Animal Justice Party Macquarie and Blue Mountains Regional Group

Join us in saying !!

Join Western Sydney, Penrith and Blue Mountains regional groups this coming Saturday morning to inform the public of the horrible horse racing industry in the lead up to Melbourne Cup! Meet like minded people who want to see the end of these cruel industries, profiting off animal suffering and deaths.

Thanks to all that came down and met with us at the Springwood Spring Festival 🌸🌸🐕🐩

Thankyou also to our wonderful members (pictured L - R) of the Animal Justice Party Macquarie and Blue Mountains Regional Group - Leisa Wulff, Jan O'Leary and Chris Parker

Let's do this!
Thanks to Animal Justice Party Western Sydney!

Angela and Emma from the Animal Justice Party NSW Western Sydney telling Chris Minns to bring back the ban! The ban on greyhound racing! Thank you for standing up for those who don’t have a voice

👍 Want to learn more about the challenges facing kangaroos in our region?

➡️ Join us for an online discussion about the challenges faced by kangaroos in the Hawkesbury, Hills and Penrith areas, and what you can do to help.

🦘 Online event about kangaroos Tuesday 6th August at 7pm

❗️Register in advance for this meeting:

[https://uws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdeCgpzIqEtB69Qu-rdj1w489BZnL8XNC](https://uws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdeCgpzIqEtB69Qu-rdj1w489BZnL8XNC)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

*This is not an Animal Justice Party run information session, but we will be there too!

💚 VEGAN MARKETS IN SPRINGWOOD!! 💚

Sunday July 14th!!
Check out the original post for all the details and follow them on all of your socials...

Please support these guys in their new venture..bringing vegan markets to everyone!

Launching the BLUE MOUNTAINS Vegan Market!
July 14 at The Hub Forecourt in Springwood • 9am-3pm

The Market is coming to the Mountains! And we're on the look out for local stalls, volunteers, and performers - make this event your own!

AND featuring some Sydney Vegan Market favourites!

Located at the Love Local Market location, just where you expect markets to be.

Join our amazing volunteer team!
www.sydneyveganmarket.com/volunteer

Refer a stall, or apply for one yourself!
www.sydneyveganmarket.com/eoi

FREE Community event by your local vegan community based charity Vegan NSW
50 years of promoting vegan living and supporting the vegan community in NSW

Thankyou Emma Hurst 🐋!!

This is exactly why YOU voted for Animal Justice Party NSW!!!

What a fantastic effort by fantastic people.
Congratulations and thankyou to every single person involved and who contributed to this amazing outcome

PASSED! We passed a motion to keep shark nets out of the water - meaning we are closer than ever to an end to shark nets. I've taken this issue all the way to the top in NSW Parliament and we know we have the support of several powerful players within NSW Labor to stop the nets going back in.

Lifeguards save lives - shark nets kill. Getting rid of these nets is an obvious decision, and so many were surprised when the Labor Government put them back in for another season in 2023. We can't let this happen again.

The motion was supported by the Government - and while the National Party sought to water down our motion, the rest of the House stood against them.

Our motion was passed moments after an event we hosted in Parliament with advocacy groups HSI and Australian Marine Conservation Society, attended by MP's across the political spectrum. There is huge support for these nets to stay OUT of beaches across NSW. Why? Because shark nets do nothing to stop people being killed while at the same time indiscriminately killing marine life. They are cruel and unnecessary.

Image here taken when I was in the US with awesome shark advocate Paul de Gelder - Paul's handsome face came up in a short documentary shown at the Parliamentary event and as I've been doing the rounds talking to MPs about shark nets Paul's name keeps coming up - they love you here Paul! And a massive thank you for all you do for sharks! 🦈

This Saturday at Bunnings, Katoomba

Please support our friends by buying a vego snag ...or two 💚🌱

Come and support Action for Animals - Blue Mountains Inc. at our vegan sausage sizzle this Saturday 8 June 2024 at Bunnings Warehouse, Katoomba.

Enjoy delicious vegan sausages, meet like-minded animal lovers and learn more about our mission to protect and advocate for animals.

Fantastic news! 🐎
As Emma Hurst writes - 'WATCH THIS SPACE' - for information on getting your submission in!

BREAKING: An inquiry that will consider animal welfare in the horseracing industry is now underway- and I am confirmed as Deputy Chair.

Submissions will open soon- watch this space!

