Animal Welfare

Cassy O’Connor MP | Greens Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson

Persistent allegations of cruelty and neglect at VDL dairies demand an urgent, sustained response from Biosecurity Tasmania. Yet in Parliament today, the Minister responsible for animal welfare refused to commit to unannounced visits to each of VDL’s multiple farms in the North West.

Rosalie Woodruff MP | Greens Environment spokesperson

There is no excuse for the abuse of animals. The actions of those individuals who maimed two defenceless wallabies, by shooting them with a bow and arrow, are despicable.

Wounding an animal with a bow and arrow is an act of obscene cruelty.

Cassy O’Connor MP | Greens Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson

When twenty senior farm managers put their serious concerns about animal welfare in writing, government must pay attention.