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Key Facts: A UNSW researcher found using bees to scare elephants away from crops in Botswana raised more questions than answers. In Botswana, coexisting with the country’s 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop means hoping these ‘gentle giants’ don’t wander through and cause damage while searching for food … Continued
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SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (3 Dec. 2025) ― Two of Australia’s most vulnerable reptile species have been awarded strengthened protections from international commercial wildlife trade following a decision today at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, The Mount Elliot leaf-tailed gecko (Phyllurus amnicola) and the … Continued
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With recent attention on the lack of regulation in Australia’s dog care and training industry – where no formal qualifications or minimum standards are required for trainers, walkers, or daycare providers in New South Wales – many Aussie dog owners are left questioning who and what to trust. According to accredited dog behaviourist, certified force-free … Continued
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This Christmas, The Cat Protection Society of Victoria (CPSV) is calling on Victorians to help give the gift of life to cats in need through its Nine Lives Emergency Fund as the shelter braces for a spike in admissions of abandoned and surrendered cats and kittens requiring care this summer. The fundraising campaign provides life-saving … Continued
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The ambitious trial to reintroduce native marsupial species into Sturt National Park is on track, say Wild Deserts conservationists. Western quolls, bilbies and golden bandicoots are slowly taking back a ‘low-cat’ area of the desert – the massive Wild Training Zone of more than 100km2 in Sturt National Park in NSW. The resurgence of … Continued
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Key Facts: Strong, emotional talking points and topics: Is racing doing enough to show the public what really happens behind the scenes? Can you really love horses and still go to the races? Where do all the Melbourne Cup horses go after the races are over? Does Australia still want a racing industry? What does … Continued
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Australia’s leading animal protection organisations have united to urge Woolworths and Coles to honour their long-standing commitments to go cage-free by the end of 2025. A joint open letter has today been sent to Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell and Coles CEO Leah Weckert ahead of the supermarkets’ upcoming Annual General Meetings on 30 October and … Continued
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SYDNEY (28 October 2025) – It has been confirmed today that a humpback whale calf has drowned after entanglement in a shark net off Coledale Beach, near Wollongong NSW. The dead whale was found still bound in the shark net, near Wombarra. The New South Wales Government returned shark nets to 51 locations along NSW beaches this September, when the humpback migration was still well underway. “The New South Wales shark nets have always been a risk to migrating humpback whales, so we’re not surprised this tragic, avoidable, and fatal entanglement has happened. A migrating whale … Continued
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SYDNEY (27 October 2025)—Humane World for Animals Australia has applauded a motion passed by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) last week (see wording of Motion below), calling on the Queensland State Government to modernise its primitive Shark Control Program by working with coastal councils to trial non-lethal, evidence-based technologies. The motion, passed at … Continued
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SYDNEY (27 October, 2025) — Humane World for Animals Australia says the opportunity to deliver the legislative tools required to turn around Australia’s nature crisis must not be squandered in reform of Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Humane World for Animals Australia’s Campaign Director, Nicola Beynon, was one of the negotiators of … Continued
