Animal Defenders Office

The Animal Defenders Office is a community legal centre that specialises in animal law. Our mission is to use the law to protect animals.

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Compassion and calm in this crisis are crucial. We give gratitude to all those on the front lines of this new frontier – health care workers; emergency services workers; veterinary clinic, shelter and sanctuary staff; and all those ensuring we have access to essentials.

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Midnight today is the deadline for submissions on the revised kangaroo commercial code. Please direct your protests into a constructive submission and send to [email protected]. For a guide, please view… https://t.co/vNVNjOq5VW

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Lawyers are there to protect your rights. But what about animals? Can they have rights under our legal system? If not, what are lawyers doing around the world to get legal systems to recognise animal rights? This and... https://t.co/9QtFcgHfA3

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Woo hoo - Emma Hurst - Animal Justice Party Candidate wins seat in NSW's Upper House! Congratulations Emma - how fantastic to have another voice for animals in our... https://t.co/1EfiYdDtIb

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Thanks to everyone who visited our stall at the Living Green Vegan Market on Sunday!🙏🧡 We loved chatting to people interested in animals and the law, and it was great to raise some much needed funds to keep our unfunded,... https://t.co/3wpc5xuqyn

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Yay - we'll be at the Living Green Vegan Markets - April 7, 2019! Come say hello, and check out all the other great social justice organisations😃✌️✊ https://t.co/UIC1UERUO9

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Today on World Day for the End of Fishing, we acknowledge all fishes and hope for a time when they will be properly protected by animal welfare laws. In Australia,... https://t.co/udvjYdE4FG

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UPDATE in the Lakesland hens case: All cruelty charges against the rescuers have been dismissed for reasons including that the prosecution could not specify which animals the defendants had committed an act of cruelty... https://t.co/U1cX7i2kqB

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We're proud to be representing several animal rescuers who today will face Liverpool Court charged with multiple criminal offences including stealing and trespassing, after attempting to rescue neglected and dying hens... https://t.co/NJhXsgpZch

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If you're still deciding how to vote in NSW tomorrow, and you care about how kangaroos are treated in this State, here is a guide to the major political parties' policies about this magnificent but much-maligned native species🦘☑️
#KangarooTheMovie... https://t.co/aiVp4hSfFS

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A great report was released yesterday, shining a light on sentencing in animal cruelty cases in Victoria. A real problem with animal cruelty cases is that they... https://t.co/1CXQByHDxi

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Nothing stronger than an informed activist! This workshop on 'Animal Rights Activism and the Law' can help you be just that. Organised by the amazing Legion DX Sydney,and presented by ADO lawyers, it will take you through... https://t.co/7UhhRTBbfQ

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This is why we’re excited about the proposed change to ACT law to recognise animals’ sentience and intrinsic value! Not only would it be a first for Australia, but ‘recognising the inner lives of animals is an important step forward’! 👣🐾🤞 https://t.co/DpRFPH3Bts

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We’re very happy to see another ag-gag law struck down in the U.S this year! This time an ag-gag law that made it a crime to pose as, or gain employment as, agricultural workers in order to document... https://t.co/mZ1EW2vHkJ

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New event for animal defenders based in NSW!
We're co-hosting with Legion DX Sydney (the main organisers!😃). Looking forward to it!! https://t.co/o2mPq2oosG

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It's only mid-January so still plenty of time to get a beautiful fundraiser calendar from The Agile Project. The adorable photos, interesting stories and inspiring quotes makes it a workplace essential! All proceeds go directly to helping the... https://t.co/O3cSqDDKz2

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We’re catching up on good news for the new year – as of 1 Jan 2019 it’s illegal in California to sell dogs, cats and even rabbits in pet stores unless they’re... https://t.co/p7zl7GU2RO

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Fantastic to hear national ABC radio broadcast an entire program on our attitudes to non-human animals on Christmas day this year: ‘This is the season when the inconsistency of our lives with animals,... https://t.co/rrM1iza0PZ

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WOW😲 The ACT Government has released proposed legislative changes to recognise ‘that animals are sentient beings with intrinsic value’! We all know animals feel pain and suffer, but no Australian welfare law... https://t.co/SVcIE9hc5e

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A moment in history happening in New York today (their time) when the Nonhuman Rights Project will argue in a court of law that Happy the Elephant should be recognised as a legal person so she can be released from... https://t.co/pJMNKGedK2