Canberra Animal Rights Alliance

21/06/2026

URGENT HELP – DONATIONS NEEDED – PLEASE SHARE

Dear friends

I'm counting on you tonight. With just two weeks to go till 30 June, I'm not sure we're going to make it.

I mean, we try hard. Really hard. Long hours. Our volunteers work hard too. As you know, we have been running a fundraiser, so that we can raise enough funds to get us through winter - hay, vet care, vehicle repairs.

I know none of it is exciting. But it is the stuff that keeps hundreds of animals alive at a time when the need is greatest. The feed that keeps them alive and healthy, the vet care for when they need it (and they need it more over winter), and the vehicles to help keep collecting feed and transporting animals to and from care.

I don’t want to let our animals down but we are short. Really short. I’m not sure what we are going to do if we don’t raise these funds. The fundraiser had been going really well, but just as our hay stock is dwindling, our rescue van needs major repairs, and two goats are booked in for surgery, it’s ground to a standstill.

Tonight, I’m asking for your urgent help. To get us closer to our goal with not long to go before the end of the financial year. Every dollar you donate tonight you will immediately be able to claim on your tax return come 1 July. Just $5 from every one of you would help us so much. The cost of shouting your colleague a morning coffee tomorrow but one that will most definitely save animal lives in the future.

The link to donate is in the first comment below. Once you've donated, please let us know underneath so we can thank you. And if you can't give right now, please share this like crazy and help us reach someone who can.

Thank you for everything you do for these animals.

With love,
Kate

14/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped by Dickson yesterday to support Little Oak Sanctuary ! We sold out all the sweet treats and dozens of sausage sandwiches!🌱🌭🍰🍪🧁🍩🌭🌱

All funds raised go DIRECTLY to support the 300+ animals who call Little Oak home!
🐖🐄🐑🐓🐤🐷🐴🐔🐣🦆🦃🕊️

Little Oak's next fundraising bakesale is on Saturday July 25th 11AM - 2PM @ Dickson shops! We hope to see you there. 🙂

09/06/2026

Nature reserves will be closed overnight on weekdays until July 31 for the annual kangaroo management program.

The ACT government said this year it aimed to cull a total of 3,633 kangaroos from reserves in the ACT and Googong.

The ACT government says the program is aimed at preserving critically endangered native grasslands that have been overgrazed by kangaroos and wallabies.

The majority of Kangaroo and Wallabies habitat in the country has been eroded over hundreds of years to make space for land development and notably agricultural (which takes a massive amount of land to sustain), forcing these animals into smaller, denser and less safe environments.

The Animal Defenders office had this to say;
"Killing thousands of local native animals in the remnants of their own natural habitat because humans have destroyed the rest of the environment is not only unethical, it is highly incompetent. . Clearly the ACT Government should be valuing these animals, not only for their intrinsic value, but also for their enormous appeal to visitors to the nation’s so-called Bush Capital."

To oppose the upcoming shooting of 3,633 kangaroos in ACT nature reserves:
1. Write to the ACT Environment Minister Suzanne Orr ([email protected]).
2. Come to a rally against the cull in Canberra on 10 June 2026 at 12pm outside the legislative assembly

15 reserves will be formally closed from 6pm to 6am Sunday to Thursday, starting Tuesday June 9 (today) to Friday July 31 2026:

Callum Brae Nature Reserve
Crace Grasslands Nature Reserve
Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve
Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve
Gungaderra Grasslands Nature Reserve
Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve
Jerrabomberra East Grasslands Nature Reserve
Jerrabomberra West Grasslands Nature Reserve
Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve
Mulanggari Grasslands Nature Reserve
Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
Mount Majura Nature Reserve
Mount Mugga Mugga Nature Reserve
Red Hill Nature Reserve
The Pinnacle Nature Reserve

08/06/2026

With Little Oak Sanctuary – We just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

06/05/2026

Over 60 people joined animal rights media organisation Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in Canberra yesterday for a hearing before the High Court of Australia, to determine the fate of censored slaughterhouse footage.

Yesterday's hearing was the final legal showdown in a case that has stretched for over two years. The outcome will determine whether or not FTP will be able to publish hours of footage of animal cruelty, captured inside the Eurobin facility of the Game Meats Company in 2024.

The footage is currently under injunction after a Federal Court appeal overturned an initial judgement and granted a gag order on the basis of copyright ownership, in an unprecedented development of the law.

Both parties presented their cases to the full bench of the High Court, with GMC defending the gag while FTP argued for the public's right to see the footage, which FTP says is of great public interest. The Human Rights Legal Centre (HRLC) and the Alliance for Journalists Freedom (AJF) joined the proceedings as amicus curiae, arguing that the Federal Court ruling has chilling ramifications for press freedom.

At the conclusion of the hearing, GMC sought leave to apply to amend its notice of contention, in order to present new arguments as to why orders of the full Federal Court should be upheld without relying on a constructive trust. Leave to apply was granted by the court. GMC will have 14 days to file written submissions in support of its application, and FTP will have 14 days to respond.

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

We had a productive day speaking up for ACT wombats!

Almost 70 people signed our petition, which is calling on the ACT Government to rule out any policies that would allow for wombats to be killed in the ACT.

If you would like to add your name and help our wombats, we have the petition linked in our bio! 🔗