Animal Welfare

PETS NOT BETS — BAN GREYHOUND RACING - Abigail Boyd MP

PETS NOT BETS — BAN GREYHOUND RACING

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council: The NSW greyhound racing industry is untenable and unwanted by the community. Year after year, well-documented evidence reveals cruel and corrupt practices in the industry, including live baiting, doping and drugging, discarded greyhounds, overbreeding, cruel kennel...
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A statewide cat containment plan for NSW - Abigail Boyd MP

A statewide cat containment plan for NSW

Many of our furry friends love to roam, but we need to keep them safe at home!  We need a plan to keep our roaming cat friends inside, for their own safety as well as the safety of local wildlife.  But we know it’s not...
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 Fund animal rescue, recovery and rehoming organisations - Abigail Boyd MP

Fund animal rescue, recovery and rehoming organisations

Animals come in all shapes and sizes, and their needs can be just as varied. But what is universally true is that all animals – be they companion animals, farmed animals or wildlife – are sentient creatures that deserve to be treated humanely and with...
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Independent Office of Animal Welfare - Abigail Boyd MP (updated)

EMAIL THE MINISTER TO SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF ANIMAL WELFARE

We need an Independent Office of Animal Welfare.  Right now, responsibility for animal welfare sits with the Minister for Agriculture, even though their Department’s designated purpose is to drive stronger primary industries — an inherent conflict of interest when animal agriculture profits are too often...
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Rodeos have got to go - Abigail Boyd MP (updated)

Rodeos have got to go

Rodeos are the height of animal cruelty posed as entertainment — torturing sentient beings with the express purpose of making them respond to fear and pain, and then making a show out of trying to dominate the terrified animal.
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Email MPs to support recognising animal sentience - Abigail Boyd MP (updated)

Email MPs to support recognising animal sentience

Animals are sentient beings that consciously and subjectively feel joy, fear, pleasure and suffering. To the very vast majority of us, this is not a controversial statement - we have all interacted with animals and seen it for ourselves.  But in New South Wales, our...
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No more missing greyhounds - Abigail Boyd MP (updated)

No more missing greyhounds

A greyhound’s speed should not determine whether it lives or dies. But prior to 2016, at least 5,500 healthy greyhounds were being killed every single year in NSW, simply because they couldn’t earn their keep in the racing industry. And despite the 2017 industry reforms,...
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