes to the brutal treatment of vulnerable...

Thanks to your support, during the last 12 months SAFE has continued to create continued progress for animals. Not long into 2017 we had a major win for hens when Countdown went  cage-free, and the year ended with pressure on the dairy industry with a  story that went viral. SAFE...

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As more Kiwis crave plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy, animal agriculture industries are pushing back. Federated Farmers are lobbying for plant-based milk to be changed to ‘juice’ and for plant-based sausages to be called ‘tubes’ – but what won’t change are the reasons many of us are choosing these...

Imagine being forced to give birth in a barren, muddy paddock, with no shelter from harsh winter weather, standing in inescapable knee-deep mud.   Every winter in New Zealand this is the sad reality for some cows used for dairy farming. To manage winter feed needs for large numbers of cows, they are grazed on...

Earlier this week, SAFE learnt that the Ministry for Primary Industries had received an application to export 5,400 cows from Napier to China. SAFE emailed the Director-General of MPI and asked him to refuse the application. They have the discretion to refuse any live export application. Yesterday, MPI approved this application, making...

Last week SAFE submitted on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill. Our submission recommends that the Government acts in the interests of animals, as well as people and our planet, when creating future–thinking climate policy.  Half of New Zealand’s emissions are currently produced by the animal agriculture sector. The majority of on farm emissions are methane. Methane...

An image of green chicken meat sold at Pak’nSave has shocked many New Zealanders on social media and shows a small glimpse into the cruel reality of the chicken meat industry. The image submitted by a New Zealand user on the website Reddit shows green chicken meat for sale at...

Take Action   Download SAFE’s submission guide and write your submission to the Environment Committee. Submissions close 5pm, Tuesday July 16.   Pushed for Time?  If you’re after a quick five-minute action, use SAFE’s submission template and copy and paste it into the form on Parliament’s Website. What does it mean? What can you do?  We value our land and we...

SAFE is delighted to announce that Nando’s now has a cage-free egg policy across all of its New Zealand locations.  In 2018, Nando’s in Australia released a 100% cage-free egg policy for over 240 locations, and now all 29 restaurants here in New Zealand follow the same policy.  “This cage-free policy from Nando’s follows closely behind the cage-free commitment made by Denny’s just this week. There is a clear...

SAFE is thrilled to announce Denny’s, an all-day breakfast dining chain, will be serving its Kiwi customers 100% cage-free eggs by no later than December 2024.  The cage-free policy was produced just three days after SAFE’s public cage-free campaign focusing on Denny’s was launched.   “After discussions with Denny’s leadership, we were happy...