BLOGS

06.08.23

Guest Blog: The story of Smokey

by Shane Williams – Bridgetown Wildlife Rescue Smokey came into care not long after the terrible fires in Bridgetown began, in February 2022. Thankfully he was not found in the fire zone, but by some young children riding their bikes on a bush track close to their home. Smokey had been trying to flee the […]

NEWSLETTERS

06.08.23

Wildlife Land Trust Issue 27

The Newsletter of HSI Australia’s Wildlife Land Trust • Issue 27 • 2023  Read More

MEDIA RELEASES

06.06.23

STATEMENT: Destructive gillnets to be removed from Great Barrier Reef

Humane Society International (HSI) Australia warmly welcomes announcements from the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek and the Queensland State Government committing to remove destructive gillnets from the Great Barrier Reef. Along with a $160 million commitment to purchase and retire gillnet licenses, all hammerhead shark species will now be commercially no-take […]

MEDIA RELEASES

06.06.23

Gold Coast whale entanglement confirmed as first of the season 

A migrating humpback whale was entangled in a shark net last night off Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast, marking the first entanglement of the young whale migration season. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has confirmed that crews beginning at 6 am this morning were able to free the animal.  Conservationists from Humane Society International […]

BLOGS

06.05.23

Albatross and petrel crisis meeting

Edinburgh has just hosted two weeks of meetings discussing the albatross and petrel conservation crisis. A room full of seabird scientists and officials from each of the member countries to the Agreement for the Conservation of Albatross and Petrels (ACAP), working together on recommendations aimed at saving seabirds from drowning in their thousands in fisheries, […]

BLOGS

05.30.23

EU Free Trade Agreement is Australia’s animal welfare wake up call

It is a simple truth that the behavioural needs of pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep and the pain they experience is the same wherever they are kept in the world.   As the trade negotiations between the European Union and Australia edge closer towards conclusion,  the question remains –  will this trade deal benefit the millions of […]

MEDIA RELEASES

05.30.23

Call to stop killing of Dingoes on public lands

An alliance of Indigenous, landholder and conservation organisations has called on state and federal governments to stop the killing of Dingoes on public lands. The call follows the release of a new national study on the genetics of wild canids in Australia by University of New South Wales researchers.    The study led by Dr. Kylie […]

BLOGS

05.29.23

Guest Blog: The story of Penny and Poppy

by Shane Williams – Bridgetown Wildlife Rescue   The Bridgetown fires in Western Australia burned thousands of hectares in 2022. Though some animals were large enough to outrun the fires, this wasn’t the case with Poppy the brushtail possum, and her baby Penny. Possums retreat to the trees and climb very high up, because their […]

MEDIA RELEASES

05.24.23

Animal protection NGOs and negotiation teams discuss animal welfare in EU-Australia trade deal

BRUSSELS (May 23, 2023)—As the trade negotiations between the European Union and Australia move closer towards conclusion, representatives of animal protection NGOs and the negotiating teams from both sides today convened today at the European Parliament for a roundtable discussion organised by Humane Society International, exploring its potential positive effects on animals in farms or […]