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Compass Group, the largest foodservice company in the world and one which has an arm in New Zealand, has announced they will only use cage-free eggs worldwide by 2025.   Compass Group provides food at over 200 locations in New Zealand and uses a significant number of eggs. This latest...

The death toll in New Zealand jumps racing continues to mount with three horses killed in three weeks, bringing the total for the jumps racing season so far to seven.   Twentythirtyfour was euthanised after he fractured a hind leg in a gruelling 4200 metre Steeplechase in Te Aroha on...

This week is a celebration of the big H2O, and rightly so! Water is one thing that the human body needs to survive; in fact,  your body is composed of approximately 60 per cent water, which serves  all sorts of purposes, from regulating your temperature to protecting  your spinal cord,...

I see that Countdown has just launched a new range of collectables:  Star Wars Cosmic Shells. But meanwhile they are making excuses rather  than taking action about another type of shell: the shells of the cage  eggs produced at the expense of appalling suffering inflicted on hens. SAFE  has a...

Following outrage after the release of new footage from inside a New Zealand pig farm, and criticism of the pig industry by the Commerce Commission, SAFE has published a spoof website about NZPork’s misleading marketing label ‘PigCare’. The alternative website, called PigScare, shows the true face of pig farming and...

New regulations on the treatment of bobby calves come into force today, with animal advocates calling the new rules mediocre at best. The regulations include some changes to transport and shelter rules for the animals.   The regulations created by the Ministry for Primary Industries are an update on previous...

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 credit for the  conviction, as the cruelty would not have...

Kiwi children are demonstrating their passion and commitment towards protecting animals by bravely standing up to supermarket giant Countdown. From creating video messages to Countdown’s CEO to starting up a nation-wide petition demanding Countdown stop selling all cage eggs, they are making their voices heard.   At 11am today, two...

Animal advocacy group SAFE welcomes the greyhound racing bans announced by the NSW and ACT State Governments.  The bans follow a Commission of Inquiry report showing widespread and systemic animal abuse.   “The Australian bans are an enormous step forward in abolishing this  cruel pastime and SAFE is calling on...

Animal advocacy group SAFE is outraged at Government plans to  export large numbers of live sheep to Saudi Arabia where the animals  would be slaughtered under conditions illegal in New Zealand.   This weekend, current affairs show The Nation exposed questionable  dealings between our Government and Saudi business interests that...

Guest blogger Carl Scott shares his views on eating animals. Carl  is an ex-slaughterhouse worker, comes from a meat-eating, hunting  family and has now become one of the country’s most outspoken animal  rights activists. Some people say what we eat and other lifestyle choices that involve  harming animals are a...

I have a theory about cats. They come into your life for a reason and more often than not they choose you. This is certainly true of the amazing Max. (AKA Maxibon. AKA The Bon) https://safenewzealand.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/maxibon4.jpg?w=742&h=374 742w, https://safenewzealand.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/maxibon4.jpg?w=150&h=76 150w, https://safenewzealand.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/maxibon4.jpg?w=300&h=151 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px” width=”371″ height=”187″> I was flat...

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 in 2015. The government is writing all these exemptions...

The deaths of three horses in jumps races at an Auckland meeting  on Queen’s Birthday, has animal advocates demanding that jumps racing  be banned.   Tu Meta Peta was euthanised after jumping the first fence awkwardly,  falling and fracturing his right shoulder at the Ellerslie racecourse.  Musashi was killed after...