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Humane Chain - helping to end the cruel live export trade
http://humanechain.blogspot.com/
The Humane Chain blog has been set up by the Handle With Care coalition, to showcase the variety of people from all walks of life that support an end to cruel the live export trade of Australian sheep to the Middle East. Blog posts also feature general live export information and news about the campaign.
Recent Posts
Clover Moore wants an end to live sheep exports
Sydney Mayor Clover Moore shares her opinion publicly about Australian animal welfare in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. In her opening paragraph she notes, “We are well behind world’s best practice in this area, particularly in comparison with ...
Job losses show impact of live exports on Australian economy
Reports in several media, including The Australian, over the last few days have confirmed that the live export industry is having a negative impact on the Australian sheep meat industry. Two of Australia’s biggest sheep meat exporters - one in New ...
INSIGHT BUS ART SAYS “STOP LIVE TRADE”
Insight's road trip dubbed: “Repeat after me: I am free” left from Sydney in July of this year, bound for Byron Bay’s Splendor in the grass music festival. They were joined by International surfers, skaters and artists including Daniel Shimizu,...
Dr Teresa Buss-Carden says: the slaughter of kangaroos and live animal exports are both intrinsically cruel
Whilst working for the World League for Protection of Animals (WLPA) my main aim has been to stop the massacre of kangaroos in Australia, which is currently the largest land wildlife slaughter on our planet. However I am also deeply concerned about t...
Australians say no to live export as festival of sacrifice begins
The largest single petition ever lodged with the Rudd Government's Petitions Committee includes the signatures of over 34,000 Australians opposed to live animal exports to the Middle East. The huge box of petitions arrived this week – just as Aust...
Latest Government announcement will not ensure animal welfare
The Australian Government has claimed this week that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bahrain will improve welfare standards for animals that are exported live to Bahrain. But yet again the interests of the live export industry have been ...

