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• Category: Media releases
  • Proposed welfare code betrays animals and the law
  • No more delays – SAFE demands urgent dog racing winddown
  • Animal rights charity lays complaint over mass fish deaths
  • Greyhound racing’s death toll climbs as industry ‘drags its feet’
  • SAFE condemns the export of over 80 greyhounds for racing
  • Animal rights advocates call for rodeo ban at national finals
  • Five animals killed; demand for rodeo ban intensifies
  • Three greyhounds dead in one week – video captures harrowing final moments
  • Greyhound racing claims another life while industry scrambles to stay afloat
  • Animal cruelty has no place in national sports awards
  • SAFE calls for halt on fish farm developments and urgent industry review
  • SAFE renews call for rodeo ban following four deaths
  • SAFE calls for urgent reforms following horrific sheep cruelty footage
  • “Fix the Label” – SAFE challenges misleading cage egg marketing
  • SAFE calls for release of delayed rodeo code of welfare following two deaths
  • A landmark decision for greyhounds marred by tragedy
  • Justice for Greyhounds – SAFE celebrates greyhound racing ban
  • Public shut out as Government rushes to reinstate cruel live export by sea
  • SAFE disgusted over ocean pollution from Silver Fern Farms’ slaughterhouse
  • Animals suffering for entertainment – SAFE calls for ban as rodeo season begins
  • Another dog dead – SAFE demands immediate ban on greyhound racing
  • SAFE denounces Select Committee’s failure to act on colony cages
  • Countless fish will be confined to lives of misery under the Fast-Track Bill – SAFE
  • ‘SAFE horrified by mass lamb deaths’
  • Greyhound dies due to ‘carnage collision’ at Addington Raceway – SAFE for Animals
  • SAFE outraged after footage reveals dead and dying sheep on a mud farm in Southland
  • Spike in greyhound deaths underscores urgent need to end racing – SAFE For Animals
  • Agright’s proposal for large-scale chicken farms an impending animal welfare and biosecurity disaster
  • A slow race to the bottom: Racing Minster’s comments on Greyhounds spark concern – SAFE For Animals
  • ‘Hundreds to gather in Auckland to make a stand against the Government’s reckless Fast-Track Approvals Bill’
  • Another greyhound death highlights urgent need to end racing – SAFE For Animals
  • Leading animal organisations commit to facilitate rehoming racing greyhounds
  • Government must move to ban greyhound racing following yet another two deaths in Christchurch
  • Harrowing duck shooting footage prompts calls for immediate shooting ban – SAFE
  • On the anniversary of the live export ban, SAFE urges the Government to stand firm
  • ‘SAFE appalled by government’s proposed RMA reforms’
  • ‘SAFE stands in solidarity at School Strike for Climate to oppose Government policies’
  • ‘Urgent calls for Government intervention as fatalities on Greyhound racetracks soar’
  • Fast-Track Approvals Bill a threat to animal welfare, environment, and democratic integrity
  • Urgent call to protect the ban on live animal export – SAFE For Animals
  • Emergency stop in Cape Town exposes deception in ‘gold-standard’ promises – SAFE
  • ‘Govt must move to ban greyhound racing following two deaths in Christchurch’
  • Newstalk ZB Wellington 9am – Item 6
  • Another greyhound fatality prompts calls to end industry – SAFE For Animals
  • Past time to address the cow in the room: Government must take drastic steps to reducing methane emissions from animal agriculture
  • “We’re falling behind”: New Zealand must ban rodeo to sustain our position as leader in Animal Welfare
  • ‘Greyhound racing dealt another blow as Auckland track scrapped’
  • Call on new Govt to establish an independent Commissioner for Animals
  • ‘Plans to reverse ban on live export by sea labelled as disgraceful by SAFE’
  • ‘Hundreds to gather in WLG to urge Gov to fund transition to plant-based agriculture’
  • Top greyhound racing trainer faces methamphetamine and neglect charges
  • National and Labour leaders commit to greyhound racing ban in 1News Leaders’ Debate
  • SAFE appalled after another mass cattle starvation case results in just a fine
  • Greyhound suffers injuries reminiscent of car accidents whilst racing – SAFE
  • Political parties neglect animal welfare, survey reveals – SAFE
  • Greyhound euthanized following horrific injuries while racing on Friday – SAFE
  • SAFE launches nationwide advertising campaign focused on ‘National’s live export policy’
  • ‘SAFE marks the first annual bobby calf awareness day this weekend’
  • Lame sheep caked in mud an “unacceptable” sight – SAFE For Animals
  • “Game-changer for animals” – Government told to review all codes of welfare
  • Shocking new footage shows calf drowning in mud – SAFE For Animals
  • Disturbing footage of dog abuse by Australian greyhound racing trainer exposed – SAFE
  • Taxpayers foot Fonterra’s bill to ditch coal, but not cows
  • SAFE slams weak penalties given to greyhound abuser
  • Pet’s death result of normalising and promoting shooting cats – SAFE
  • Depraved attack on an animal receives a slap on the wrist from District Court Judge – SAFE For Animals
  • The North Canterbury cat-killing competition is back on – SAFE For Animals
  • “Protect the ban on live export” – New Zealand leading the world on Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day – SAFE For Animals
  • Greyhound handler facing several charges for animal abuse – SAFE For Animals
  • Controversial Wongan Hills feedlot development cancelled – SAFE
  • “Animals deserve respect” – National Animal Rights Day this Sunday
  • Racing Integrity Board reports makes the case for greyhound racing closure
  • Duck shooting season is bad news for all birds – SAFE for Animals
  • ‘NZ makes history by becoming the first country to ban live export by sea’
  • Canterbury farmer gets slap on the wrist after more than 600 calves starve to death – SAFE For Animals
  • “This feels like betrayal” – greyhound racing industry decision kicked down the road until after the election – SAFE
  • ‘Cattle suffering on mud farm as they await Timaru Port’s final livestock export’
  • Hunting competition must cancel the cat hunting category – SAFE
  • Online retailers are selling illegal glue traps into Aotearoa – SAFE For Animals
  • Another death shows greyhound racing industry still ‘inherently dangerous’ – SAFE
  • Petition to free hens from cages heading to Parliament on Wednesday 29 March – SAFE
  • Man prosecuted for failing to provide vet care to a greyhound – SAFE For Animals
  • Petition to free hens from cages heading to Parliament on Wednesday 29 March
  • Greyhound faces full tail amputation following Chch race meeting – SAFE
  • Petition to free hens from cages heading to Parliament on Wednesday 29 March – SAFE For Animals
  • Access to pasture is a right for cows, not a privilege – SAFE For Animals
  • Urgent calls for closure of the ‘unsafe and barren’ Christchurch animal park leaving inhabitants suffering
  • Ticking timebomb: SAFE calls for urgent action for salmon ahead of marine heatwave
