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  That's a  Happy Koala - find out why below © Photo | Rennett Stowe | under CC by 3.00  | per Flickr Good News for Animals ·          The Great Koala National Park has been declared by the NSW State Government. It will span 476,000 hectares, protect around 12,000 koalas and more than 100 other threatened species. Logging within the proposed park boundary has been stopped and a $146 million package has been announced to support its creation and the affected communities. An End to Bullfighting and Cockfighting in Colombia ·          Colombia has banned bullfighting, cockfighting and sundry other forms of animal cruelty which involve animal combat or distress in the name of entertainment. There is a three year transition period to enable able those who depend on such activities to find alternative employment   "Bloodless" Bullfighting for Mexico ·      ...

Softeis / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) Horse Racing  – An Industry in Decline? With the Spring Racing Carnival gathering pace in Australia, perhaps it's time to spare a thought for the horses who'll be running for their lives. While still legal in most countries, horse racing also involves cruelty and death for the animals involved, even if not intentionally. While we occasionally hear about a horse falling in a race and having to be euthanased on the spot – the US reportedly had around ten horses a week destroyed on its racetracks in 2018, while the UK recorded 186 horse deaths in 2019, we don’t hear about those which die later of exhaustion or doping or about those which are injured and die during training. Nor do we hear about the many foals which are discarded and euthanased long before they ever race. Steeplechases, jumps and hurdles are even more deadly with falls seven times more likely according to the UK report, and e...