The horse racing industry has money, power and secrecy on their side. But the animals have you. They have people who will stand up and speak out against abuse and in this numbers game, it is you that will ensure the animals gain freedom. Now we will get to be their voice, and together we have a chance to change the world. 🐴

Nowhere is safe for them
Shooters are everywhere.
In every state. In every region.
Even ours 😞

Every night across NSW, the peace of the bush is broken with the sound of gunshots.

Kangaroo families, once grazing peacefully, are ripped apart in terror by the commercial industry. Mothers are struck down - leaving joeys behind, defenseless and hungry.

Those who are hit but not killed suffer in the darkness, alone and afraid.

Kangaroos are a vital part of Australia's ecosystem, not targets.

We must protect our kangaroos and coexist with nature.

Please share this with anyone you know, about to buy or adopt a dog.

Unfortunately people WANT certain breeds sometimes, even though they aren't suited to climate or conditions
The dogs just don't cope.
They end up in the cruel circle of pounds and rehoming - just to ultimately die anyway.

Have a read. Challenge what you think you know ✌️

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for dog fighting.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

©️ Karen Caron

Posting this photo because it is my favourite of all time. Feeling a bit crappy today so a nice reminder that when you are kind to animals, they let you kiss their noses 🩷🐑

Will you help us speak up for animals in The Blue Mountains?

On Saturday 2 March 2024, commencing at 2pm, Blue Mountains residents and members of the public are invited to a peaceful gathering outside the RSPCA shelter in Katoomba

Please show your support by attending this important public gathering and sharing the event details with family and friends.

Event link- https://fb.me/e/4clITk3O9

Will you help us speak up for animals in The Blue Mountains?

On Saturday 2 March 2024, commencing at 2pm, Blue Mountains residents and members of the public are invited to a peaceful gathering outside the RSPCA shelter in Katoomba.

Attendees will collectively voice their concerns about the loss of this shelter and what it will mean for vulnerable animals and the community.

It will be a "give-it-back" call for the shelter to be returned to the community who paid for it.

Please show your support by attending this important public gathering and sharing the event details with family and friends.

Event link- https://fb.me/e/4clITk3O9

🌞☀️ As NSW swelters in a heatwave, we can take action to help our wildlife.

🦘🦎 Leave out bowls of water in your yard or nearby areas to ensure our furry, feathered and reptie friends stay hydrated.

🔵💧 Small actions can make a big difference in the scorching heat. Make sure to leave some sticks in the bowl so lizards and frogs can get out if they accidentally fall in!

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🎄🐾 This holiday season, give the gift of love and a forever home to a rescue companion like Leroy! 🏡❤️ So many cats, dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs are sitting alone in pounds or foster care waiting for their furever homes. Leroy is just one of many looking for love this Christmas.

Please remember that animals are not gifts and please consider carefully before you adopt an animal that you have the time to care and love them and treat them as part of your family. 'tshop Never buy from pet shops, Gumtree, or online.

Leroy is just one of many looking for love this Christmas. Inquire about Leroy's story and adoption at https://gaarinc.com.au/available-for-adoption 🐶🐱

Looking for more options? Check out our list of rescues waiting for your call: https://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/adopt_dont_shop Let's make this Christmas a season of giving and sharing joy 🎁🐾

🐾🔧 Our Rescue Directory is a work in progress! Keep an eye out for updates 📅🐕🐈

Please sign and share! 🐕

URGENT: Today is the last chance to sign the parliamentary petition to allow pets on public transport.

Link in comments below ✍️🐶🚊🚍⛴️

Thank you Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Emma Hurst for working with me to get thousands of signatures!

Get yours! 🌱

Animal Protection Stickers We deliver across Australia!

If you are out and about around Katoomba this Saturday- please stop in and buy a kindess sausage from our friends and comrades at Action For Animals - Blue Mountains 💚🌱

What are you doing for World Animal Day? 💚

Go Blue Mountains crew!

Engaging with their community at Springwood Festival.

Special thanks to Sonia and Chris for organising and doing the setup and pack down!

📢 Only 2 days left to sign the parliamentary petition demanding that the Albanese government legislate a date to end the brutal live sheep export industry! 🐑

Enough is enough! How many more exposes must we endure before we put an end to this brutal industry? It's time for action, Prime Minister Albanese! Sign the petition calling for the Labor government to legislate a date to end this cruelty! 📅

🚫🐏 Let's stand together for all sheep. Sign the petition here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN5323?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=live-export&utm_content=ap_t2wjy7v22w 🖋️

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