  • Heat stress-related deaths prompt ‘urgent calls for improved Government oversight’
  • Fresh concerns over granted consent for controversial Salmon farm – SAFE
  • ‘End of the cage age’ a concerning misnomer – SAFE For Animals
  • ‘Proposed land-based salmon farms an animal welfare disaster waiting to happen’
  • MPI response to skinny cows “unacceptable”
  • Racing Integrity Board shields top greyhound trainer from animal cruelty charges
  • Urgent action needed for newborn lambs hammered by polar blasts
  • Greyhound trainer attempts to thwart drug test
  • NZ King Salmon mortality rates ethically and legally contentious – SAFE For Animals
  • Passing of live export Bill a historic moment
  • Opposition MP’s out of touch on live export
  • ‘SAFE publishes open letter calling for an end to the killing of pregnant cows’
  • New data reveals failure of the international live export trade to protect New Zealand’s animals
  • Greyhound with untreated pressure ulcers euthanised
  • SAFE launches hotline to expose animal cruelty
  • ‘Animals continue to suffer amid calls from agri-business to delay winter grazing’
  • Plan to replace the Manukau greyhound racetrack with an athletics facility a “once-in-a-generation opportunity”
  • SAFE ‘takes aim at agriculture’s callous secret – foetal bovine serum’
  • MPI’s response to dead sheep dumped among gorse bushes ‘inadequate’ – SAFE
  • Failed cattle shipment exposes live exports’ inherent flaws
  • High Court sends the question of rodeo back to the NAWAC – SAFE For Animals
  • ‘NAWAC must recommend a ban on colony cages in the next code of welfare’
  • Next week the legality of rodeo will be challenged in court – SAFE
  • Proposed changes for pig farmers ‘simply bringing farming into line with the law’
  • Two greyhounds test positive for methamphetamine – SAFE NZ
  • Sheep drownings highlights complete failure of live export trade – SAFE
  • He Waka Eke Noa gives the dairy industry a free pass – SAFE For Animals
  • Industry report indicates unnecessary euthanasia of greyhounds may still be occurring
  • TikTok video demonstrates the gratuitous violence of pig hunting
  • New Zealand King Salmon mortality rates an animal welfare disaster – SAFE
  • Government investment in plant-based food company a step in the right direction
  • Millions of salmon ‘suffering and dying every year in Aotearoa salmon farms’
  • World Animal Protection joins SAFE’s call for a Commissioner for Animals in Aotearoa
  • Agriculture gets a free pass in ERP – SAFE For Animals
  • Greyhound is killed after suffering a ‘catastrophic’ racing injury in Christchurch
  • Bird shooting season ‘bad news’ for all birds
  • SAFE launches petition calling for a Commissioner for Animals
  • Live export protests planned across the country this Saturday for a National Day of Action
  • Greyhound trampled and euthanised in Christchurch yesterday – SAFE
  • NZ sacrificed action on climate in favour of agriculture in IPCC report
  • An urgent transition away from animal agriculture is needed, in light of IPCC report
  • Greyhound death scrubbed from race video footage – SAFE For Animals
  • ‘Done with Dairy’ – SAFE launches female focused campaign on International Women’s Day
  • Live export ‘death ship’ arriving in Napier this week
  • Equestrian event rider must be investigated – SAFE
  • Government backflip on live export a growing concern
  • Millions of hens will continue to suffer when battery cages are banned
  • Mass live export shipment planned for this weekend in Timaru – SAFE
  • SAFE is asking the Gov’t to back UN resolution on animal welfare
  • Greyhound racing industry report shows 232 greyhounds killed – SAFE
  • Mass chicken death investigation reveals gaping flaws – SAFE For Animals
  • Gareth Hughes becomes Chair of SAFE’s Board of Directors
  • NZ ‘must move away from animal agriculture to meet Global Methane Pledge’
  • Open letter calls for ban on colony cages
  • Greyhound racing in Whanganui yesterday was at Manawatu Raceway, not Hatrick – SAFE
  • Community Board rejects greyhound racing track proposal in Christchurch
  • Yet another greyhound tests positive for prohibited substances in Christchurch
  • Council urged to reject Greyhound racing proposal on public land
  • Council land should not be used for greyhound racing – SAFE
  • Whanganui racetrack sees six greyhounds injured in one day – SAFE
  • Whistleblower exposes shocking cruelty to hens on New Zealand farm – SAFE
  • Pressure is mounting for a ban on greyhound racing – SAFE
  • Mud farming continues in the South Island
  • Greyhound trainer fined for striking dog in front of crowd
  • Greyhound trainer fined for striking his dog – SAFE For Animals
  • Media release correction – Greyhound trainer fined – SAFE for Animals
  • Update: Petition to ban greyhound racing handover event has moved
  • Live export ship heading to Port Taranaki – SAFE
  • Petition to ban greyhound racing heads to Parliament this week
  • MPI’s failure to prosecute mass chicken deaths unacceptable – SAFE
  • Live export by sea to continue for two years – SAFE For Animals
  • New sentence for meth doping greyhound trainer ‘won’t protect further dogs from harm’
  • Campaign to outlaw colony cages launches in New Zealand today
  • Another greyhound killed at Whanganui track – SAFE
  • Twelfth greyhound killed at Palmerston North racetrack – SAFE
  • Another case of doping heightens concerns for welfare of dogs
  • ‘Aotearoa lags as EU moves to free 300 million animals from cages’ – SAFE
  • Correction on live export protest this weekend in Ahuriri Napier
  • Two live export ships expected to arrive in Ahuriri soon
  • Shark finning will continue in Aotearoa until onboard cameras become compulsory
  • Aotearoa lags behind as EU moves to ban colony cages
  • Silver Collar greyhound race reveals cruelty and corruption – SAFE
  • Ban Live Exports International Awareness Day marred as live export ships make their way to Aotearoa
  • Rampant animal mistreatment in the dairy industry warrants inquiry – SAFE
  • Greyhound killed and five injured in a single day of racing in Auckland – SAFE
  • Budget 2021 – animal welfare is not getting the funding it deserves
  • Greyhound doping and suspicious betting should warrant a police investigation – SAFE
  • Live export protests planned tomorrow for a National Day of Action – SAFE NZ
  • Dunedin local finds over a dozen dead ducks dumped by hunters – SAFE NZ
  • ‘Animal abusers are escaping criminal charges in the racing industry’ – SAFE NZ
  • MPI fails to pursue criminal charges for greyhound meth case
  • Bird shooting season is bad news for all birds
  • Greyhound racing must be suspended until the Government review is complete
  • Thousands of cows leaving Port Taranaki today – SAFE
  • Meth use in greyhound racing exposed
  • ‘Gruelling’ Silver Collar greyhound race must be cancelled in 2021 – SAFE NZ
  • Live export ban should be immediate
  • Greyhound racing taken to task as the Government announces a review – SAFE NZ
  • Live export ban means thousands of animals will no longer suffer overseas – SAFE
