BRISBANE (June 10, 2026)—A humpback whale entangled on the Gold Coast today is the latest victim of the Queensland state government’s shark nets which endanger the lives of whales during their migration season every year and are responsible for the entanglement of countless other marine animals. A traumatising four-hour long rescue was required to free the humpback whale from a shark net this morning. Humane World for Animals Australia...
Every year, Australia’s state and territory governments allow private
landholders to kill hundreds of thousands of native animals—animals that
are otherwise protected by law.
For the first time ever, the Licence to Kill report quantifies the national scale of the
licensed killing of Australia’s native wildlife using data obtained from state
and territory governments.
