Lawyers for Animals has completed the first part of their project by developing a short survey to gauge public awareness about the issue of animal testing in the cosmetics industry. We encourage you to take the survey, which should only take a few minutes, and to circulate it to as many of your colleagues and friends as possible.

The results of the survey will help found Lawyers for Animals’ report on animal testing in the cosmetics industry which will be published in the coming months.

The team at Choose Cruelty Free (CCF) have produced an eye-catching, informative and easy to read booklet aimed at students, entitled ‘Cruelty Free Cozmeticz?’. The booklet covers the following topics:  history of animal testing of cosmetics; search for alternatives in safety testing;
current legislative changes in the EU; the Australian situation.   CCF will be implementing some exciting initiatives in the coming months to promote the booklet. To obtain a copy and to find out where you can buy cruelty free products, visit the CCF website.


The ‘Say No to Animals in Circuses’ campaign is keeping the pressure on government and local councils to ban animal circuses. Their website, is an informative and entertaining site where you can read the latest news updates, sign the on-line petition, play a fun ‘Free the Circus Animals’ game and add your photo to the ‘No No No’ gallery. Flyers will be available for download soon, and will be distributed by RPSCA Qld’s Education Mobile Unit.  Be sure to look up ‘Say No to Animals in Circuses’ on Facebook too!

Friends of the Hound have used their $2,500 grant to create glossy posters promoting greyhounds as model pets.  According to Friends of the Hound, each year in Australia thousands of greyhounds are destroyed because they are considered surplus to greyhound racing industry requirements. Friends of the Hound work very hard to save these animals from death row and find them loving homes.  Visit their website to view the posters and contact Friends of the Hound if you would like to help distribute them in your local area, or even foster or adopt a greyhound!

Coalition Against Duck Shooting Update November 2008:  The Victorian government will make a decision on the 2009 recreational duck shooting season sometime in December - probably before Christmas. The shooters are desperate for another season and are pushing hard.     The recreational shooting of native waterbirds was cancelled in Victoria in 2007 and 2008 due to low waterbird numbers and drought. Conditions have not improved.   You can help persuade Premier Brumby to ban the activity permanently or at least call another moratorium in 2009.   Please follow this link to make your voice heard: www.saveourwaterbirds.org

The first issue of the ‘Australian Animal Protection Law Journal’ was published in July 2008 and contains a selection of thought-provoking articles by leading members of the Australian animal law community. For further details, see Voiceless’s Animal Law News.


 

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