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74 Whales Beached in Northern New Zealand
Animals  (tags: whales, New Zealand, beach, climate, animals )

Anna
- 974 days ago - news.blogs.cnn.com
As many as 74 pilot whales have beached themselves in northern New Zealand in the second mass stranding in the area in two months.Rough seas and gusting winds are pushing the whales into rocks causing injuries that may force authorities to euthanize .....
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ACTION ALERT: NEW ZEALAND MUST STOP THE ROT AND BAN KOSHER SLAUGHTER FOR GOOD !
Animals  (tags: kosher slaughter, new zealand, horrific cruelty, savage cruelty, laws )

Simone
- 976 days ago - animals.change.org
The New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, David Carter who banned the barbaric practice said, "But frankly I don't think any animal should suffer in the slaughter process". What an insult to every animal that has, and will have its throat savagely cut in
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New Zealand Government Supports Dolphin Ban
Animals  (tags: keeping dolphins in captivity, new zealand, dolphin ban, conservation, animalwelfare, AnimalWelfare, wildlife )

Jill
- 995 days ago - safe.org.nz
A coalition between SAFE, WSPA, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and Project Jonah has received a favourable response from the government to no longer keep dolphins in captivity in New Zealand.
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ACTION ALERT: Petition to Stop Commerical Whale Hunt !!!
Animals  (tags: new zealand, government, return to whaling, conservation, outrage, whales, protection )

Simone
- 1136 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Please help us stop our government (New Zealand) from supporting a return to whale hunting. They are proposing to stand by Japan and Norway to allow these countrys to come and harvest whales and to top it off get New Zealand and Australian taxpayers to
34 comments
Australian And New Zealand Tax Payers To Fund Commercial Whaling
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, whaling, Australia, New Zealand, taxes, environment, protection, wildlife, suffering, death )

Cher
- 1138 days ago - wdcs.org
In a proposal being drawn up for the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Australian and New Zealand tax payers may have to pay for a return to commercial whaling.
11 comments
ACTION ALERT: Say No to Pig Cruelty !!!
Animals  (tags: sow stalls, imprisoned, brutal cruelty, suffering, pigs, new zealand, laws, protection, welfare )

Simone
- 1147 days ago - lovepigs.safe.org.nz
Factory farmed pigs and breeding sows are kept indoors under three main types of systems. All three systems used in New Zealand are extremely cruel and cause pigs to suffer both physically and mentally.
9 comments
Support the Ban on Sow Stalls in New Zealand ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, sow stalls, New Zealand, ban, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 1148 days ago - petaasiapacific.com
New Zealand's National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee - under the leadership of Agriculture Minister David Carter - has proposed a new draft welfare code for pigs that would limit the use of farrowing crates and ban gestation crates by 2017.
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ACTION ALERT: Ban 1080 Poison in New Zealand !!!
Animals  (tags: 1080 poison, horrific slow painful deaths, animal suffering, new zealand, ban, foxes, rabbits, animals killed )

Simone
- 1152 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This is a petition against 1080 poison which has been banned all over the world except for New Zealand. It kills thousands of animals each year including deer,goats,native birds,fish,lizards everything that lives in the forest, it kills.
52 comments
Parrot Virus Threat to New Zealand's Rare Birds
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, parrots, disease, New Zealand, environment, protection )

Cher
- 1153 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
New Zealand's endangered parrots could be under further threat from a new genotype of a virulent disease that scientists at the University of Canterbury have recently helped identify. The scientists are calling for urgent action to protect native parrot
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New Zealand Now Pro-Whaling Country
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, whaling, New Zealand, Japan, environment, death, killing, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 1173 days ago - 3news.co.nz
New Zealand has reversed its anti-whaling stance and is backing a deal that would allow Japan to return to commercial whaling.
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Horses Rescued From Mud Traps
Animals  (tags: mud traps, horses, rescued, dangerous, new zealand, recovering, safe )

Simone
- 1182 days ago - stuff.co.nz
Four horses have been pulled from the mud in Canterbury this week, prompting an SPCA warning. Two horses, which had been ridden by young girls, became stuck in Governors Bay mudflats about 4.30pm on Wednesday and had to be airlifted to safety.
5 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop the Slaughter of Swans!
Animals  (tags: black swans, wildife, slaughtered, massacre, cruelty, new zealand )

Simone
- 1183 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Phil & Barbara McKernon are trying to stop the killing of black swans, whose hunting and killing are a local tourist attraction. Phil describes: "[G]roups of men in boats (shotguns in hand) go out into the bay at the Northern end of Tauranga Harbour
33 comments
Twenty-Eight Stranded Whales Die in NZ
Animals  (tags: tragedy, remote beach, stewart island, new zealand, dead pilot whales, deaths stranded )

Simone
- 1193 days ago - news.smh.com.au
Twenty-eight pilot whales have died on a New Zealand beach after becoming stranded on remote Stewart Island. Department of Conservation (DOC) staff found nine whales dead on West Ruggedy Beach on Sunday, north of Mason Bay
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Jumbo the Elephant Finally Free
Animals  (tags: jumbo, new zealand, circus elephant, retirement, donations, campaign, elephant sanctuary )

Simone
- 1278 days ago - tvnz.co.nz
The retirement of circus elephant Jumbo is being hailed as a victory by animal rights group Save Animals From Exploitation (Safe). Jumbo, New Zealand's only African elephant, spent 28 years with the Weber Bros Circus before a decision last week to put
5 comments
Big Cats Lose Claws
Animals  (tags: lion man, new zealand, lions, tiger, declawed, mutilation, cruelty )

Simone
- 1305 days ago - stuff.co.nz
Big cats featured on The Lion Man hit TV show are suffering after having their paws 'mutilated' so they could perform with their handlers, says the wildlife park troubleshooter now overseeing the animals' welfare. Some 29 of the 37 lions and tigers
7 comments
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