Animal Welfare

Retired Australian High Court justice Michael Kirby says improving animal protection laws is an idea whose time has come.

New Zealand's international reputation could be harmed if our planned update of animal welfare legislation falls too far behind public opinion in European Union countries, University of Otago law student Danielle Duffield warns.

A man's dog has been taken away from him because he failed to get treatment for the animal after it broke its leg jumping out of a window.

Battery farmed eggs remain the choice of many consumers due to their low price.

Karitane resident Penny Fisher has her say by signing her name on a Dunedin shop window yesterday in a protest against the use of animals in the testing of cosmetic products.

After seven days, dogs left in the Dunedin City Council pound are destroyed, regardless of their temperament or suitability for adoption. Dog Rescue Dunedin was established in December last year to save these condemned creatures. Ellie Constantine finds out how the organisation is faring.

Everyone needs to take responsibility for animal welfare, New Zealand Veterinary Association president Richard Wild says.

Blinking in the bright sunshine and a bit wobbly on his feet, battery hen protester Carl Scott yesterday left the cage where he has spent a month.

Two animal welfare advocates are to visit Waikouaiti's Mainland Poultry tomorrow as the egg industry tries to allay concern bigger cages for battery hens are still cruel.

Cage dweller Carl Scott is in good spirits, despite having eggs hurled at him a couple of times.