It's not only banner-waving activists who care about animal welfare, a recent government report found the majority of people surveyed have concerns and want reform.
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Labor hopes their six-point plan could turn around Australia's poor international reputation on animal welfare.
It's the last race for Winx this weekend and she's been an incredible race horse. But what makes a good race horse?
Animal-rights protesters have grabbed headlines this week, but research shows antagonism is not always effective.
Raw meat dog food products are growing in popularity. But a new study warns of the risks of bacterial contamination not only to your pet but also to yourself or others in your house.
If dogs are bred with known health disorders, what role should vets play in discouraging potential owners from animals that could cost them both financially and emotionally?
The outcry over allegations that electronic devices may have been used in Australian racehorse training highlights inconsistencies in our attitudes to the use of such devices on animals in general.
Our research compared penalties for animal cruelty issued before and after the law change in SA. We found the penalties did in fact increase, but reports of abuse haven't decreased.
Around 175,000 dogs and cats in Australian animal shelters are put down each year. But you can gift a pet a new home this Christmas, with the support of animal welfare groups.
Evolution can explain why animals are scared – but what can we do to help?
American spending on pets is more than the combined GDP of the 39 poorest countries in the world. What if even a small percentage of this spending was allocated to reducing suffering, asks a philosopher.
While the commitment of vegan businesses to animal well-being is laudable, is that where their ethical commitments stop? Are they reproducing bare-minimum labour standards, or aiming higher?
Tongue-ties are used in Australian horse racing but are banned in most other horse sports.
The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried
The government has extended by a year the time it is giving exporters with old ships to continue with sub-standard conditions for sheep carried to the Middle East.
Labor on Thursday will move an amendment to phase out live sheep exports, mirroring the private member's bill put up by Liberal MP Sussan Ley.
Many people feel conflicted about the use of animals in scientific research. But what is actually involved?
Broadbent didn't use the term "doctors' wives", but these are the people he meant – Liberal supporters whose vote can be moved by particular causes.
He told The Conversation that even when he finished his degree in the 1990s "the economic rationale for continuing the trade wasn't strong".
In choosing not to ban the live export trade even in the hottest northern months, the federal government is allowing animals to be put in conditions where they cannot possibly escape suffering.
Top contributors
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Professor of Animal Welfare, Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, UNSW
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Paul McGreevy is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Honorary Associate, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Law, University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence; Chair of the Labour Studies Department; Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists; Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Brock University
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University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University
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Historian, University of Melbourne
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Sessional Academic and Research Assistant at Flinders University, PhD Candidate, Monash University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Law, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts, University of Wollongong
