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https://www.farmanimalrescue.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pigs-No-Water-Final.mp4 Over the past year we have been working hard to get pigs in Warwick the facilities that they are entitled to under Queensland’s welfare laws. Our team recorded extensive evidence of pigs suffering from dehydration and heat stress, secured with the support of the Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation, and presented it to Biosecurity Queensland. We then gathered […]

Update: Review of live sheep exports by sea to, or through, the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer Earlier this year, FAR lodged a submission to object to the Federal Government’s proposal to increase the periods that Australian sheep can be exported to the Middle East in the hottest part of the Northern Hemisphere

How long have you been working with FAR? I’ve been a volunteer for around 18 months helping at the market stalls and clean up days at the sanctuary. What made you start to volunteer initially? I did a tour of the sanctuary in 2018 with my partner. I saw the broiler chickens and learnt for

Warwick Pig and Calf Sale-Yards Investigation Read below and then here for our victory thanks to your support. The Warwick Pig and Calf saleyards run weekly auctions each Wednesday in Queensland. On the 16th January 2022 we witnessed thirsty, hot and distressed pigs, including long after the sales had ended.  We returned there a fortnight

Why the rescue of one cow means so much… There has been several news bulletins and an outpouring of emotion on social media about Carol, the petrified mother cow who escaped the floods but was shot dead by police after running for her life.  In addition to the tragic loss of human life experienced by