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Brisbane
‘Disturbing’: Man fined after driving over plover chicks in nest
“As he is driving over the nest, the parents of the chicks were squawking and flapping their wings in a futile attempt to prevent it,” the department said.
- by Cloe Read
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‘Egregious, callous, cruel’: Perth woman accused of throwing dog from two-storey car park
Amy Lea Judge, 25, broke down in court as she heard prosecutors were seeking a term of imprisonment for the offence, which carries a maximum penalty of five years jail.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Crime
‘Extraordinarily cruel, sadistic, barbaric’: Perth teenager jailed over kangaroo killing spree
Wild scenes erupted between protesters and the accused’s mother outside a Perth court on Tuesday before the sentencing for a case of extreme animal cruelty.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Animal cruelty cases spike in WA as cash-strapped owners hit hard times
RSPCA WA have said they had responded to 19 reports of animal cruelty a day on average over the past year.
- by Holly Thompson
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Farming
Game on: States issued a challenge to see who can end chook battery farming soonest
Western Australia is leading the race to be the first state to ban cage eggs with 77 per cent of Australians wanting the practice phased out.
- by Latika Bourke
Lifetime ban for woman who starved horses at Ararat property
The 66-year-old was found guilty of more than 50 animal cruelty charges and has been permanently banned from owning or being in control of horses and ponies.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Ministers get cracking on plan to phase out caged eggs in Australia
The plan to rid Australian shelves of caged eggs was hatched in a meeting of the nation’s agriculture ministers in Perth on Thursday.
- by Sarah Brookes
Perth woman facing jail for allegedly throwing dog off carpark roof
The incident, which occurred near Whitford City in Hillarys, was allegedly caught on camera.
- by Heather McNeill
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Live exports
Department of Agriculture investigating alleged abuse of Australian sheep in Oman
Animals Australia says thousands of sheep are set to be slaughtered outside the live export rules that are supposed to protect them after uncovering alleged abuses.
- by Latika Bourke
Racing NSW stewards charge Chynna Marston with horse welfare offences
The Sky Racing presenter and her fiance Alex Kean will face the charges at Racing NSW headquarters next week.
- by Chris Roots
