You may’ve already seen PETA’s horrific video of live Angora rabbits being plucked in China (warning this video is very graphic). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGl8DnLy2jc . The abominable treatment of these rabbits has caused shockwaves around the world and PETA has called on retailers and consumers to stop buying Angora products. New Zealand has got something of a…
A publicity stunt to run a mob of sheep down Auckland’s Queen Street as part of the Real New Zealand World Cup event has been cancelled. The plan was for a flock of sheep to run from Aotea Square to Queens Wharf at lunchtime on October 17, the Monday before the rugby World Cup final.…
In line with what we predicted it seems as if the plans to build massive cubicle dairy ‘factory’ farms are progressing well. Despite what looks like posturing from both the government and Fonterra (the latter already has a similar unit in China) a report in yesterday’s Timaru Herald states that resource consents have already been…
Reports are saying that farming companies and the government are locking horns over applications to set-up 16 factory diary farms in NZ. “Three companies* have applied to set up 16 new farms in the central South Island’s Mackenzie Basin, keeping up to 18,000 cows in cubicle stables** 24 hours a day for eight months of…
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