#Act4 Wildlife Australia is leading an international push to introduce new regulations and standards for wildlife markets in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Australia pushing for new regulations on wildlife markets to prevent future pandemics 11 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Live sheep exports will be avoided during the northern hemisphere summer to improve animal welfare outcomes. Australia bans live sheep exports to the Middle East from June 1 to September 14 31 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Air transport of livestock occurs frequently from most Australian major cities. Identifying animal welfare impacts of livestock air transport 30 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Following the devastating bushfires in Australia, there is now a significant and immediate threat of extinction to the koala population, according to a new report. Koala population faces an immediate threat of extinction after Australia bushfires, new report finds 9 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A petition with more than 250,000 signatures circulating Europe and the US insisting on mandatory pain relief on sheep after surgery is being supported by both Australian researchers and woolgrowers. Petition demands that Australian wool industry uses pain relief in mulesing 28 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Climate change is set to become an inescapable part of negotiations now underway over an Australia-European Union free trade agreement, and also negotiations over the Australia-UK agreement necessitated by Britain’s exit from the European Union. Compliance with Paris Agreement to become an issue in the EU-Australia negotiations 21 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Australia has identified 113 animal species which will need "urgent help" after their numbers and habitats were devastated by recent bushfires. Australia fires: 113 animal species 'need emergency help' 17 February 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Hundreds of Australian cattle sold to the Indonesian Government in 2018 for breeding are malnourished or dead, and images obtained by the ABC show the rotting corpses of animals that could have bred for several years. Australian cattle sold to Indonesia as aid are ending up starving or dead 8 December 2019
#Act4 Wildlife A koala that had received global attention after dramatic video footage emerged of its rescue from Australia’s bushfires by a woman who wrapped it in her shirt has died after suffering extensive burns. Koalas were already on the brink in Australia. Bushfires have killed 1,000 in 2 months, experts say 26 November 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals An annual shipping moratorium will support the live sheep trade’s future and shore up a reliable sheep supply to Middle East customers, the peak livestock export group’s boss says. Australian live trade body backs annual shipping pause during hotter months 25 October 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Concerns about threats to farming sector also featured in Austrian parliament debate Austrian Government will have to oppose EU-Mercosur deal in Council, says its Parliament 19 September 2019
#Act4 Equines Animal welfare groups call for halt to exports after secret footage shows ‘distressing’ treatment of horses in Korean abattoir Another Australian racehorse killed for meat in South Korea 5 June 2019