Animal advocates have spent two days removing more than 100 rabbits from horrific conditions at a Perth home after the couple that owned them became overwhelmed by a population explosion.
‘We were pretty shocked, especially because it was two predators swimming around right near where we were fishing and paddling’.
Taylar Amonini
The RSPCA is a strange beast. It shapes the public school of thought, but cannot move too far ahead of popular opinion.
Ben HarveyChief Reporter
A pet owner has saved his dog from immediate destruction after it bit his Tinder date on the face, leaving her with a hole in her cheek requiring dozens of stitches and plastic surgery.
Shannon Hampton
Nearly two years after the mass deaths of cattle in horrific conditions on two northern stations, the WA Liberals have warned ‘time is running out’ to lay charges over the shocking incidents.
Josh Zimmerman
WA pastoralist and mining entrepreneur Brent Smoothy says a $50m turnover of his farming portfolio over 18 months was triggered by the State agriculture minister’s negative stance on live export.
Jenne Brammer
A hair-raising video has emerged of a West Australian YouTube star putting his hand into a churning shiver of aggressive sharks.
Staff writers
Perth dog owners who attended the City of Stirling’s Paw-some Day Out have been warned to check their pooches for virus symptoms after a labrador contracted a respiratory disease.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A scheme designed to help disadvantaged WA kids get into sport was so severely mismanaged under the Barnett-Government that a dog was funded by taxpayers, according to Labor MP Mick Murray.
Michael Traill
Friends of Esperance surfer Andrew Sharpe have intensified their calls for a further roll-out of drumlines off WA beaches, but the State Government is not onboard.
Michael Traill and Ben Downie
A man in his 30s was bitten on the face and head by a saltwater crocodile in WA’s Kimberley region on Friday.
If A Life on Our Planet is to be David Attenborough’s final film, he has definitely saved his most important lesson for last.
A specially trained ‘hero rat’ has received a gold medal from a British charity for helping detect deadly landmines in Cambodia.
Former conservative politician Nigel Hallett, who once served on a parliamentary committee investigating the RSPCA, faces allegations of poor treatment of sheep on his family farms.
Neale Prior
WATCH: One of Perth Zoo’s oldest residents, Cerro the Galapagos Tortoise, has turned 54 in style with a specially crafted watermelon birthday cake — and it’s safe to say he enjoyed it.
No Australian sheep will be carried on two-tier ships by the end of 2021, after one vessel was sold and another was earmarked for modification
Police have discovered an alleged puppy farm in Perth’s north-east, as almost 30 dogs — including 16 puppies as young as one week old — were rescued from a Bellevue man’s home.
Sarah Steger
Bees could offer a new weapon in the war on breast cancer — with research by a Perth PhD student finding that venom from honeybees kills aggressive breast cancer cells.
Bethany Hiatt
Former racehorses will have their quality of life off the track ensured following an overhaul of equine welfare in WA’s racing industry.
A rare little penguin recovering in Perth after washing up on a WA beach has melted hearts the world over by riding out isolation exactly like the rest of us - by binge-watching a whole lot of TV.
Bryce Luff
Notorious animal rights activist James Warden says he is no longer a ‘vegan’, and would not consider it an ‘unethical choice’ to eat a human body if there was ‘no harm being experienced’.
Police have charged a man with a string of weapons and drug offences after he allegedly shot and killed his neighbour’s dog in Jurien Bay at the weekend.
Phil Hickey
21-year-old Henry Warner and his mates have been praised as ‘heroes’ after braving chilly waters in Perth’s northern suburbs to save a sea turtle caught in netting this morning.
Samantha Rogers
A dog that killed a beloved family pet at a northern suburbs park was put up for sale on Gumtree just hours later but has since been seized by rangers and put down.
Rourke Walsh
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