Talking to the animals
The first week of October is RSPCA Awareness Week. Our region has three shelters - Bendigo, Castlemaine and Echuca - where both paid and volunteer staff work together to reunite pets and owners, or to...
View ArticlePuppies by the pound
Christmas Day is just three sleeps away and at the last minute the perfect gift idea hits you.
View ArticleRacing authority investigates horse trainer
Tests have confirmed problems with urine samples taken from three horses that won races at Echuca and Seymour two months ago.
View ArticleTeenagers to be charged over native animal killings
Police in the Macedon Ranges have arrested two teenage boys over the deaths of four native animals.
View ArticleTeens cautioned over animal deaths
Police have decided not to charge two teenagers who admitted killing native animals with bows and arrows in the Macedon Ranges.
View ArticleMan fined for having illegal birds
A Heathcote man has been fined $500 and put on a good behaviour bond for illegally importing protected native wildlife.
View ArticleDead ducks to be dumped on DSE in anti-hunting protest
Animal activists say they will dump the carcasses of about 100 ducks from a wetland near Kerang outside the Department of Sustainability and Environment's (DSE) offices in Melbourne today.
View ArticleMore protected ducks found dead in Hird Swamp
Anti-duck shooting activists say they have found more protected waterbirds dead in a swamp near Kerang.
View ArticleDuck shooting protests trigger arrests
The Department of Sustainability and Environment arrested three duck hunting protesters at the Kerang wetlands on Saturday.
View ArticleShooters take aim at dwindling numbers claim
Sporting shooters say they estimate more than 90 per cent of Victoria's registered game hunters visited the state's wetlands this duck season.
View ArticleJumps racing protesters fear more deaths
Anti-jumps racing campaigners say they believe there will be further horse deaths when the sport returns to Bendigo today for the first time in a decade.
View ArticleNumber of ducks killed by hunters doubled
Figures from the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) show hunters killed double the number of ducks this season.
View ArticleRaid uncovers illegal goat slaughterhouse
A Melbourne man is facing charges following a raid in Melbourne's west over animal cruelty concerns. The meat industry regulator is investigating reports that the property was being used as an illegal...
View ArticleProperty raided at Rockbank
Police accompany a man at a property at Rockbank, west of Melbourne, during a raid on February 1, 2012. Up to 26 officials from agencies including police, the Melton council, the RSPCA and the...
View ArticleA dog at the raided property
One of the dogs at a property at Rockbank, west of Melbourne, that was raided on February 1, 2012. Up to 26 officials from agencies including police, the Melton council, the RSPCA and the Department of...
View ArticleMan charged with failing to kill duck
An environmental activist has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court accused of failing to kill an injured duck.
View ArticleWoman fined $35k for animal neglect
A magistrate has described a woman's failure to care for dozens of animals she kept at her central Victorian home as "abysmal".
View ArticleProtesters and hunters gear up for duck season
Anti-duck hunting campaigners say protesters will be stationed at wetlands across Victoria this weekend.
View ArticleBirds killed at Bendigo botanic gardens
Police are investigating the killing of two birds in a public park in central Victoria.
View ArticleOmbudsman asked to investigate Game Victoria
Anti-duck hunting campaigners say they will ask the ombudsman to investigate the body that oversees the sport in Victoria.
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