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A wildlife rescue group has revealed a sad detail in a viral video recorded at John Barilaro’s Southern Highlands property. The YouTube video “Bruz” by Friendlyjordies shows footage of at least one wombat on the Deputy Premier’s property exhibiting fur-loss and emaciation – key signs of mange. Kanimbla Wombats, a volunteer-based mange treatment program in the Kanimbla Valley, […]
Statement from the Hon. Mark Pearson, MLC: “Yesterday morning the Animal Justice Party was made aware of two photos circulating on social media of two dingoes caught in traps, apparently in the Scone region of NSW. There were claims these dingoes had been trapped for three days. We have no proof to indicate the dingoes […]
The NSW Government is being called back for a second hearing after failing to explain “biologically impossible” data and other concerns about kangaroo management at the NSW kangaroo inquiry. The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) were key witnesses of the inquiry into kangaroo health and wellbeing, but the committee – led […]
Australian sheep were shipped to Jordan to be sold for slaughter during the Festival Eid held in July, with Animals Australia alleging that at some point a breach of the ESCAS animal welfare requirements occurred. No official statement has clarified whether the sheep were transported prior to the prohibited travel period of the Northern Summer […]
The risk of a new zoonotic disease like covid-19 is one of many reasons Australia can’t risk farming kangaroos, says Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson. “Australia’s kangaroo trade is sickening enough as it is – we don’t want to cause another global pandemic while we’re legally bludgeoning joeys to death,” […]
Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party Mark Pearson has slammed the NSW Government for allowing horse racing and greyhound racing to continue as the state’s Covid-19 situation worsens. Both horse racing and greyhound racing are set to continue across the state, with a Rosehill Gardens race set to go ahead in Sydney’s […]
Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party Mark Pearson has alleged Australian racehorses are already being killed at knackeries and slaughterhouses, and says news of overseas killing is a reminder of law reform needed in NSW. In February, Mr Pearson introduced a bill to NSW Parliament that would criminalise the slaughter of ex-racehorses […]
Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, has condemned the killing of around 50 pigeons in Moree, saying the incident is emblematic of a wider problem. “The suffering these animals endured for their apparent crime of existing is inexcusable,” Mr Pearson said. “The deaths of the pigeons appears to be deliberate, and […]
A number of wildlife organisations have called on Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley to refrain from signing off on kangaroo killing quotas before a NSW parliamentary inquiry into kangaroo welfare tables its final report. The Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2022-26 would allow the commercial killing of millions of kangaroos in NSW to continue. The public […]
Racehorse “My Cousin James” had to have part of his necrotic tongue surgically removed after trainer Steven Phelps failed to remove a tongue tie, a Racing NSW Steward’s Report has revealed. Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party Mark Pearson issued a formal complaint to the RSPCA on 6 July 2021, and is calling […]
Imagine your entire body is covered in an unbearably itchy rash so bad that when you move, your thickened skin cracks along ridges all across your body. These infected fissures, wet with blood and pus, are slowly drying out and splitting even deeper. Soon they’ll be flyblown. You can’t sleep and you’re exhausted from scratching. […]
An illustrator and designer have today launched koalas.fyi, an interactive guide to the findings and recommendations of the NSW koala inquiry. The website was created and developed by illustrator Alannah Milton and designer/developer Brody Smith. Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party Mark Pearson, who was Deputy Chair of the inquiry, has praised the […]
In a motion given to Upper House on Wednesday (June 23), MP for the Animal Justice Party Mark Pearson called on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to remove Nationals MP’s John Barilaro and Adam Marshall from their office over their disregard of animal sentience. “The New South Wales people, animals and the environment deserve better than the […]
Sunday’s vigil for greyhounds has been postponed. Due to Sydney’s new COVID-19 restrictions, Greyhound Racing NSW has postponed its awards luncheon at The Fullerton Hotel on 27 June. This means the vigil organised by Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds, which was to take place at the same time and which I was due to […]
A vigil for the victims of the greyhound racing industry will be held at Martin Place at midday, Sunday 27 June. The event will take place at the same time as Greyhound Racing NSW’s annual “Greyhound of the Year Award” function, just 200 metres away at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney. The vigil has […]