  • Gambling profits are crippling, potentially killing dogs – SAFE NZ
  • Live export protests planned for both islands this weekend
  • Gruesome injuries and even death face animals at the grand final rodeo in Taupō
  • Auckland City Council caught up in live export wrangle
  • Four live export ships heading for Ahuriri port – SAFE NZ
  • Auckland’s Cornwall Park is ‘raising animals for the live export trade’ – SAFE NZ
  • The Suez Canal crisis creates more fears for New Zealand animals
  • Fish are suffering on an industry-wide scale, scathing Scottish salmon farm investigation reveals
  • Gruesome injuries and even death face animals at the Mad Bull rodeo – SAFE
  • Govt is failing to stop the suffering of hundreds of millions of chickens – SAFE
  • Delays to winter grazing regulations put calves and their mothers at risk – SAFE NZ
  • Gruesome injuries and even death face animals abused this rodeo season
  • Fine for the abuse of 250 calves a slap on the wrist – SAFE NZ
  • Cows put at risk while Cabinet ponders live export’s future – SAFE
  • Animals will be ‘at risk of injury or death’ at the Waimate rodeo this weekend
  • Animals will be ‘at risk of injury or death’ at the Maniototo rodeo this weekend
  • Live export ships stranded at sea reignites concerns about the trade
  • Animals ‘will be at risk of injury or death at the Waikato rodeo’ – SAFE
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death at the Outram rodeo this weekend – SAFE
  • In-ovo sexing technologies could spare millions of chicks – if New Zealand follows Germany’s lead
  • More cows to be exported from Port Taranaki tomorrow – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE commends new Ministry of Health eating guidelines for promoting plant-based diets
  • Greyhound summer death toll reaches eight dogs – SAFE
  • SAFE to protest Canterbury Rodeo next week
  • More cows to be exported from Napier Port to an uncertain fate
  • More cows to be exported from Port Taranaki to an uncertain fate
  • “It is overdue for the Government to appoint a Commissioner for Animals” – SAFE’s and NZALA’s open letter to the Prime Minister
  • SAFE zeroes in on rodeo with a new petition launching today
  • SAFE is shocked to find MPI advertising for a live export job vacancy
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death at ‘Mad Bull’ rodeo this weekend – SAFE NZ
  • Greyhound racing industry killed 199 dogs last season – SAFE
  • “It’s long overdue” – SAFE urges the Government to release the live export review
  • ‘Wellington High Court finds farrowing crate minimum standards unlawful’
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death at Waipukurau bull ride this weekend – SAFE
  • Greyhound racing industry kills three dogs in three weeks
  • Damning new article about NZ rodeo cruelty hits UK media – SAFE NZ
  • Live export protest at Napier Port tomorrow 1pm – SAFE
  • Timaru locals to protest the arrival of a live export ship today – SAFE
  • Petition to end live animal exports at Port Taranaki to be presented today – SAFE
  • ‘SAFE pleased to see the role of Minister responsible for animal welfare returned’
  • New analysis of live export ships shows there is still a high risk to animals – SAFE
  • Retired MP Gareth Hughes joins SAFE’s Board of Directors
  • Live export report is tinkering around the edges – SAFE NZ
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death during rodeo opening weekend
  • COVID-19 outbreak on a live export ship – SAFE NZ
  • Jacinda Ardern has a mandate to end the caging of hens – SAFE
  • A Labour/Green government could be a huge win for animals – SAFE NZ
  • Animal welfare sentencing demonstrates MPI’s incompetence – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE supports Wellington City Councillor’s push for fireworks ban near the zoo
  • Animal rights and climate activists to protest leaders debate in Chch tonight
  • It’s time to say ‘Mooove over, dairy!’ for World Vegetarian Month – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE launches ad campaign to free hens from colony cages
  • “Ban live export” – SAFE and SPCA Chief Executives co-author an open letter to the Prime Minister
  • Over 6,000 people expected to attend SAFE’s virtual protest to ban live export
  • MPI is stalling by announcing another live export review
  • Animal welfare heavy weight calls for a ban on live export – Safe NZ
  • Sunken ship and export company have a sketchy past – SAFE
  • Live export ship carrying 5800 NZ cows goes missing in East China Sea – SAFE NZ
  • Shocking new winter grazing footage – Cows forced to give birth in muddy paddocks
  • Family slaughter their pets and eat them on prime time TV – SAFE NZ
  • Second live export ship arriving this week in Napier
  • Select Committee ignores three petitions to ban fireworks – SAFE NZ
  • Discarded dairy calf corpses left to rot on public land in Taranaki
  • Green Party’s animal welfare policy ‘a massive leap forward’ – SAFE
  • Political Panel for Animals 2020 now available online – SAFE NZ
  • Greens MP Gareth Hughes commits his party to banning factory farming – SAFE NZ
  • ‘Trace My Egg’ programme ripe for abuse – SAFE NZ
  • Protest at the Canadian High Commission, Wellington – SAFE
  • Political panel for animals 2020 convened – SAFE NZ
  • Live export company lobbying for baby calf exports
  • SAFE’s reaction to NZDIA’s decision to revoke share farmer title over social media comments
  • SFOTY in hot water over social media posts
  • NZ Share Farmer of the Year winner a profane industry poster boy – SAFE NZ
  • Sharemilker who bashed cows with a pipe given a slap on the wrist
  • Colorado has just banned caged eggs, NZ should be next – SAFE NZ
  • Intensive animal farming needs to be questioned as H1H1 strain identified – SAFE
  • Fishing industry will continue to kill dolphins under new rules – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE is outraged after cows are forced to endure muddy conditions
  • Live exports of cows set to double this year, despite review
  • Taranaki Regional Councillors to receive damning report on live export
  • Farrowing crates will be scrutinised in the Wellington High Court today
  • Next week the use of farrowing crates will be challenged in court – SAFE NZ
  • Thousands of ducks will suffer in silence this shooting season – SAFE NZ
  • Budget 2020: How will investment be spent in the primary sector – SAFE NZ
  • Facebook Mouse-Hunting Group Rampant with Animal Cruelty – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE wants plant-based agriculture at the heart of COVID-19 economic stimulus
  • Taranaki Regional Council shifting blame over live export controversy – SAFE NZ
  • Taranaki locals launch petition to end live export – SAFE NZ
  • Mother pigs will have their day in court – SAFE NZ
  • Pig industry wants to save their bacon and risk public health – SAFE NZ
  • Damning new animal protection report downgrades NZ’s ranking
  • Kiwi kids should be plant-based kids – SAFE NZ
  • Troubled rodeo club ought to be reined in – SAFE NZ
  • Rule breaking more than just a pain in the neck
