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Tweet On ANZAC Day, Peter Wicks takes a look at a terrific organisation that’s helping returned service personnel deal with post-traumatic stress and helps smooth their path back to civilian life. ANZAC DAY means different things to different...
Tweet When shooters slaughtered close to 1,000 native birds, many of them endangered, at Boort in Victoria, the future of duck hunting in the State should have been called into question, writes author and birder Andrew Stafford. (RSPCA newspaper...
Tweet So much for freedom of speech, the Victorian Coalition Government has banned rescuers and the media from today’s duck shooting season opening. Tess Lawrence reports. by contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence “DUCK SHOOTERS...
Tweet Veronica ‘Trilby’ Wentworth-Smyth, the director of the Arts Charity Trust, says a heartfelt goodbye to all the animals soon to go extinct from global warming — as transcribed by Scott Campbell-Smith. (Reproduced from the...
Tweet Guy Lane sends out a wake-up call to save the snubnosed dolphins, an elusive but delightful member of the dolphin family. Snubnose dolphin (copyright Dr Isabel Beasley) AN OLD Chinese proverb says: “Go to bed with coat hanger in mouth...
Tweet The assumption animals don’t think, feel or remember is wrong; in fact, that description might often be better applied to humans. Dr Patrick Haid comments. Nietzsche wrote that ‘animals live unhistorically’, neither aware of ‘yesterday...
Tweet With Victoria increasing the hunting season to 12 weeks, the Coalition against Duck Shooting is looking to prosecute hunters for animal cruelty. Campaign director Laurie Levy explains. Duck protestor Julia Symons shot in the face on the...
Tweet The Victorian Government has forced Zoos Victoria to end a campaign encouraging visitors to use toilet paper made from recycled products. Tess Lawrence reports. SHIT HAPPENS AND IT’S CALLED PETER WALSH by contributing editor-at-large...
Tweet Over this holiday period, spare a thought for dogs being bred in despicable conditions in Australian puppy factories. Peter Wicks reports. ONE OF MY favourite bands, The Eels has a song called Dogs Life. Here are some of the lyrics: I’ll...
Tweet The summer months can present risks to your dog; dog expert Kaye Hargreaves explains how you can keep your dog safe and comfortable over the summer holidays. (Introduction by contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence.) VALE KOKO, OF...
