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Opposition keeps pressure on live sheep export ban

Opposition keeps pressure on live sheep export ban

The agriculture minister has defended legislation to end the live export of sheep by sea as the bill is introduced to the federal parliament.

Animal cruelty link to 'high-level' domestic violence

Animal cruelty link to 'high-level' domestic violence

Animal cruelty link to 'high-level' domestic violence

Animal cruelty link to 'high-level' domestic violence

A lawyer who prosecutes animal cruelty offences is probing a link to domestic violence offences, as inspectors investigate increasingly severe cases.

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Wildlife officers have trapped and captured a 3.6m crocodile after it lunged twice at a fisherman on a creek bank.

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US introduces 'understandable' poultry restrictions

US introduces 'understandable' poultry restrictions

The Victorian poultry meat industry is unlikely to be badly affected by US import curbs prompted by a bird flu outbreak, according to a peak body.

Welfare body concedes illegal knackery probe failed

Welfare body concedes illegal knackery probe failed

RSPCA officials admit they fell short when they initially cleared an illegal knackery of any wrongdoing despite finding 20 dead horses on a NSW property.

Croc hunting on the cards in big game tourism plan

Croc hunting on the cards in big game tourism plan

In a move toward big game tourism, crocodile hunting is among a number of reforms proposed under a shake-up of Queensland's management of the reptiles.

Bush users go to court to halt mass brumby cull

Bush users go to court to halt mass brumby cull

A decision to cull thousands of wild horses in a heritage park using aerial shooting has been criticised by a community group as an act of animal cruelty.

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Huge croc removed from north Queensland marina

Huge croc removed from north Queensland marina

Huge croc removed from north Queensland marina

Huge croc removed from north Queensland marina

A crocodile measuring more than four metres long has been captured in a north Queensland marina after lunging at a man on a house boat.

Dingo killed with speargun on tourist island

Dingo killed with speargun on tourist island

Dingo killed with speargun on tourist island

Dingo killed with speargun on tourist island

A man is co-operating with Queensland wildlife officers after a dingo was killed with a speargun at the popular holiday island of K'gari.

Man filmed dogs 'smashing roos' in front of daughter

Man filmed dogs 'smashing roos' in front of daughter

Man filmed dogs 'smashing roos' in front of daughter

Man filmed dogs 'smashing roos' in front of daughter

A man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after filming his hunting dogs fighting or killing a wombat, a deer, two kangaroos and two cats.

Dingo bites boy in latest attack on holiday island

Dingo bites boy in latest attack on holiday island

Dingo bites boy in latest attack on holiday island

Dingo bites boy in latest attack on holiday island

Rangers have reminded people to be vigilant around dingoes on a popular Queensland island after a boy was bitten.

Extinct kangaroo fossil uncovered after 50,000 years

Extinct kangaroo fossil uncovered after 50,000 years

Extinct kangaroo fossil uncovered after 50,000 years

Extinct kangaroo fossil uncovered after 50,000 years

A nearly-complete skeleton of an extinct, non-hopping kangaroo species has been painstakingly retrieved, piece by piece from a cave 20 metres underground.

Tough new penalties for animal cruelty offences

Tough new penalties for animal cruelty offences

Tough new penalties for animal cruelty offences

Tough new penalties for animal cruelty offences

Fines up to $250,000 and 10 years behind bars could become reality for people who mistreat animals in South Australia under proposed new laws.

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

What a croc! Salties targeted for cull in the Top End

The NT government has released its saltwater croc management plan, which includes culling but some traditional owners are calling for commercial opportunities.

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Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

The NSW government will investigate after suspending its brumby rehoming program on claims over 250 horses went to a person linked to an illegal knackery.

Nine brought to heel over cavoodle custody reports

A Sydney barrister will get $150,000 from Nine over its "extravagant, excessive and sensationalist" reporting of a bitter custody battle for Oscar the cavoodle.

Whale found at WA beach after mass stranding nearby

Authorities say a stranded pilot whale has been found at a beach 14km from the area where 160 whales beached themselves a day earlier.

Rangers use new tech for tracking animals in the desert

Indigenous rangers are using ancient tracking techniques and modern technology to find native animals after developing bilingual training resources.

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Developers walk away from huge wetlands project

A bid for a multimillion-dollar development on an internationally protected wetland has been canned after the government indicated it would not back the plan.

Hundreds of dead horses found at NSW property

An inspection of a property in NSW's Riverina region has led to the grim discovery of more than 500 dead horses, according to local authorities.

Child bitten by dingo on Queensland tourist island

A child has been bitten by a dingo in the latest incident involving the animals at a popular Queensland tourist spot.

Driver, two horses dead after float crash

A road crash involving a horse float in northern Victoria has left one man and two horses dead.

Minister flags faster environmental decisions

Unacceptable projects that have clear environmental impacts would be ruled out from the outset under changes to environmental protection reforms.

Plibersek rejects wetlands project in draft decision

In a draft decision, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has refused a development application that would have dredged wetlands east of Brisbane.

Anger as trigger to be pulled on duck hunting season

Animal rights advocates have doubled-down on concerns for endangered birds in Victorian wetlands ahead of the start of duck hunting season.

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