[Link] NSW laws criminalising secret recordings of animal cruelty ‘too great a burden on speech’, high court hears

Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision of animal cruelty and abuse are posing “too great a burden on speech”, animal rights activists have told the high court.

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[Link] Community groups in some states rehoming more greyhounds than industry programs, report suggests

Read: 20/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Industry-led programs to rehome retired greyhounds helped just 2,000 dogs across Australia last year and were outperformed in the two biggest racing states by community-run services operating on threadbare resources, a new report claims.

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[Link] Emaciated animals removed from property where horse graveyard found, court told

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

RSPCA inspectors first attended the property at Warrak near Ararat in January 2016 following a complaint from a member of the public about the animals' condition.

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[Link] Outback horse slayer deserves prison time for 'persistent, cruel behaviour'

Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The person who slaughtered more than 40 horses in outback Queensland in scenes that left seasoned police officers horrified is likely to face several years behind bars, lawyers say.

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