Animals news

• Rangers yet to decide whether to destroy ‘high risk’ dingo responsible for K’gari attack

  18-07-2023 08:15
  
  Queensland government considers options after 24-year-old was attacked onbeach at K’gari/Fraser Island by least three dingoes on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRangers in Queensland have yet to decide whether to destroy a “high risk” dingo that attacked a woman on K’gari on Monday, amid reports from locals that the animals’ behaviour has changed.The 24-year-old
  
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• Why the 2036 phaseout of cage eggs has Australia’s industry in a flap

  18-07-2023 05:30
  
  A battery egg ban in 13 years is far too soon, say farmers. Animal welfare advocates say it’s long overdueSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityLast week, a meeting of Australian agriculture ministers agreed to phase out the production of battery eggs by 2036, in accordance with the new national animal welfare standards and guidelines for poultry.The industry and its supporters were in uproar, saying that they need
  
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• Concern grows over mystery horse deaths in Victoria as toll rises to 13

  18-07-2023 01:27
  
  Horses at five properties, all at least 30km apart, have died within 48 hours of the rapid onset of a severe, unspecified illnessFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe death toll of a mystery illness affecting horses in Victoria has risen to 13, with five properties now affected.Agriculture Victoria began investigating the deaths as a significant event on Sunday after receiving reports that five horse
  
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