Ann Middlebrough is the Volunteer Captain for the electorate of Isaacs. Ann has been with WSPA as a volunteer for the last 7 months and in this short space of time has done some incredible work. Here is a short interview we had with Ann: How did you first become involved with WSPA? I have been a financial supporter for many years, but when I heard about the Move Forward campaign, (to lobby the Labor Party on the live export … Continued
If you are one of the many people who have contacted your Federal Member of Parliament about cruel live animal exports, then you most likely have (well you should have!) received a letter in response. These letters can take many different forms depending on the MP, which party they belong to and whether they are using standard responses. The next important step is to respond to this letter to keep this issue on the Government’s radar. We already know live … Continued
WSPA’s Animal Task Force is a group of volunteers, currently made up of the Captains from our “Move Forward” campaign. They have been hard at work campaigning against live export over the last several months. One such volunteer is April Meddick, Captain for the Corangamite electorate. April has been focusing on Government Relations tasks, engaging in correspondence with her MP, Darren Cheeseman, and asking him pressing questions and educating him on the facts of the trade. April and her family … Continued
This weekend, some of our Sydney-based volunteer Captains got together in the WSPA office to lend their time to helping wrap up our Move Forward initiative by assisting with the glamourous task of data entry. It was a huge help to the office, and we’d like to extend a big THANK YOU to Nami, Matthew, Rosalba, Sy, Alen, Michelle, Stefan, and Jim! We’ll have lots of opportunities in the coming year for supporters to get involved, making a difference. Currently … 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
Every year in Australia, millions of animals are transported to ports before being loaded onto overcrowded live export ships where they can experience extreme stress, injury, starvation and illness. Roaming Captain Anna Ludvik visited Port Adelaide recently commenting that she was confronted by “just how industrial the port is…with odd noises and smells … it is no place for animals”, yet sadly our animals will continue to experience such conditions until the live export trade is phased out in favour … Continued
What a great week for WSPA’s Move Forward campaign, with news of more MP meetings and media coverage starting to take off. Since our last post on media coverage, we’ve now seen this great article come in about Chantal, Captain for the Casey electorate and why she’s passionate about ending live exports. It’s now more important than ever to keep up this momentum and continue to move the Labor party forward. Jehni from Canning with supportive Western Australian MLA Tony … Continued
As we’ve written about in previous posts, our Move Forward captains are doing amazing work around the country, demonstrating that Australians want to see the Labor party really Move Forward and transition away from cruel live exports to the more ethical and viable alternative of a chilled meat trade. Some of our Captains have been very successful in drumming up local media attention. Below, Captain Sharni from Malee was featured in an article in her local paper, the Sunraysia Daily. … Continued
There are less than 6 weeks to go until the Federal Labor Conference! This means it’s time for our Move Forward Captains to start focusing more on their goal of reaching out to their local Labor representative and local media. You can get involved Sprinting forward in Victoria’s Lalor electorate, Captain Ben is hosting a Fun Run at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens to raise awareness and encourage people to become “links” in the Humane Chain. If you would like to … Continued
What a busy week we have had, with 46 new Captain applications and countless more people putting their hands up to help out their local Captain. Our workload has certainly increased but with it so does our ability to reach even more people across Australia. Speaking of working hard, our Captains have had another busy week fulfilling their 3 goals: 1. Inspire at least 100 people to join the Humane Chain in their electorate2. Obtain media coverage of their activities … Continued
