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Animals Australia and RSPCA Victoria state that all animals should be stunned prior to slaughter because of the suffering they experience during their slaughter. According to the Australian Department of Agriculture, "Australia's state and territory governments have primary responsibility for animal welfare and laws to prevent cruelty". [17]
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
The ADO frequently makes submissions to governmental inquiries that directly or indirectly concern animal issues. For example, in recent years, submissions have been made to the Canterbury-Bankstown City Council on their policy surrounding the use of exotic animals in circuses, [6] the NSW Senate’s Select Committee on Landowner Protection from Unauthorised Filming or Surveillance, [7] and ...
They were both shocked by the extent of animal suffering in institutionalised farming. [6] After being exposed to a number of animal welfare and animal rights issues, they decided to raise awareness of animal suffering in Australia by established Voiceless. [7] Brian has published a history of Voiceless in his autobiography The Lives of Brian.
The Senate unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony and will now be sent to President Trump's desk for his signature. Animal cruelty may soon be a federal crime after ...
Deborah Cao, Animal Law in Australia and New Zealand (Sydney: Thomson Reuters, 2010). ISBN 978 0 455 22618 7; Li Chien-hui, "A Union of Christianity, Humanity, and Philanthropy: The Christian Tradition and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Nineteenth-Century England," Society and Animals 8/3 (2000): 265-285.
The video-sharing site YouTube has been criticized for hosting thousands of videos of real-life animal cruelty, especially the feeding of one animal to another for entertainment and spectacle. Although some of these videos have been flagged as inappropriate by users, YouTube has generally declined to remove them, unlike videos that include ...
The Animal Protection Laws of the United States of America & Canada compendium, [14] by Stephan K. Otto, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, is a comprehensive animal protection laws collection. It contains a detailed survey of the general animal protection and related statutes for all of the states, principal ...