  • Majority of Kiwis who have attended rodeo events support a ban – new poll
  • Two animals killed during the current rodeo season – SAFE NZ
  • SAFE: Photos from live export protest at Port Taranaki today
  • SAFE to protest arrival of live export ship at Port Taranaki this Friday
  • Photos from Live Export protest at Auckland Port yesterday
  • SAFE to protest arrival of live export ship at Auckland Port today
  • New Zealand animal charities combine to assist in Australian bush fires
  • SAFE to protest Canterbury Rodeo
  • New Zealand rodeo season opens amid fresh animal rights protests
  • Queenstown Vegan Society and SAFE to protest Wanaka Rodeo
  • SAFE says Ministry for Primary Industries is failing animals
  • Morning Harvest exposed for caged-hen cruelty – SAFE NZ
  • Rodeo organisers refuse to follow recommended best practice – SAFE NZ
  • Review of controversial live export trade open for public submissions – SAFE
  • Update with photos: Cruel animal test demonstrated outside LUSH Auckland store today
  • Cruel animal test to be demonstrated outside LUSH Auckland store tomorrow – Safe NZ
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death during the Otokia rodeo this Saturday
  • Cash strapped Mid Northern Rodeo 2020 cancelled – Safe NZ
  • 14,000 sheep trapped inside capsized live export ship off Romania – SAFE
  • Animal rights organisation SAFE to protest at Wairarapa rodeo
  • SAFE NZ: A Live export ship has covertly berthed at Timaru Port
  • Tamatha Paul adds her voice to anti-animal testing campaign
  • SAFE slams animal welfare at forthcoming Waipukarau rodeo event
  • Gorilla Kitchen, Plant Blazed and Grater Goods take out annual Eat Kind Awards
  • Animals will be at risk of injury or death during rodeo opening weekend – SAFE
  • Petition to end live export to be presented to Parliament today – SAFE NZ
  • Survey shows majority of Kiwis support banning animal test
  • Live export ship due to berth at Napier Port today
  • New footage shows dairy industry continues to cause suffering for cows and calves – SAFE
  • Photos showing petition to ban cruel animal testing at Parliament
  • Live export review ignores 99% of exported farmed animals – SAFE NZ
• Category: News
  • Fire leading to mass chicken death reveals gaping flaws – SAFE For Animals
  • Three deaths in three days ‘prompts renewed calls for an end to rodeo’
  • ‘Catastrophic injuries’ suffered on Auckland racetrack result in another Greyhound death
  • SAFE calls for urgent action for salmon ahead of marine heatwave
  • ‘It’s got to stop’ – Greyhound euthanised after suffering broken back
  • Damning report outlines doubts on future of greyhound racing – SAFE
  • Renewed calls to ban greyhound racing after horror weekend on tracks – SAFE
  • SAFE renews calls for a ban on rodeo ahead of summer season
  • Greyhound trainer attempts to thwart drug test – SAFE For Animals
  • Two year ban for Tokoroa greyhound owner who used human drugs to treat dog
  • Animal Welfare amidst a delay to Winter Grazing Regulations w/ Emma Brodie: September 5, 2022
  • The greyhound racing industry is on its last legs – let’s speed up its demise
  • Govt urged to ignore plea to delay winter grazing reforms again
  • Two trainers banned from greyhound racing after leaving dogs in ‘abhorrent’ conditions
  • Calls for Manukau Sports Bowl to be converted for athletics
  • MPI looking into death of sheep on Canterbury property
  • The legal challenge behind rodeos in NZ
  • Rodeo legal challenge heard in High Court
  • Three people including two greyhound trainers charged after two dogs test positive for methamphetamine
  • Live Export Rules w/ Debra Ashton
  • He Waka Eke Noa’s Emissions Pricing Plan: June 9, 2022
  • SAFE calls for ban on dogs hunting pigs after TikTokker shares ‘cruel’ video of six dogs mauling a pig
  • Plant-based market w/ Emma Brodie: May 30, 2022
  • Greyhound race video edited after another dog dies following ‘catastrophic’ injury
  • Revealed: Up to 300 warnings issued to greyhound trainers over health, welfare failures in under a year
  • Racing regulator inquires into condition of dogs owned by John McInerney, NZ’s most prolific greyhound trainer
  • Animal welfare advocates assemble in Napier to protest arrival of live export ‘death ship’
  • Pig farrowing crates: Govt seeks feedback on banning or limiting use
  • Equestrian: Horse-beating penalty for Olympic legend Sir Mark Todd branded ‘slap on wrist’
  • Greyhound industry criticised after dog euthanised
  • A Chat With… Debra Ashton, chief executive of animal organisation SAFE
  • ‘Pretty disturbing’: Animal safety group calls for Govt to ban greyhound racing
  • Can Greyhound Racing Survive?
  • A sport on its last legs – can greyhound racing in New Zealand survive?
  • Dude, where are our cows? NZ’s live export trade must end now
  • Equestrian NZ expresses disappointment at social media video of Sir Mark Todd’s horse abuse
  • Sir Mark Todd’s actions highlight ‘systemic’ problems in equine sport
  • Lawyers celebrate justice for animals
  • SPCA joins calls for greyhound racing to be banned after more dogs die
  • Almost 200 greyhounds were euthanised during the last racing season
  • ‘No excuse’ as mass chicken death investigation drags on
  • ‘Give us a call!’: Vegan community offers enthusiastic support for Duncan Garner
  • Livestock export ship due in Napier after Government ban lifted
  • Livestock vessels ‘at least twice as likely’ to be lost at sea compared to standard cargo ships – Guardian analysis
  • No major changes for agriculture with new Cabinet line-up
  • Government’s racing minister role contradicts new animal welfare portfolio – SAFE
  • Live cattle export ban petition gains nearly 12,000 signatures
  • ‘Appalled’ locals protest arrival of livestock carrier in Timaru
  • Livestock carrier in Napier sparks another protest
  • Live export ship Yangtze Fortune docks in Napier before taking 5000 cattle to China
  • Thousands of cattle loaded on to live export ship in the dark
  • ‘Violent’ rodeo video prompts calls for UK shoppers to boycott NZ farming products
  • Agriculture minister introduced ‘unlawful and invalid’ pig welfare standards, judge rules
  • Farrowing crates for pigs being ruled unlawful is a victory for all animals
  • Two New Zealanders onboard ship missing in Japanese region hit by typhoon
  • Missing livestock carrier with two New Zealanders onboard sank during rough weather – survivor
  • Agriculture minister mum on future of live animal exports as public calls grow for a ban
  • Cattle ship capsize: Role of live export trade under intense scrutiny
  • Live export of animals should end says former ship veterinarian
  • MPI merely ‘stalling’ with new review into livestock exports – animal rights group
  • A case against exporting live animals
  • ‘Not a good look’: Animal rights group says top dairy farmer’s apology falls short
  • Home detention for selling caged eggs as free range
  • Egg industry’s measures to control fraudulent labelling ‘ripe for abuse’ – animal rights group
  • Greens commit to a ban on factory farming in new animal welfare policy
