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The Australian Senate has today passed historic legislation enshrining the phase out of live sheep exports into law. The Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Act 2024 prohibits exporting live sheep by sea from Australia by 1 May 2028 and unlocks a $107 million industry adjustment package. Australian Alliance for Animals spokesperson … Continued
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01 July 2024 The Australian Koala Foundation has released their latest video of Urban the Koala, who acts as the AKF’s official mascot and spokesperson for all creatures great and small. In this instalment, Urban can be seen trying meditation for the first time, which sparks an epiphany. Urban decides he will make a … Continued
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Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) Chair Deborah Tabart OAM will be attending a screening of The Koalas at New Farm Cinemas this coming Sunday 30th June. Tabart has been invited by the team behind the film to speak following the screening about the upcoming Koala Army March hosted by the AKF, which will endeavour to highlight … Continued
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Counting half a million flamingos using machine learning helps establish the significant conservation importance of the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana. Scientists from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Ecosystem Science have found a way to use artificial intelligence to accurately count hundreds of thousands of flamingos in Botswana, making future surveying of numbers of this iconic … Continued
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The Australian Parliament’s Agriculture Committee has presented its advisory report for its inquiry into the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024, which will end the live sheep export trade by sea by 1 May 2028. The inquiry examined the provisions of the bill, including the authority for Commonwealth spending to assist those impacted … Continued
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The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has today released a research paper outlining deep concern about the critical issue of habitat loss across Victoria, the true threat to koala populations. The Victorian Government’s Koala Management Strategy (VKMS) released in May 2023 completely misses the mark in securing the future of Koalas across the state. “The current … Continued
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This is a rejection of once-in-a-generation opportunity to end slaughter at sea, says Humane Society International (11 June 2024)―As news breaks that Iceland’s Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir will renew a one-year commercial whaling licence to whaling company Hvalur hf., despite clear evidence of immense animal suffering, global animal protection charity Humane Society International … Continued
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A decline of natural tree hollows is forcing arboreal mammal numbers to fall, according to a new study exploring why these species are disappearing in Northern Australia. The study led by Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) investigated whether the number of tree hollows in Northern Australian tropical savanna are contributing … Continued
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Premier Jacinta Allan has absolutely no empathy for Victoria’s sentient native waterbirds that are forced to suffer at the hands of recreational duck shooters. The Premier also lacks the vision needed to establish a First Nations nature-based wetlands tourism industry that would be as successful as the 1980s Cain Labor Government‘s Phillip Island penguin tourism … Continued
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The Cat Protection Society of Victoria (CPSV) is encouraging people to donate to its largest annual fundraising appeal from 13 May to 30 June, to help establish a benevolent fund to aid cat owners in need. The newly launched fund will be used by CPSV to provide for one-off, crisis basis veterinary support to … Continued
