As you may have seen from all our facebook activity, we are very excited to announce that 77,837 people got involved in the recent Stand Up for Animals campaign and signed a little orange person voicing their opposition towards live animal exports! In addition, eight MPs and Senators visited their local The Body Shop store to sign up and reiterate that Australia needs to move towards the alternatives to live animal export. From all of us at WSPA and the … Continued
At the end of the first week of our Stand Up for Animals Campaign, we are very excited to say it has gone extremely well with 30,091 little orange people signed! The Body Shop staff and customers have been enthusiastically getting behind the campaign and not only signing the petition but taking photos with our big orange people (see photos below!) This campaign is very important as many people think that the live export issue has been solved – but … Continued
With only three days to go until the Olympics, we have created a new world record on Australian soil World record in Australia To launch the biggest stage yet of our Humane Chain campaign, we gathered hundreds of Australians in Martin Place in Sydney this morning, who helped us break the World Record for the most people to ever stand up, simultaneously with their arms linked. The previous Guinness World Record was 45 people. The record attempt was attended by … Continued
As the Humane Chain evolves, so too does its staff. Meet Katinka Day, Campaign Officer who began in May this year. Katinka is responsible for the public engagement side of the Humane Chain. This involves working on our Social Media channels, the Humane Chain website, volunteers and helping execute our next campaign: Stand Up for Animals. She came to WSPA after working within the private and public sector as she wanted to work with an organisation she felt strongly about. … Continued
With over 113,000 Australians now having joined the Humane Chain, we thought we’d take the opportunity to give you a look at some of the hard working people behind the scenes. Meet Graham Nicholls, WSPA’s Campaign Coordinator. Graham is responsible for working with Government and stakeholders to showcase the alternatives to live exports, and joined our team in December 2011, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to his role. While working in Tonga in 2011 Graham was shocked by … Continued
News reported in The Australian last week again throws up questions regarding the ability of live exporters to influence slaughter practices in importing countries. The paper says: “The first independent audits of Indonesian abattoirs wanting to import and process Australian cattle have found local workers initially failed to meet animal welfare standards, killing cows incorrectly and using blades that were not sharp enough”. Whilst the report states that corrective action was taken, I have to wonder how many more animals … Continued
In Part One of our Year End Wrap-Up we looked at some of the live export milestones in the first half of 2011. The year’s turning point was easily defined by the atrocities uncovered by Animals Australia and televisions program Four Corners in Indonesia, which made live export an issue no one could ignore. WSPA supporters sent thousands of letters to their MPs and to Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig in the days following the Four Corners report, and then followed … Continued
Written by WSPA Captain and Stop Live Exports volunteer, Katrina Love On Sunday 13 November, some 370 people from all walks of life turned up for Stop Live Exports’ Human Chain across Fremantle’s Stirling Bridge as part of the WSPA Move Forward Campaign. We asked people to wear black and to identify themselves with a sign that read “I AM A _________ OPPOSED TO LIVE EXPORT”. We had many nurses, teachers, students, animal lovers, children and dogs, and the odd … Continued
A new national survey commissioned by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has revealed 77% of Australians still think the live export industry is cruel, despite Governments recent claims that new reform will reduce the abuse of exported Australian animals. The poll conducted by Lonergan Research, also found that 80% of Australians believe Labor should support a phase out of live export, in favour of a local chilled meat export industry. WSPA campaign manager Jessica Borg, said … Continued
We have a huge opportunity for supporters to get even more involved in our Humane Chain campaign aimed at ending live animal exports. On December 3rd and 4th the Labor party will hold their National Conference. This usually takes place only once every three years, and during it they’ll consider amendments to the Party platform and a number of resolutions. This is a critical window of opportunity! So on September 1st a group of WSPA supporters, volunteers and staff got … Continued