  • Animal rights group calls for ban on live exports as ship arrives in Napier
  • Top farmer’s tweets drag dairy industry through the dirt
  • Dairy farmer stripped of national title after offensive tweets surface
  • Calls to ban ‘inherently cruel’ duck shooting ahead of opening weekend
  • Anger at Winston Peters’ ‘make racing great again’ leads to petition against Government funding for racing industry
  • The real price of eating pork
  • Fight for better protection of pigs goes to the High Court
  • Cows in mud: Photos reignite winter cropping debate
  • ‘An outrageous failure’: New photos spark fresh debate over winter grazing
  • The most significant animal welfare court case in NZ history
  • NZ should follow moves overseas to ban colony eggs, animal rights group says
  • Cow-beating footage thrown out in court
  • Camera never lies, but can be set aside
  • Old foes united over farmer’s ‘shocking’ sentence
  • Northland farm abuse case: Minister rejects call for separate body to oversee animal welfare
  • NZ’s top dairy farmer ‘should be stripped of his award’
  • SAFE concerned by award winner’s historic tweets
  • Coronavirus: Concerns for welfare of surplus pigs as butchers forced to close
  • Coronavirus: Pets stuck in lockdown can’t go home to owners
  • Pigs and the Pandemic w/ PETA, SAFE NZ & NZ Pork: May 4th, 2020
  • Winston the Auckland Island pig pulls off one of the great escapes of lockdown
  • Our work for animals must continue
  • Animal advocate says Port Taranaki’s reputation at risk over involvement in live cattle exports
  • Animal welfare breach but no offence committed at Urenui Rodeo MPI investigation finds
  • No plans to shut rodeo down after bull deaths
  • Labour’s kindness agenda should extend to rodeo animals
  • NZ animal protection ranking downgraded
  • National rodeo body admits change needed following Taranaki breach of welfare code
  • Two bulls euthanised at rodeos during summer
  • Protesters set to gather near Port Taranaki against live animal export
  • Live export ship targeted by animal rights protesters
  • Protesters gather near Port Taranaki to oppose live cattle export
  • Protesters against live animal exporting take to the sea in New Plymouth
  • Live export trade sends millions of day-old chicks overseas each year
  • Arrival of live export ship in Auckland sparks protests, renewed calls for total ban
  • Animal welfare groups call for total ban on calves being used in rodeo events – ‘You wouldn’t do this to your cat or dog’
  • Caged-egg farm under investigation by MPI after video shows rotting chickens
  • Nearly 200,000 chickens dead: Will anything change as a result?
  • Nearly 200,000 chickens dead after electricity incident
  • West Auckland farm accused of hiding 180,000 chicken deaths from MPI
  • Nearly 200k chickens die after ‘suffocating’ during power cut
  • More than 150,000 chickens die after power failure
  • Rodeo is cancelled after activists protest against ‘animal cruelty’ in heated confrontation with aggressive cowboys
  • End of the line for Mid Northern rodeo?
  • Northland rodeo cancels 2020 event due to animal cruelty protesters
  • Whangarei rodeo cancellation a blip, not trend – association
  • Calls to ban use of private fireworks debated at Select Committee
  • Horror capsize of livestock carrier renews calls for NZ to ban all live exports
  • Livestock ship’s ‘covert’ entry to port ‘no secret’
  • Researchers say new beef product has potential to end bobby calf slaughter
  • Auckland Council and LGNZ continue campaign to ban sale and private use of fireworks
  • Animal welfare minister never replaced
  • Free-range chickens kept in flocks of 36,000
  • Buckle up: Rodeo protest season kicks into gear
  • Petition to ban live animal exports delivered to Parliament
  • Napier Port cattle export ship leaves for China, bringing yearly total to nearly 15,000
  • Live cattle exports climb despite continued calls for a halt to trade
  • Dairy farmers urged to transition and produce plant-based foods
  • Minister backs conditional livestock export prohibition
  • University unmoved on forced swim test
  • Live animal export review ignores 99% of exported farmed animals: October 2, 2019
  • Controversial live export from Napier accepted ‘in principle’
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  • What does the change in Government mean for Aotearoa’s animals?
  • If elected, National and ACT will bring back the cruel live export trade
  • Foetal Bovine Serum: Your Questions Answered
  • The simple matter of the law: pig welfare and farrowing crates
  • Should aquariums be part of New Zealand’s future?
  • What is that blob on the beach?
  • Why I stopped eating fish
  • Battery vs. Colony Cages: Spot the Difference
  • True stories from a live export ship
  • No animal should suffer for a social media video
  • Ten reasons why the ban on live export by sea must be implemented immediately
  • Exciting news for dogs!
  • Live export by sea – the journey to a ban
  • Confused about the difference between chickens and hens?
  • It’s not too late to jump into some new healthy habits!
  • Try plant-based for Veganuary!
  • We’ve achieved victory for mother pigs, now we need Government action
  • Italy’s leading egg producer promises to stop killing day old male chicks
  • Your plant-based summer barbeque – sorted!
  • Vinnie’s story: the greyhound who just wanted to win hearts
  • We are closer than ever to a cage-free Aotearoa – but the mahi must continue
  • Every glass of cow’s milk comes at the expense of the calf
  • Intensive Winter Grazing harms much more than our clean, green Aotearoa
  • Have you bought these common myths about dairy?
  • Hens deserve a life worth living
  • 1.8 Million Reasons You Should Give Up Dairy
  • Five reasons you should take the Dairy-Free Challenge
  • Horrific conditions on missing live export ship revealed
  • Meat the next family – Reality TV continues to disappoint
  • Getting animals on the agenda this election
  • Slaughterhouse or sanctuary? – Reality TV at its worst
  • Are soy flat whites bad for the planet? Read on as we debunk the myth
  • Five reasons why winter is the perfect time to try plant-based
  • What’s really in that bucket of KFC?
  • When unlikely allies come together to fight intensive farming
  • It’s time for the Government to tell the egg industry what it needed to hear in 2012: “No more cages.”
  • Political Panel for Animals exceeded expectations
  • NZ egg distributor sentenced for selling 3 million cage eggs as ‘free-range’
  • Canadian Government invests 100 million into plant-based food industry – will New Zealand be next?
  • Today is World Albatross Day, but for how much longer?
  • Greening Kiwi dinner tables
  • Five unexpected side effects of doing Meat-Free May
  • It’s time to extend our compassion to crayfish
  • Colorado bans caging of hens
  • Seven ways to celebrate Earth Day
  • Tiger King and charismatic mammals in captivity
  • Unprecedented times require new thinking
  • Are we risking creating the mother of all pandemics?
