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Yesterday, it was 4 years since 41 people and 5867 cattle drowned when Gulf Livestock 1 sank in a typhoon.
Let's not put lives at risk again - help us #protecttheban on farmed animal exports by sea.
For more info:
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We are delighted to be part of safeguarding cattle welfare; we look forward to hearing from YOU about your experiences with this technology.
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VAWA to develop Code of Ethical Conduct for Virtual Fencing Technology
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Dr John Hellström, VAWA & a collection of animal welfare organisations are all advocating strongly to get the National-led coalition government to retain the ban on farmed animal export by sea.
Find out more vawa.co.nz/post/post-livesto… including how you can help #protecttheban
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'At the heart of this transition towards a new way of farming is the realisation that food systems need to provide everyone with easy access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food, produced sustainably to high standards of animal welfare.'
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Wondering what to do with your tax cut? Want to help us help the animals? VAWA's independent, expert veterinary voice is a critical part of the advocacy team trying to #prottecttheban
And we need your help! Please donate your tax cut to VAWA.
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Emma Hatton's story (26/08/2024) outlines the challenge of what we are up against.
Can you help us #protecttheban and fight for the animals? Please donate to VAWA today.
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To see our work, check out our web page - and please consider helping us out.
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Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa retweeted
I am pleased to see a consensus on the foundational importance of #animalwelfare.
These recommendations must now be translated into actions with concrete timelines. This is also a democratic duty to the millions of citizens calling for better standards: bit.ly/3ZigeJY
Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa retweeted
Very pleased to see strong calls regarding #TradePolicy !
Trade policy should be coherent with our sustainability standards, and yes, that means the EC, where WTO compatible, should adopt more import requirements - notably on #AnimalWelfare💪
We welcome the consensus reached at the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture 🙌
🐔 An emphasis on the need for revised #animalwelfare legislation + phase out cages
🥬 A call for policies that ensure accessibility & affordability of healthy, sustainable food to consumers
🏷️ A call for a labelling scheme to ensure that consumers have access to knowledge on what they are consuming
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Folks - VAWA is a charity and we need your help!
Our amazing team has put together a whole social media campaign to highlight the hideousness of farmed animal export by sea. We are sharing these with our AW friends to maximise the impact.
Can you help us #protecttheban ? Please pop over the the event page and select ‘Interested’ so you get updates from the campaign - all our animal welfare friends are involved with the event.
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We’d also really appreciate if you can donate a penny to support our work. Can you spare a few dollars (we know things are tough out there - for us too, and always for the animals we are trying to help). We’d be super grateful for any support.
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Philip J Lymbery (President - Eurogroup for Animals and Global CEO - Compassion in World Farming) opened the event with a powerful presentation on the 'United Kingdom & European Perspectives: Moving in the right direction.'
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Follow us here and the Facebook event below to stay up to date with developments on the National-led government's consultation on repealing the ban, and information on how to make a submission to help us #ProtectTheBan on farmed animal export by sea.
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There seems to be a lot of confusion about who has done what...
Who is to be trusted - those making money from the trade, or the Ministry supporting them...? 🤔
'Chaired again by [MPI's AHW Director, Carolyn] Guy, the second gold standard workshop was focused on developing a “long-term sustainable export system that meets political and societal concerns”.
The ban was due to come into effect four months later.'
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Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa retweeted
Today, Dr. John Hellström’s petition to #protecttheban on live exports by sea was presented to the Petitions Select Committee & read in the House.
@AnimalsAotearoa @EndLiveExportNZ @HUHANZ @RNZSPCA @SAFEnewzealand @MoveTheWorldAU @DamienOConnorMP @rachelboyack @abelsteve
Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa retweeted
"All of the evidence suggests that we can’t keep these animals safe, and their welfare is very seriously compromised" - Dr Helen Beattie @Vets4AWA explains why New Zealand should never return to live animal exports. #BanLiveExports
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