Humane World for Animals Australia welcomes key recommendations, urges NSW Government to act without delay. SYDNEY (July 28, 2026)—Humane World for Animals Australia has welcomed the findings of a New South Wales Animal Welfare Committee inquiry into the licensed killing of native animals in the state, which has recommended significant changes to the way permits for...
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.
