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A pug dog that was reported missing by its Sydney owner, who allegedly spun a bizarre tale of violent robbery, died and was buried at the man's home, according to police.
Topics: human-interest, animals, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, courts-and-trials, crime, police, homebush-2140
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Topics: road, animals, animal-welfare, nerang-4211
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Topics: road, animals, animal-welfare, nerang-4211
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| UpdatedIt is much cheaper to destroy a greyhound in Tasmania than re-home a dog through an industry-run program - a situation that is angering animal rights activists.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, tas
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Livestock agent fined and animals put down after being transported with illness and injury in north west Victoria.
Topics: livestock-welfare, livestock, animal-welfare, food-processing, laws, beef-cattle, mildura-3500, echuca-3564
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| UpdatedOne of two men who bashed a kangaroo to death with a metal pole is jailed for almost a year, which is almost unheard of in Western Australia.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, bunbury-6230, wa
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Two men have been sentenced for bashing to death a kangaroo in a dam Bunbury.
Topics: animal-welfare, bunbury-6230, east-bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedThere are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.
Topics: animals, human-interest, rural, animal-science, animal-welfare, australia, act, wa, qld, tas, nt, nsw, sa
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| UpdatedA husband and wife are accused of abandoning their dairy herd on a Bass Strait island, leaving pregnant cows and calves to fend for themselves.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, livestock, animals, king-island-7256
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| UpdatedPolice say a man and two boys who allegedly killed eight emu chicks in a South Australian national park were cultivating cannabis at two locations in the park.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, port-lincoln-5606
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| UpdatedThe greyhound racing industry in New South Wales will be made to pay for a tough new integrity commission, under a new plan to stamp out animal cruelty in the sport.
Topics: racing, gambling, animal-welfare, state-parliament, nsw
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Topics: animal-welfare, animal-nutrition, rural, veterinary-medicine, tharwa-2620, australia, act
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Topics: animals, animal-welfare, animal-nutrition, veterinary-medicine, environmental-health, vic, australia
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Topics: volunteers, animal-welfare, community-and-society, tharwa-2620, act, australia
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Topics: animal-welfare, environmental-health, veterinary-medicine, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe RSPCA threatens to walk out of developing new poultry standards unless the phasing out of caged eggs is considered.
Topics: livestock-welfare, poultry-and-egg-production, animal-welfare, sydney-2000, bundaberg-4670, murray-bridge-5253, toowoomba-4350, wollongong-2500, moss-vale-2577, albury-2640, melbourne-3000
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A man is filmed kicking a quokka on the holiday island of Rottnest, in WA.
Topics: animal-welfare, rottnest-island-6161
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| UpdatedTwo men are charged by police after footage emerges of a man violently kicking a quokka, one of Western Australia's most loved and iconic marsupials, on Rottnest Island.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, rottnest-island-6161, wa
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Teenage turtles like Cliff are lucky to be rescued, because many others like him are dying after eating hidden plastic pollution in Sydney Harbour and the Hawkesbury River.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-policy, animals, animal-welfare, plastics-and-rubber, retail, sydney-2000
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A lucky little penguin is recovering well after it was found far from home on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedMore than 200 animals have been rescued from a north Canberra property, while some had to be euthanased, the RSPCA says.
Topics: animal-welfare, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Topics: animal-welfare, darwin-0800
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Topics: animal-welfare, darwin-0800