Galgo Amigo's Animal Welfare Pages
Follow me on Twitter!
  • Home
  • Animals
    • Dogs >
      • The plight of the Spanish Galgos
      • The plight of the Podencos
      • Dog and cat meat trade
      • Dog and cat fur and leather trade
      • Yulin dog meat festival
    • Bile bears
  • Humans
    • PyeongChang2018
    • War in Ukraine 2022
  • Fashion
    • Angora
    • Beauty products
    • Down
    • Fur
    • Leather
    • Wool
  • Food
    • Chicken
    • Dairy
    • Eggs
    • Pork
  • Tourism
    • Australia
    • Bulgaria
    • China
    • Cyprus
    • Egypt
    • France
    • Greece
    • Italy
    • Mexico
    • Portugal
    • Romania
    • Russia
    • South Korea
    • Spain
    • Thailand
    • Turkey
    • United Kingdom
    • USA
    • Vietnam
  • Tweetstorm
  • Finnish
    • Eläimet >
      • Koirat >
        • Espanjalainen galgo
        • Podenco
        • Koiran- ja kissanlihakauppa
        • Koiran- ja kissanturkiskauppa
        • Yulinin koiranlihafestivaalit
      • Sappikarhut
    • Ihminen >
      • Pyeongchang2018
      • Ukrainan sota 2022
    • Muoti >
      • Angora
      • Kauneustuotteet
      • Nahka
      • Turkis
      • Untuva
      • Villa
    • Ruoka >
      • Broileri
      • Kananmunat
      • Maitotuotteet
      • Sianliha
    • Turismi >
      • Australia
      • Britannia
      • Bulgaria
      • Egypti
      • Espanja
      • Etelä-Korea
      • Italia
      • Kiina
      • Kreikka
      • Kypros
      • Meksiko
      • Portugali
      • Ranska
      • Romania
      • Thaimaa
      • Turkki
      • USA
      • Venäjä
      • Vietnam
    • Vegaanireseptejä >
      • Aamu-, väli- ja iltapalat
      • Alkuruoat ja cocktailpalat
      • Jälkiruoat
      • Kakut ja tortut
      • Kastikkeet ja pöperöt
      • Keitot
      • Laatikot ja uuniruoat
      • Leivät ja suolaiset leivonnaiset
      • Letut, wrapit, tacot
      • Levitteet ja dipit
      • Lisukkeet
      • Makeiset
      • Pasta- ja riisiruoat
      • Pizzat ja suolaiset piirakat
      • Pyörykät ja pihvit
      • Salaatit
      • Joulu
      • Pikkulinnuille
    • Mielipide
  • Swedish
    • Djur >
      • Hundar >
        • Spansk galgo
        • Podenco
        • Handeln med hund- och kattkött
        • Handeln med hund- och kattpäls
        • Hundköttfestivalen i Yulin
      • Gallbjörnar
    • Människan >
      • Pyeongchang2018
      • Kriget i Ukraina 2022
    • Mat >
      • Griskött
      • Kyckling
      • Mjölkprodukter
      • Ägg
    • Mode >
      • Angora
      • Dun
      • Läder
      • Päls
      • Skönhetsprodukter
      • Ull
    • Turism >
      • Australien
      • Bulgarien
      • Cypern
      • Egypten
      • Frankrike
      • Grekland
      • Italien
      • Kina
      • Mexico
      • Portugal
      • Rumänien
      • Ryssland
      • Spanien
      • Storbritannien
      • Sydkorea
      • Thailand
      • Turkiet
      • USA
      • Vietnam
    • Opinion


The tourist country Australia

Australia has many magnificent tourist attractions like the Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock), the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Blue Mountains National Park, Melbourne, Bondi Beach, Daintree National Park, Fraser Island, Whitsunday Island, Purnululu National Park, Kakadu National Park, the Great Ocean Road, Broome and the Kimberley region.

Australia has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Australia as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Australia.

Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.


NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA


17 February 2015, The Telegraph
In Australia greyhound trainer use live rabbits, possums and piglets to make their hounds more bloodthirsty and supposedly better racers. The live baits are flung around as a lure for hours, and get bitten and killed by the hounds. In a video a trainer instructs his colleague how to smash a baby possum’s head to be able to use its mother as a live bait. The greyhound racing in itself is abhorrent – the greyhounds live in horrible conditions and are frequently mistreated and many run to their deaths when injured during a race. 18,000 dogs are destroyed annually in Australia because they can’t run fast enough.
Read article
11 July 2014, The Guardian
Sheep are severely abused on Australian farms. In videos filmed by the animal rights group Peta, the terrified animals are roughly handled, punched in the face, stamped upon, and beaten with hammers. Shearers are paid by volume which encourages fast, rough work which cuts the bodies of sheep. Australia produces 80% of the world's wool.

Read article
16 October 2013, abc
The greyhound racing industry in Australia is huge, and to increase profits the racing dogs are commonly drugged with substances such as cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine and EPO. There’s a massive overbreading of dogs, and about 17,000 dogs are killed each year, some by very cruel methods.
Read article
13 February 2008, The Independent
Australia is the world's largest exporter of live animals sending more than four million live sheep every year to the Middle East. The animals are confined to cramped, poorly lit dens, and the journey takes 32 days. During the transport, the animals have to live in their excrement, and many of the animals die of suffocation, disease, heat exhaustion, hunger or stress. Those who survive the journey will be killed at a slaughterhous a few weeks later, often by very cruel methods. The reason for the totally unneccessary live exports is the fraudulent claim that the animals are home-reared.
Read article

Proudly powered by Weebly