  • Keeping healthy in self-isolation
  • Hans and Nichola Kriek’s departure from SAFE
  • 5 reasons why to give Veganuary a try
  • Enjoying a Plant-Based Kiwi Christmas
  • William Hotel Group’s Cage-Free Announcement
  • Delicious plant-based eateries receive the 2019 EAT KIND Awards
  • The Kiwi dairy farmers-turned hemp growers
  • SAFE strikes for the climate
  • SAFE Annual General Meeting agenda 2019
  • Live export ship arrives in Napier for thousands of cows without certification
  • Animal rights advocates protest as controversial ship docks in Napier
  • Ship turned away from Australia due to dock in Napier to take cattle to China
  • Comment: New Zealanders crave plant-based products
  • Live cattle export on troubled ship
  • Concerns raised over arrival of ‘high-risk’ Chinese live export ship
  • Chinese ship stopped for biosecurity breach heading to Napier
  • Ship with poor animal welfare record due at Napier for cattle export
  • Free school lunches should be vegan
  • Global campaign urges Wyndham Hotels to ditch cage eggs
  • High-risk live export ship due to berth at Napier Port this weekend
  • Protesters against animal testing will take on Victoria University today
  • Daily school lunches should be plant-based
  • Animal tests will be exposed at today’s Open Day at Victoria University
  • Federated Farmers threatened by plant-based milk
  • SAFE celebrates World Plant Milk Day 2019
  • Agriculture Minister urged to appoint non industry experts on winter grazing taskforce
  • New Zealand’s first Cage-Free Egg Directory launches today
  • SAFE protesting the largest export of cattle in two years this Sunday
  • Camouflaged ducks
  • Caged being – FAQ
  • SAFE Animal Squad website launch – join the fun and games
  • Spotlight on calf riding cruelty
  • 2017: A year in review
  • SAFE Annual General Meeting invite 2019
  • Federated Farmers fear plant-based products
  • Cows and calves suffering again this winter
  • SAFE demands a moratorium on live animal exports
  • SAFE submits on Zero Carbon Bill
  • Images of green chicken at Pak’nSave a result of cruel industry practices
  • Zero Carbon Bill
  • Nando’s NZ becomes latest restaurant chain to commit to cage-free eggs
  • Denny’s New Zealand publishes cage-free egg commitment
  • Government fails to take animal welfare seriously in cabinet reshuffle
  • Original Foods Baking Co. announces plans to ditch cage-eggs 
  • SAFE to launch petition to parliament at their rally to end live export
  • Government review of live export trade doesn’t go far enough
  • Duck left to die a slow and painful death
  • Rescued rats Felix and Veritas ask Victoria University to end the cruel ‘forced swim test’
  • Hilton Hotel Group release cage-free commitment in record-breaking time!
  • Hilton Hotel Group and Best Western targeted in global cage egg campaign
  • Service Foods going cage-free!
  • High wounding rates means hundreds of thousands of birds will die slowly this duck shooting season
  • New poll shows caring Kiwis moving towards a plant-based diet
  • Make way for Meat-Free May!
  • ‘Free-range’ chicken, a cruel con for caring Kiwis
  • Baby birds, bred to suffer: Chicken meat industry cruelty exposed
  • Action on live export unavoidable
  • Service Foods receives giant Easter card from caring Kiwis
  • Damien O’Connor slow to do review of sick and dying cows sent to Sri Lanka
  • Exposé reveals human and animal welfare disaster due to live animal exports
  • MBIE report signals that the future could be plant-based, industry fears disruption
  • The Cheesecake Shop latest to join cage-free trend
  • Rodeo cowboys acting as Animal Welfare Officers
  • SAFE demands this be the last rodeo season, as a horse is killed at Rodeo National Finals 
  • Bidfood New Zealand goes cage-free!
  • Party pill testing on animals could be back on the agenda, following a review by Ministry of Health
  • Bill aiming to ban rodeo cruelty welcomed by SAFE
  • Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives giant Valentine’s Day card from hundreds of caring Kiwis
  • SAFE and NZALA file proceedings against the Government for failure to ban farrowing crates
  • SAFE applauds Government decision to cancel Saudi sheep deal
  • SAFE applauds Starbucks New Zealand for 100% cage-free egg commitment
  • SAFE and animal experts publish open letter to Government demanding ban on cruellest parts of rodeo
  • Open letter to the New Zealand Government calling for an urgent ban on rodeo events
  • EU Committee calls for ban on live exports – SAFE demands NZ Government follows suit
  • NZAVS appalled that thousands of animals are subjected to flawed research
  • SAFE disgusted by the bullying tactics of rodeo spectators to silence protestors
  • SAFE appalled to learn rodeo organisers kept second fatality at Gisborne Rodeo hidden
  • The death toll mounts as a bull is killed at Gisborne rodeo
  • 1080 poisoning an animal welfare catastrophe for New Zealand
  • 2018 – A year in review
  • Animals always the losers on factory farms, as fire rips through West Auckland poultry sheds
  • 353 dogs put to death in greyhound racing industry – SAFE demands a ban on greyhound racing
  • Zoochosis: Why animals should not be in zoos
  • Consumer NZ calls out chicken meat producers – SAFE demands they cease misleading New Zealanders
  • SAFE blows the whistle on failings of Protected Disclosures Act
  • Victory for hens! Marriott Hotels to go cage-free.
  • Feathers fly outside Auckland hotel, as SAFE demands Marriott honour their cage-free egg commitment
  • Charges laid after dairy farmer cruelty exposed by SAFE and Farmwatch
  • Calf suffers suspected broken neck after roping in Australian rodeo
  • Celebrate kindness this Christmas
  • MPI fails to take action to protect animal welfare, as calf is trampled in trailer
  • Private prosecution underway following rodeo abuse
  • EU approves restrictions on animal antibiotics, a win for animal welfare and public health
  • 2018 SAFE Annual General Meeting
  • SAFE celebrates World Vegan Day with annual Eat Kind Awards
  • Otago farmer receives formal warning for illegal sow stall use
  • 2018 Eat Kind Awards presented!
  • PigCare label for highest award in misleading advertising
  • PigCare label nominated for highest award in misleading advertising
  • NZ Pork at risk of repeating mistakes of big egg business
  • Absurdity of NZ Action at Parliament
  • Absurdity of NZ Pork comparison acted out before Parliament
  • SAFE calling on councils to reject mega-farm application
  • What future for feedlots?
  • Call on councils to reject cruel mega-farm
  • Another death leads to renewed calls for an end to rodeo
  • MPI investigating animal abuse only after story appears in the media
  • MPI’s inability to investigate complaint proves it’s only paying lip service to animal welfare
  • New Zealand businesses continue to dump their rodeo sponsorship
  • Toothless rodeo recommendations bowing to animal abusers
  • Pressure for action on farrowing crates builds
  • SAFE takes Tegel to task in complaint to advertising watchdog
  • Iconic NZ cookies going cage-free
  • 2018 Annual General Meeting notice
  • Government must prioritise animal welfare
  • Kiwi pasta, pies and pikelets going cage-free
  • Flexing our way in to the future
  • Chicken industry conning people into buying into cruelty
  • Are you being fooled by the poultry industry?
  • Whaitiri demotion leaves worrying gap in animal welfare responsibility
  • Animal agriculture and climate change
  • Why corporate campaigning?
