Animal Rights
It is a well‑established fact that animals are sentient beings. It is not something that needs to be proven.
Aug
2024
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Animal Rights
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Jul
2024
15
Greens Back Animal Welfare Groups’ Call for Inquiry into Racing Deed
Every year taxpayers fork out more than $30 million to subsidise Tasmania’s three racing codes under the 2009 Racing Deed. There must be an inquiry into this Deed.
Jun
2024
13
31 Dead Greyhounds, Minister Denies Racing Cruelty
Information compiled by animal rights and greyhound welfare groups confirms 27 greyhounds, who raced on a Tasmanian track in the 23/24 season, have already died
Jun
2024
11
Racing Regulation and Integrity Bill 2024
Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to acknowledge that we are speaking to this bill in our role as the voice for animals in Tasmania and as the voice for all Tasmanians who care about the welfare of animals.
Jun
2024
11
Ben Yole Racing
Despite harness racer, Ben Yole, being the subject of the Murrihy investigation's findings of team driving, race fixing and animal neglect, and two subsequent bans by Tasracing, whose actions were upheld by the Supreme Court, Mr Yole was back racing on Sunday.
Jun
2024
7
Yole Decision More Proof Racing Industry Is Broken
The decision to allow Ben Yole and other harness racing figures named in the Murrihy Report to return to the track will stun every animal loving Tasmanian.
May
2024
29
Notorious Greyhound Trainer Again in the Spotlight
The greyhound trainer who narrowly escaped a lifetime ban on appeal is again the focus of animal welfare advocates following the recent deaths of two greyhounds in his ‘care’.
May
2024
23
Animal Welfare in Greyhound Racing
Puppies born that do not survive because they are not used to race; they are wastage to the industry.
May
2024
23
Greyhound Adoption Program – Animal Throughput Policy
Has the Greyhound Adoption Program formally adopted the March 2023 Animal Throughput Policy, which endorses a higher rate of so-called euthanasia for former racing greyhounds?
Apr
2024
16
Slaughterhouse Taskforce Report Must Be Released
The Rockliff government needs to stop dragging its feet and immediately release the taskforce report into Tasmanian slaughterhouses, and provide a comprehensive update on the status of investigations into these facilities.
