10 supporters are talking about petitions related to Animal Welfare!
As a parent of a former student at OC this is troubling. What’s the message to students - luxury sports fields and facilities matter more than preserving a threatened species and environmental degradation.
At another level it clearly shows that the fees are so excessive as to enable the school to expand facilities that are not essential and just feed the ego of the school community to be able to be even more ostentatious. I think the values are questionable.
Enough is enough Redlands Council - when are you actually going to stop development that destroys the natural habitat - you might as well change the Redlands logo to remove the koala because we soon won’t have any left. It’s as good as having the Dodo on the council logo.
Pets are considered family members vy their owners/guardians. It's long overdue for the law to reflect this. What happened to Arnie is equivelant to the same thing happening to a infant child strapped in the back seat - in this situation - and should be handled in the same. way.
The fact current legislation doesn't reflect this is as much a farce as Arnie's death was a disgraceful act (by the thief/s in question).
Make Arnie's Law a reality. Now.
Pets are more than just an animal they are part of the family and grief is real when they pass away. For a pet to die at the hands of heartless criminals who could have prevented this from happening must be devastating. The loss of the pet cannot be replaced through insurance unlike a car or other not living belongings, therefore the punishment must be inline with the severity of the crime.
For many families, a pet is not “owned”—they are loved, depended on, and mourned when they are gone. To call them mere property is to deny the depth of the bond that shapes our homes and our hearts. Recognising animals as true family members, with rights that protect their wellbeing and dignity, honours the loyalty and unconditional love they give us every single day. They stand by us without hesitation; the least we can do is stand up for them.
You have hit & whacked me with sticks & wood. Although your actions seemed like protection, you've actually been hurting me which is not good.
You've electrocuted me with fences & driven into me with your land cruisers with attached bullbars.
Why can't you see you are hurting me, please stop this has gone too far.
You blocked my access & blasted my eardrums with horns.
I wasn't doing anything wrong; I was just relaxing & sleeping on the lawn?
I'm not your enemy & haven't caused any harm.
Tasmania is my home; the locals are my family & welcomed me with caring & loving arms.
Everyone please keep your distance I want to be wild & free.
If you don't respect the boundaries, they will honestly kill me.
I'm a national treasure; I'm family & your best friend.
Please love me from a distance, else my time will sadly & swiftly come to an end.
I love everyone, so please respect my space & just let me be.
If we all work together this will help protect me from harm & save me.
Love Neil xx
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Euthanasia of Neil should not be Plan A. Plan A should be legal protections enforcing consequences for approaching or tampering with Neil, and round-the-clock guard during his visits.
Tasmania needs to do better for its "famous" animals - having been part of the rehabilitation team for a Rockhopper Penguin who became dangerously malnourished when people wouldn't leave her in privacy and safety, I know that this isn't a one-time or one-animal issue.
I have a Brumby mare. She is just brilliant and, as a mare, will not be adding to the numbers. Aerial shooting is barbaric. I believe *people*, pigs and deer do FAR more damage to the environment, and less than cattle grazing to reduce fuel loads. Control? yes. Shooting or shipping off to abattoirs? NO!
It astounds me that once again a demand to move a harmless native Australian animal living in Australian bushland so someone can ride around on an introduced species for fun gets to a point where a petition is even needed?
Although horses are allowed in there is surely if a horse is so skittish an emu scares it then riding in a popular mountain biking network isn’t where you should be in the first place .