  • Third prosecution following SAFE exposé of slaughterhouse abuse
  • MPI to release findings into investigation of illegal sow stalls
  • Review: Dance Plant Collective with “MEAT”, Best Newcomer at Auckland Fringe 2018
  • Mobil speeds away from cage-egg cruelty
  • Cows forced to calve in mud-filled paddocks
  • Night ‘n Day supports New Zealand’s cage-free commitment
  • Kiwi coffee brand embraces cage-free
  • Kiwi-owned grocery stores race to be cage-free
  • SAFE calls bull on feedlot spin
  • Calls for farming industry to protect whistle-blowers following death-threats
  • SAFE wants humane treatment of animals in curriculum
  • BP has foot on the gas towards cage-free future
  • NZ pork offered award for farrowing crate cruelty
  • Extreme confinement: The questionable role of the farrowing crate in New Zealand’s future
  • ‘Let’s Do This.’ Calls on Labour to uphold election promise
  • ‘Pigs are great. Ban the crate.’ Calls on Labour to uphold election promise
  • MPI whitewash leaves a dirty stain on NZ’s reputation
  • MPI Whitewash leaves a dirty stain on New Zealand’s reputation
  • Over 75% of Kiwis think farrowing crates cause suffering
  • Demands for Labour to uphold pre-election promise, as pig farm caught flouting the law
  • Animals still suffer in experiments
  • Minister dodges questions as farm exposé reaches Parliament
  • The impossible burgergate debate
  • Fonterra and DairyNZ called to protect whistleblowers
  • New framework shows Minister hopeful, but out of touch with NZ’s Animal Welfare Act
  • Shocking body pit found on Northland farm at centre of bashing
  • More whistleblowers emerge as animal cruelty footage released
  • Shocking treatment of dairy cows in new exposé
  • Appalling treatment of dairy cows in new exposé
  • “Appalling” pig farm allowed to continue after charges of animal cruelty
  • No one held accountable for cruelty to 800 pigs
  • The altar of sacrifice: The tragedy of bobby calves in New Zealand
  • Outrage against live export trade goes global
  • Producing a greener and kinder future
  • New report finds farrowing crates unnecessary and illegal
  • Farrowing crates unnecessary and illegal – report
  • High profile dairy cruelty investigation leads to further conviction
  • Mycoplasma bovis outbreak must be dealt with humanely
  • Independent review needed of duck shooting
  • Media statement on duck shooting violence to erupt on the nation’s waterways
  • Baking with kindness
  • Starbucks New Zealand targeted in global cage-egg campaign
  • Starbucks target of global campaign
  • The time to take action against farrowing crates is now
  • International expert condemns New Zealand rodeo cruelty
  • Shocking new Australian live export footage highlights risk to New Zealand
  • Shocking new Australian live export footage
  • Rodeo industry under increased pressure
  • Largest petition in five years handed in to Parliament
  • Hard-hitting anti-rodeo ad goes nationwide
  • Multinational giant commits to cage-free eggs
  • Government response on rodeo a good start, says SAFE
  • Government response on rodeo a good start
  • “Conviction for ‘hip clamp’ cruelty case”
  • ‘Hip clamp’ cow farmer conviction
  • People’s Choice: Town Tonic take Veganuary
  • All major NZ supermarkets breaking up with cage eggs
  • Subway’s foot-long step forward for hens
  • Animal welfare expert visits NZ to help end rodeo cruelty
  • Rodeo spokesperson misleads to defend cruelty
  • Reports of bull death at rodeo lead to renewed call for ban
  • Bull’s death renews calls for rodeo ban
  • New FARM 360 Programme virtual reality experience
  • Victory for dogs
  • Farmed animals’ lives revealed in New Zealand first virtual reality experience
  • Join Miriama Smith & try vegan this January
  • Kraft Heinz commits to cage-egg free policy
  • Support of dairy is short on facts
  • Enter our ‘Sweet As Christmas Dessert Contest’
  • Survey exposes knowledge gap over the dark side of NZ Dairy
  • Research reveals Kiwis in the dark about dairy industry
  • How does New Zealand rank for animal cruelty? A new index tells us
  • New Zealand’s animal welfare reputation drops with new index
  • Remembering a racehorse called Regal Monarch – killed in the 2017 Melbourne Cup
  • Food giant Nestlė applauded for global cage-egg free commitment
  • World’s largest food company makes cage-egg free commitment
  • It’s been an amazing World Vegetarian Month!
  • New Zealand Eateries’ kindness is celebrated with awards on World Vegan Day
  • Celebrating kindness with new eatery awards on World Vegan Day
  • Former All Black Eroni Clarke gives the 100% Vegetarian Challenge a try
  • Wyndham Hotel Group commits to cage-egg free globally
  • Does avoiding meat in pregnancy cause substance abuse in adolescents?
  • Ratepayers to foot the bill for Auckland Council’s ‘white elephant’
  • Animal advocates unveil ‘Dog Rodeo’ campaign
  • ‘Dog rodeo’ campaign unveiled
  • Kindness should be child’s play – SAFE launches interactive children’s game today
  • Habitual Fix applauded over kind move for hens
  • RIP Nells Belle – Another casualty of jumps racing
  • Join Robyn Malcolm & take the 100% Vegetarian Challenge
  • Coup for hens – Foodstuffs to be cage-free
  • Campaign to ban farrowing crates
  • SAFE Animal Squad goes live!
  • Team SAFE to race for animals at the Auckland Half Marathon
  • Leave a lasting impact for animals
  • New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square go cage-egg free!
  • Cape Reinga to Bluff – for animals!
  • National and Act behind on helping animals
  • Animal researchers face some painful truths
  • New Zealanders increasingly searching for kinder food
  • SAFE condemns appalling neglect of dairy cows
  • Winners announced! End animal tests colouring competition
  • Labour and Greens ahead of National in animal welfare policies
  • Vote for animals campaign launch
  • ‘PigScare’ website launched as spoof of bogus NZPork label (2017 Update)
  • Realities of modern animal slaughter revealed
  • Caged Being experiment – Interview with Reuben Jamieson-Soper
  • Ending the trade in exotic animals
  • “Ground-Breaking, virtual reality, pig farm footage released”
  • Ground-breaking, virtual reality, pig farm footage released
  • Safe calls on WHO for global leadership on factory farming
  • SAFE calls on the World Health Organization to address intensive animal agriculture
  • Angelique and the SAFE Animal Squad need your help!
  • Okja film review: The super-pig film with the super-big message
  • Commerce Commission shows Pigcare label misleading
  • Commerce Commission agrees PigCare label is misleading
  • Jane Goodall – to visit New Zealand
  • Cooped up, freaked out
  • Give thanks by leaving a ‘Thank You’ card behind
  • It’s election year – your chance to speak up
  • SAFE Animal Squad goes online!
