About

The Animal Union's focus is to assist farmed animals who need a new home and may need to be rehabilitated. Whether being removed from the animal agriculture industry or the owner/human carer can no longer care for them. 

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Over 90 billion land animals are killed around the world annually for food consumption alone. In Australia, 500 million land animals are confined and killed for food annually. That is 21 animals dying every second in a country that claims to love animals. Animal rights activists don't seem so crazy with their claims now, right? 

 

The Union also aims to educate the public about the impacts this industry has on the environment and the risks related to our health when eating animal products. Just as important is the complete lack of animal rights in the industry globally and this remains as it is hidden from the public's eye - including Australia. The Union encourages consumers to make their choices based on the realities the animals face. Animal welfare improvements still include pain and suffering, and ultimately an early death in life for all farmed animals 

 

Most paddocks full of cows, sheep and other farmed animals that you drive past in the country... they are facing this reality. Many are hidden from view. Then looking at factory farms, which are hell on earth for farmed animals. How can you describe a slaughterhouse then? What is most important to think about is that a slaughterhouse cannot provide one single humane way of killing. How can it when the animals are fighting to live or frozen in fear? They do not want to die, or return to a factory farm. 

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Reducing and ultimately removing, the dramatic impact animal agriculture has on the animals and the environment is a long journey. It is disheartening and overwhelming to discover the accurate descriptions of farmed animal's hidden lives, but those aware of these truths need to respond to this silenced cry for help and come together with other like-minded persons, and rescue as many animals as possible. 

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The laws might not favour animals, but we can choose to raise above this rather cemented stance. They can't force us to eat animals or take from them, be entertained by them, buy products that were tested on them, or make us wear them. Be there for the animals. It's an easy and simple act, one that contributes to less violence on the planet. Whether donating to The Union, attending our events, changing your lifestyle or finding your own way to help. 

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See that empty paddock above? We want that to be full of rescued animals. Not a farm that has just taken their 'livestock' to a slaughterhouse, via the sale-yard.