Concerned at misleading claims by egg producers that 20,000 hens per hectare ( two birds to a front doormat) and by Coles’ claim that 10,000 hens per hectare ( one bird to a front doormat) could be characterised as ‘free range’, the Panel last year made a lengthy submission to the ACCC. The ACCC in…
Further to our FB posts of 18 April and 12 May 2014 where we reported on the plight of Brutus, Coco and 9 puppies seized on 23 August 2013 by Hume City Council, Brutus went home to his owner on 10 June. Brutus’ owner had lost at VCAT, Judge Harbison affirming on 11 May the…
The ABC 1 TV 7.30 program last night screened a story on jumps racing, and how its days are numbered . The program video and ABC news report may be accessed here.
For the past six months or so the Panel has been battling to save Brisbane dog Zeus from a destruction order. Today Zeus was finally released (pictured). Zeus was found “wandering at large” by the Brisbane City Council in August 2013 and classified as “substantially fitting the description of an American Pit Bull Terrier”,…
ALL Coles brand fresh chicken will be RSPCA approved from today, in a move the supermarket giant says is a win for consumers and animal welfare. Read the full story at The Land, 3 January 2014.
In debate in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, shadow minister for agriculture John Lenders moved a motion yesterday calling for a parliamentary review of breed specific legislation and whether there are more cost effective means of preventing and reducing dog attacks. In this last respect, Mr Lenders mentioned the Calgary model a number of times. This…
‘Consumer watchdog the ACCC has launched court proceedings against two of Australia’s biggest egg producers, claiming they falsely labelled product as “free range”. Read the article by Jared Lynch at The Age website.