Animal cruelty cases spike in WA as cash-strapped owners hit hard times

Animal cruelty cases spike in WA as cash-strapped owners hit hard times

RSPCA WA have said they had responded to 19 reports of animal cruelty a day on average over the past year.

  • byHolly Thompson

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Game on:States issued a challenge to see who can end chook battery farming soonest
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Game on:States issued a challenge to see who can end chook battery farming soonest

Western Australia is leading the race to be the first state to ban cage eggs with 77 per cent of Australians wanting the practice phased out.

  • byLatika Bourke
Lifetime ban for woman who starved horses at Ararat property

Lifetime ban for woman who starved horses at Ararat property

The 66-year-old was found guilty of more than 50 animal cruelty charges and has been permanently banned from owning or being in control of horses and ponies.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia

Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia

The plan to rid Australian shelves of caged eggs was hatched in a meeting of the nation’s agriculture ministers in Perth on Thursday.

  • bySarah Brookes
Perth woman facing jail for allegedly throwing dog off carpark roof

Perth woman facing jail for allegedly throwing dog off carpark roof

The incident,which occurred near Whitford City in Hillarys,was allegedly caught on camera.

  • byHeather McNeill
Department of Agriculture investigating alleged abuse of Australian sheep in Oman
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Department of Agriculture investigating alleged abuse of Australian sheep in Oman

Animals Australia says thousands of sheep are set to be slaughtered outside the live export rules that are supposed to protect them after uncovering alleged abuses.

  • byLatika Bourke
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Racing NSW stewards charge Chynna Marston with horse welfare offences

Racing NSW stewards charge Chynna Marston with horse welfare offences

The Sky Racing presenter and her fiance Alex Kean will face the charges at Racing NSW headquarters next week.

  • byChris Roots
Shocking photos show horror of WA puppy farming

Shocking photos show horror of WA puppy farming

RSPCA flooded with cruelty reports by the hundreds,despite law changes that were meant to stamp out backyard breeders.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
King’s School headmaster calls out ‘frenzy of public shaming’ over goanna death

King’s School headmaster calls out ‘frenzy of public shaming’ over goanna death

Tony George responded to allegations that students killed a goanna at a school camp,saying a wrongful act does not justify the media response.

  • byLucy Carroll andChristopher Harris
More than 200 roosters allegedly used for cockfighting seized in Melton

More than 200 roosters allegedly used for cockfighting seized in Melton

The RSPCA found roosters in poor health and kept in unsanitary conditions after receiving an anonymous tip off about alleged cockfighting.

  • byAshleigh McMillan