  • A voice for ducks
  • Caged Being – a successful social experiment to raise awareness of factory farming in New Zealand
  • Mid-Northern rodeo animal handler guilty of animal cruelty
  • Dairy cruelty conviction
  • Caged Being – A social experiment
  • Winners announced! All life matters colouring competition
  • NZ cattle shipped to an unknown fate
  • Racing funding boost is no help to animals
  • 10 veggies a day can save your life
  • Plant-based better for health – NZ study
  • Animal-based research and a plant-based diet – the links
  • YOUR campaign to set hens free
  • New national campaign for hens
  • How YOU put an end to Richmond Rodeo
  • Animals in factory farms school textbook launched
  • Historic win for hens as Countdown goes cage-free
  • Major win for ‘People Power’ as first supermarket chain goes cage-free
  • Best social media campaign of the year winners
  • Australian retail giant treating Kiwis unfairly
  • Ending the caging of hens globally
  • Mila the ex-circus elephant has died
  • Activism for animals made EASY
  • Launch of thought-provoking factory farming textbook
  • Countdown hasn’t cracked it yet
  • New Zealand’s dirty dairy – response to a farmer
  • Live export: Close-up with a bad trade
  • Animals in factory farms textbook launch!
  • Latest live export shipment shocks New Zealanders
  • New cruelty-free companies
  • Rodeo sponsors withdraw support following release of brutal footage
  • New footage shows cruelty to animals at another rodeo
  • Shocking new rodeo footage shows animals continue to suffer
  • On breastfeeding and dairy products
  • Countdown customers for cage-free
  • Old-fashioned messages for old-fashioned thinking
  • Help Quinn and help end rodeo
  • Pig farmers deliberately breaking law
  • Calf tests do nothing to promote good welfare
  • Veganuary going global – helping animals one meal at a time
  • Animal experimentation figures do not show reality of animal tests
  • Infomercial star says new colony eggs not all they are cracked up to be
  • Protestors rally in opposition to rodeo decision
  • Animal welfare organisations disappointed with rodeo decision
  • “Intercontinental Hotels Group latest company to go cage-free in New Zealand, and globally”
  • Dead calves cover the length of New Zealand
  • ‘Hip clamp’ dairy footage shows continual failure of MPI
  • New dairy footage exposes ongoing cruelty in industry
  • Animal rights advocates issue stark warning on rodeo cruelty
  • Schoolgirl takes battle for hens to Countdown’s door
  • John Key urged to reject cruel ‘White Elephant’ gift ahead of Sri Lankan PM visit
  • NZ hotlist dished up for World Vegetarian Month
  • New Zealand, veganism and a kinder life – 11 questions with James Cameron
  • Compass Group, world’s largest foodservice company, goes cage-free
  • Three horses dead from jumps races in three weeks
  • Is water quality important?
  • Countdown – ‘Use the Force’ to make positive change for the future
  • ‘PigsCare’ website launched as spoof of bogus NZpork Label
  • New bobby calf regulations ‘lack vision’
  • Animal cruelty investigation leads to conviction
  • “Kids care passionately about hens. Time for Countdown to listen! “
  • Greyhound racing ban in NSW and Act applauded
  • Live export plans will not be tolerated
  • Eating animals: Our personal choice?
  • Maxibon, the cat that changed my life
  • New report shows factory farming the wrong direction for New Zealand
  • Three NZ horses dead in single day of racing
  • Could tomorrow be the last day for rodeo in New Zealand?
  • Caged hen campaign takes flight – Countdown to be targeted with plane
  • Cute animals videos are good for you!
  • Duck shooting: Celebrating violence
  • Duck shooting: Killing and poisoning for fun
  • This Earth Day, reap what you sow – and no, I’m not talking about tree planting
  • Government blatantly disregards the law on pigs
  • New regulations, but same old suffering for the animals
  • Do you really love animals?
  • Caged hen investigation proves new colony cages are cruel
  • Footage available from inside fire-plagued pig farm
  • 60,000-strong ban rodeo petition to be handed in to parliament
  • Supermarket giant Countdown urged to have a heart for hens
  • Five ways to make your sweetie swoon
  • Animal campaigners to demand action from Government
  • Call for independent voice for animals
  • Ground-breaking animal law change comes into effect
  • Explosive investigation exposes dairy industry cruelty
  • Safe and locals kicking up a stink over bad eggs
  • Parliament vigil mourns rodeo cruelty
  • Live cattle export to Indonesia disaster for animals
  • 12-year-old schoolgirl’s fight against Countdown
  • Category: Animals and environmental issues
    • Unveiling the link: Animal agriculture and climate change
    • Category: Industrial Fishing
    • Category: Intensive Farming
  • Category: Animal Welfare Act
  • Category: Animals in Farms
    • New code fails animals — and so does the system behind it 
    • Legal setback for animal welfare: SAFE and NZALA stand against Government’s mud farming policy changes
    • Bird flu: An animal welfare and biosecurity disaster
    • What else can I do to ensure the ban on live export is upheld in New Zealand?
    • Category: Shade and Shelter
      • Fast-Track Approvals Bill – An animal welfare and environmental disaster
    • Category: Fishes
    • Category: Cows
    • Category: Factory Farming
    • Category: Feedlots
  • Category: Animals in Entertainment
    • Rodeo welfare reforms in New Zealand: Update
  • Category: Litigation
    • What’s Wrong with Rodeo in NZ?
    • NZALA & SAFE to challenge the legality of Rodeo in NZ
    • SAFE’s historic court case – How can we uphold our animal welfare laws in the future?
    • SAFE’s historic court case – Understanding the Animal Welfare Act 1999
    • SAFE’s historic court case – Who are the key players?
    • SAFE’s historic court case – Demystifying the legal process
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Kōrero with Philip McKibbin, on the Politics of Love
  • From the archives: Kōrero with Chlöe Swarbrick
  • What’s in a name: Is the term ‘plant-based’ a help or hindrance when it comes to the vegan activist movement?
  • Animal abuse, extensive injuries and methamphetamine: Is the end near for New Zealand’s greyhound racing industry?
  • ‘Kind’ cages, horses who love to race and other lies we tell ourselves
  • A deep dive into human-animal studies with Annie Potts
  • Greyhound racing cleaning up its act? Yeah right.
  • Do you know who to call? Whistleblowers, witnesses and wading through mud
  • ‘No way to treat a mother’ – lifting the lid on the dairy industry’s dirty little secret
  • Rodeo cowboys miss the point of a recent High Court decision
  • Cowboys in Court
  • Kōrero with Lynn Charlton, Anti Rodeo Action
  • The forgotten victims of factory farming
  • Political shenanigans over the bill to ban live export
  • Kōrero with Abigail Penny, Animal Equality UK Executive Director
  • NZ officials at IPCC summit, shockingly, missed the point
  • Live pig delivery market exposed
  • Kōrero with Christine Dorchak, GREY2K USA Worldwide
  • Kōrero with Daisy Lab’s Irina Miller
  • 2022 a bleak start for horses in the racing industry
  • Almost 200,000 chickens killed – we now have answers, but no accountability
  • Guy Fawkes and horse racing, more of a fizzle than a bang
  • Precision fermentation set to turn NZ’s dairy industry upside down
  • Kōrero with Chris Huriwai and Amy Taylor
  • Kōrero with Lynn Tan, Animal Advocacy Africa
  • An open letter to the Agriculture Minister
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