Squalor And Hoarding - A Secret Epidemic In The Spotlight
                    
                    
                        



  
                        3rd November 2009 - 
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                                        The first National Squalor Conference, being held in Sydney this week, aims to highlight the growing number of people living in squalor in Australia. The conference will examine the links between squalor, hoarding, mental health issues and social isolation.
                
                    
                        Ifaw Rescues Battered And Bruised Abused Elephants
                    
                    
                        



  
                        2nd November 2009 - 
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                    The rescue of nine cruelly abused elephants from a commercial training facility in Zimbabwe will begin today, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) has announced.
                
                    
                        Spring Racing Carnival Goers Put Themselves In The Shoes Of Jumps Racing Horses
                    
                    
                        



  
                        2nd November 2009 - 
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                    Maria Mercurio, CEO, RSPCA Victoria, said: “The RSPCA wanted to give the community  and those that attend flat racing events a larger voice in the jumps racing debate.
                
                    
                        National Grant Helps Conserve Memory Of Solomon And The Whales
                    
                    
                        



  
                        30th October 2009 - 
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                    They are a rare sight today, but there was once a time when killer whales were a regular – and  welcomed - presence in Twofold Bay.  Their memory will be rekindled when a rare photograph of Old Tom the Killer Whale circa 1908 is  restored using funding from the Australian National Maritime Museum.
                
                    
                        Pigs To Plead Their Case In Franklin Square
                    
                    
                        



  
                        1st June 2010 - 
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                    Background  Sow stalls have been banned in the UK on the basis of unacceptable cruelty for over  a decade. If Minister Green accepts AWAC's recommendation Tasmania will be  the first state in Australia to ban these cruel devices, which legally can confine  mother pigs barely able to move for months on end..