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News Media releases “It is overdue for the Government to appoint a Commissioner for Animals” – SAFE’s and NZALA’s open letter to the Prime Minister

“It is overdue for the Government to appoint a Commissioner for Animals” – SAFE’s and NZALA’s open letter to the Prime Minister

December 17th, 2020

Last month the High Court found that the Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor, on the advice of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), had acted unlawfully by not phasing out the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls. Now that the Government has accepted the Court’s decision, SAFE and the New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA) have written an open letter to the Prime Minister asking her to appoint a Commissioner for Animals.

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