Please help make it happen!
New South Wales is home to most of Australia’s caged egg laying hens – hens that are among the most intensively confined animals in modern farming. And each month, several rodeos across the state feature calf roping events as a mere spectacle to draw in the crowds—but at the animals’ expense.
The state government is about to update their animal cruelty regulations. Now is the time to tell them that hens should not be confined in cages, and calves should not be violently treated for the sake of entertainment.
Feedback on the new Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (POCTA) Regulation 2025 is due by midnight on Thursday 19 December and the new legislation will come into effect from February 2025, so we need to act fast.
Caged hens can’t express their natural behaviours like nesting, dustbathing, roosting, and perching. They can’t even flap their wings. Calf roping presents serious risk of injury to the young animals—they suffer damaged windpipes from the lasso, bruises and broken ribs from being violently yanked off their feet and forced to the ground, and choking from the rope that drags them along the ground. This ‘entertainment’ comes at great cost to these young animals – and it must end.
Please join us by calling on the NSW government to end the outdated practice of caging hens and to end cruel calf roping events. The POCTA Regulations are designed to protect animals from cruelty. They need to protect hens and calves.
If you’d like to learn more before making a submission visit the NSW Government webpage here.
