Video footage has emerged of a commercial shooter harvesting kangaroos next to a kangaroo sanctuary just two weeks after National Parks and Wildlife Service declined the landholder permission to cull kangaroos due to low population density. The incident occurred on...
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MEDIA RELEASE: ‘A vote for greyhound cruelty’: Wollondilly Councillors urged to oppose “archaic” motion supporting greyhound racing
Wollondilly Shire Council will tonight vote on a divisive motion that could see Council commit resources to supporting the greyhound racing industry. If passed, the motion put forward by Councillor Matthew Deeth would see Wollondilly Council commit its support to “the...
MEDIA RELEASE: Horse racing bill introduced to ban whips, spurs, and tongue-ties in NSW
Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, has introduced a bill to NSW Parliament with the aim of banning the use of whips, tongue-ties and spurs in horse racing. Mr Pearson spoke to the Racehorse Legislation Amendment (Welfare and...
MEDIA RELEASE: Farmers, shooters, and “kangaroo haters” encouraged to join kangaroo population survey
An eyebrow-raising public notice has called on farmers, shooters, and kangaroo haters and lovers alike to join a nation-wide project, the Aussie Summer Kangaroo Count. “Hate kangaroos? Love kangaroos? Shoot kangaroos? No matter your opinion, we need to know how...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Koalas are worth more than timber”: damning logging survey shows community groups are picking up the slack of NSW Government’s environmental incompetence, says Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson
A critical new logging survey shows environmental community groups are doing more than their fair share and it’s time for the NSW Government to act, Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, has warned. “The NSW Government is consistently...
MEDIA RELEASE: NSW Government response to state koala inquiry is “dangerous lip service”
The NSW Government has sidestepped major koala-saving recommendations put forward by a state inquiry into koala populations. “The NSW Government has failed to commit to action or resources in crucial areas of koala population and habitat management that have already...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Animal cruelty will remain the status quo”: the NSW Government’s rejection of an Independent Office of Animal Protection is a fatal blow for animals, says Animal Justice Party MP, Mark Pearson
The state government has condemned millions of animal to needless suffering by rejecting a key finding of a recent parliamentary inquiry into NSW’s animal cruelty laws, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. “The government’s rejection...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Koalas need all the friends they can get”: Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson to launch the proposal of a new mid-north coast nature reserve
EVENT: 12-2pm, Saturday, November 28 at Bellinger Valley Lodge. NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, will visit Bellingen this month to launch the proposal of a new nature reserve for the Upper Kalang, Middle Bellinger and Nambucca Rivers...
MEDIA RELEASE: “We need guardianship payments now”: Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson urges NSW Government to prevent private landholders from selling koala habitat to loggers
More national parks and state reserves won’t be enough to stop the localised extinction of NSW koala populations, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. Mr Pearson is urging the government to introduce “guardianship payments” to...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Two death knells for NSW’s koalas”: AJP MP Mark Pearson warns of environmental impact of government koala policy and Santos Narrabri gasfield
Koalas on the north coast and the Pilliga region will face extinction if the NSW Government and Santos get their way, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. “In less than a week two death knells have sounded for koalas in NSW,” Mr...
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