At this time of year, our thoughts turn to our own homes, which, while perhaps not filled with straw and manure, do often contain small, vulnerable creatures with Messiah complexes — our pets.
RSPCA
Guy Rundle: Refugees, animal chauvinism and ALP self-destruct button
Aussie animals being mistreated in filthy foreign abattoirs is an issue that is becoming a licence to withdraw from the universalism that has to underpin a proper treatment of refugees
Lee Freedman: why new whip rules are overkill
Lee Freedman explains from a trainer’s perspective why the new whip rule which has the racing industry up in arms is excessive and unnecessary.
Political snippets: A rising toughness from the RSPCA
Richard Farmer says the RSPCA is getting tough on live sheep exports, Angela Merkel is getting her baps out, and he’s joining Twitter.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
