The case of the 200 doomed Baldivis kangaroos – and what happens next

The case of the 200 doomed Baldivis kangaroos – and what happens next

Perth’s rapid urban sprawl means more refugee ’roos,but the next council to face the problem says one translocation failure does not make culling the answer.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Five WA greyhounds break legs in two weeks,rescuers call for race ban

Five WA greyhounds break legs in two weeks,rescuers call for race ban

Five greyhounds have fractured their right hocks while racing in the space of two weeks,adding to a growing list of major injuries for the year.

  • byHolly Thompson
Saving cats and dogs:Pet rescuers do it fur the love

Saving cats and dogs:Pet rescuers do it fur the love

A network of volunteers who rescue stray cats and dogs in northern Victoria and bring them to Melbourne for adoption say they are saving more than 3500 animals a year.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Happy,the elephant,isn’t a person,a top New York court rules

Happy,the elephant,isn’t a person,a top New York court rules

New York’s highest court has ruled that Happy the elephant is not a person,in a legal sense,and therefore not entitled to a fundamental human right.

  • byEd Shanahan
The lions Australians helped whisk out of Ukraine
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The lions Australians helped whisk out of Ukraine

The owner of the zoo became worried he would run out of food to feed the lions. He wanted to evacuate the animals but was told it would cost nearly $14,000.

  • byLatika Bourke
Is Happy the elephant legally a person? A court will decide

Is Happy the elephant legally a person? A court will decide

The Nonhuman Rights Project attorneys contend that she is so autonomous and intelligent that she has a right to bodily liberty.

  • byMarisa Iati
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Councils say ‘weak laws’ make NSW a haven for substandard puppy farms

Councils say ‘weak laws’ make NSW a haven for substandard puppy farms

Public hearings commence on Thursday as part of a parliamentary inquiry into pet farming in NSW.

  • byMichael Koziol
Ban on shipping live exports in summer months set to be relaxed
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Ban on shipping live exports in summer months set to be relaxed

The live export industry is on course to resume shipments of sheep to the Middle East during some of the northern summer.

  • byLatika Bourke
Dog fight:The battle over a bill to stamp out intensive puppy mills
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Dog fight:The battle over a bill to stamp out intensive puppy mills

A bill to ban intensive puppy farming in NSW has hit fierce opposition from the state’s peak body for dog breeders,which says the rules are “heavy-handed” and would hurt responsible breeders.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Smart patrols’:The new hope for Malaysia’s last tigers

‘Smart patrols’:The new hope for Malaysia’s last tigers

Intensive poaching has slashed Malaysia’s tiger population to near extinction. Can a new program that uses locals as wildlife patrollers save them?

  • byChris Barrett
Fearful swans abandon their nests at start of duck-shooting season

Fearful swans abandon their nests at start of duck-shooting season

Black swans have flown off,leaving their eggs behind,after being scared away by the sound of gunfire on the opening day of Victoria’s duck-hunting season.

  • byMiki Perkins andRachel Eddie