VAWA Position | Pain
'Pain is ‘…a clinically important condition that adversely affects an animal's quality of life.’[1] Given animals are sentient, and their...
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VAWA
- Apr 2
- 3 min
Livestock exports | #protecttheban
We've teamed up with other animal welfare advocates and Dr John Hellström to #protecttheban.
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VAWA
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Strategic Plan 2024-2026
Our Ambition VAWA wants to drive change towards systems, ways of living and engaging with animals that ensure Papatūānuku (Mother Earth)...
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VAWA
- Dec 18, 2023
- 2 min
Kiwi and cubs – pat-free, please!
In zoos, captive animals can suffer from poor management and public interactions. VAWA is driving change for these animals.
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VAWA
- Sep 4, 2023
- 1 min
#fixourfoodsystem
The final numbers Why we need a national food strategy In the face of food insecurity, a cost of living crisis, a climate emergency,...
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VAWA
- Apr 5, 2023
- 2 min
Thoughts and Opinions
We have opinions! Yip - it's true, we do! Read our opinion pieces, things that we are thinking about and what we are working on. Cyclone...
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VAWA
- Mar 30, 2023
- 3 min
Submissions & Advocacy
At this site, you can see submissions and advocacy work that VAWA has undertaken as we seek to create better lives for animals. To...
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VAWA
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
STOP PRESS | Livestock Exports - GONE!
It has happened! Livestock export is banned! (But under threat in 2024 - see here for more information) This is a significant win for...
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VAWA
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
Animal Welfare System | Review & Renew
The animal welfare system is set up as a “fox in the henhouse” - a reset is needed.
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VAWA
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1 min
Helping our pigs
VAWA submitted an extensive feedback document to NAWAC/MPI on the Code of Welfare | Pigs We made the following introductory comments:...
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VAWA
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Pigs, crates and conflict
The 2022 Code of Welfare review on the pigs code has caused a ferocious response from parts of the pig farming community, while other...
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VAWA
- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
Greyhounds exposé 2022
Following enquiry by NewsHub's Michael Morrah in to injuries in dogs be presented for rehoming, VAWA was interview to provide expert...
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VAWA
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Better welfare for dairy cattle - surely that's easy?
2022 has many offerings in the animal welfare world, including review of the pigs (see Pigs, crates and conflicts) and dairy cattle Codes...
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VAWA
- Feb 18, 2022
- 1 min
Introducing Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa
Following the launch of VAWA on 1st February 2022, multiple news agencies reached out to learn about who VAWA is and what we stand for....
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