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Aussie star shines a light on elephant-friendly travel

26 September 2019

Susie Porter is an award-winning actor, animal activist and World Animal Protection ambassador. For World Tourism Day, September 27, she gave us a personal account of her recent visit to ChangChill in Thailand.

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

6 Do’s and Don'ts for an animal-friendly holiday

24 September 2019

September 27 is World Tourism Day. It’s the perfect time to think about what you do when you travel and the impact it can have on animals around the world.

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

Piglets endure painful mutilations in factory farming

23 September 2019

As one of the most intensively farmed animals on the planet, pigs suffer from the moment they are born. It’s time to end their suffering!

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Jetpets Rescue Awards winners announced

16 September 2019

The Jetpets Rescue Awards is a national program that recognises and celebrates achievements in the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of pets in Australia.

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Animals in communities

Responsible pet ownership

MandaLao’s elephants sleep chain-free

16 September 2019

MandaLao Elephant Conservation was the first non-riding elephant sanctuary in Luang Prabang – giving elephants lives worth living.

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Animals in the wild

Ghost fishing nets entangling the Gulf of Carpentaria

13 September 2019

We’ve joined forces with James Cook University and CSIRO to document the catastrophic amount of plastic lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear – known as ghost gear – is in the Gulf region.

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Animals in the wild

Sea change campaign

Helping animals affected by Amazon wildfires

09 September 2019

The Amazon is burning with fires threatening 10% of the world’s biodiversity

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Animals in disasters

Amazon fires: our team of vets is in rainforest

05 September 2019

Some of the world’s most iconic wild animals as well as pets, are grave risk as fires continue to blaze through the Amazon rainforest.

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Animals in disasters

Tesco Lotus to end the suffering of pregnant pigs in cages

30 August 2019

Thailand’s biggest supermarket, Tesco Lotus has announced packaged pork in all their Thailand stores will come from producers that keep pregnant pigs out of cages and in group housing by 2027.

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Animals in farming

Qantas walks back captive dolphin commitment

29 August 2019

Earlier this month, Australia’s largest airline Qantas was quoted committing to cut ties with venues that house captive dolphins.

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Animals in the wild

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