Animals Australia
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| Founded | 1980 |
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| Founder | Peter Singer, Christine Townend |
| Focus | Animal welfare |
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Area served
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Australia |
| Method | Investigations Public awareness |
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Key people
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Glenys Oogjes, Lyn White |
| Website | www.animalsaustralia.org |
Animals Australia is an Australian animal protection organisation. Its aim is to investigate and expose animal cruelty. It is also a peak body representing over 40 animal rights groups around Australia.
Animals Australia is currently one of Animal Charity Evaluators' Standout Charities.
Animals Australia formed in 1980, originally as the Australian Federation of Animal Societies, founded by Peter Singer and Christine Townend. Animal protection groups in New Zealand were invited to join in 1986 and the organisation became the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Animal Societies. This formal Australian-New Zealand association ceased in 2005 and the federation now only uses the name "Animals Australia" - the name adopted as an Australian trading name in the late 1990s. Animals Australia representatives have contributed to Government enquiries and animal welfare law reform since the 1980s, and currently serve on State 'Animal Welfare Advisory Committees' and the Australian Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AusAWAC).
Animals Australia's goal is to "significantly and permanently improve the welfare of all animals in Australia."
Animals Australia conducts investigations and public awareness campaigns on a range of animal welfare issues, including rodeos, horse racing, the fur trade, animal testing, the dairy industry, fishing, flying fox conservation, kangaroo shooting, exotic animal circuses, shedded sheep, mulesing, duck shooting, puppy farms and greyhound racing. However they are most noted for their major work towards ending factory farming, the live export trade and most recently, greyhound racing.
Their subsidiary group for young animal advocates between the ages 13–26 is Animals Australia Unleashed.
Animals International is the global arm of Animals Australia. Established in 2014, Animals Australia campaigners have provided international colleague groups with evidence relating to cruelty in live exports; lobbied the OIE to improve animal welfare guidelines; worked with the Princess Alia Foundation to improve slaughter practices in Jordan and contributed to creation of animal welfare legislation in Egypt, Mauritius and Jordan, amongst other projects.
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