Articles tagged with 'Illegal activities'

The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar global industry estimated to involve billions of individual animals [1, 2]. Wild...

RSPCA Australia receives many enquiries about exotic animals such as monkeys, tigers and lions for sale over the internet. These animals...

Shark fin soup has been a traditional east Asian dish, symbolic of wealth and prestige, for several hundred years.  In...

Marine turtles and dugongs are protected under the Australian Government’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which...

RSPCA Australia is opposed to the use of dogs and cats for fur or food as these animals have a...

As outlined in the table below, legislation in many Australian states and territories specifically prohibit people from transporting dogs unrestrained...

RSPCA believes that wild animals, even if they are captive-bred, should not be kept as pets unless there is clear...

In 2004, the cosmetic tail docking of dogs was banned nationwide. This means that a veterinary surgeon must not dock...

The RSPCA is opposed to the use of any electronically activated devices which deliver electric shocks (e.g., anti-barking collars, invisible...

Cockfighting, as well as possessing any fighting equipment for cockfighting, is illegal in all states and territories across Australia. Despite...

Dog fighting is illegal in Australia. It is also illegal to possess any fighting equipment designed for dog fighting. Despite...

The use of dogs in hunting can pose welfare risks to both the animal being hunted and the dog. Deer...

Despite bans and restrictions being placed on the opera house net trap in different states and territories, they continue to...