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Former wildlife carer Tracy Dods with some of her supporters outside Parramatta District Court as she awaited the outcome of her appeal.

Former wildlife carer’s conviction for animal cruelty overturned

WIRES and the RSPCA raided Tracy Clare Dods’ Blue Mountains property and seized three kangaroos in her care. The judge criticised their “at times aggressive” behaviour.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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The possum was shaken off the boom pump crane and fell on the cement 30 metres below.

‘Death threats’ after possum video, as RSPCA refers incident for investigation

A Brisbane concreting firm is facing a formal investigation and a wave of backlash after footage emerged of a worker shaking a possum off a 30-metre concrete pump.

  • Cameron Atfield
City Chicks owner Ingrid Dimock was in a relationship with Steven Harvey for almost two years.

Animal abuse allegations surface at petting zoo that employed paedophile

A disturbing video shows at least five dead or dying chickens in the boot of a City Chicks vehicle, with registration matching the owner’s car.

  • Dan Nolan and Georgia Done
Kylie Conroy has been moving the unwell birds into her backyard.

Kylie’s yard is usually full of magpies. Now they’re dying, and she wants answers

In the last two weeks, Kylie Conroy has counted more than 30 birds that have died in her Inala backyard or been taken to the RSPCA wildlife hospital.

  • Julius Dennis
Tracy Dods is appealing her conviction of animal cruelty.

Tracy’s wildlife care landed her with a criminal record. Was she unfairly treated?

An expert who taught former WIRES volunteer Tracy Dods how to care for injured kangaroos told the District Court the prosecution was “unfair and unfounded”.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A Perth vet has had his registration cancelled following complaints from two pet owners.

Perth vet’s registration cancelled after multiple complaints and two dead dogs

Adrian Burstein had his registration cancelled after appearing before the State Administrative Tribunal.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Tracy Dods outside Katoomba Local Court on an earlier hearing date.

Tracy cared for hundreds of injured kangaroos. One case led to a criminal conviction

A former WIRES volunteer convicted of aggravated animal cruelty over her care of an injured kangaroo has vowed to appeal, saying the decision puts all wildlife carers at risk.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Former WIRES volunteer Tracy Dods has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty over a kangaroo in her care.

Verdict over injured kangaroo to send ‘shockwaves’ through animal rescue community

A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Local government rangers called the RSPCA after they found the cat dead in an esky.

Floreat man charged after neighbour’s cat dies in esky

The man had trapped the cat and then called City of Nedlands rangers to notify them, but when they arrived, the animal was dead.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
O’Malley cats rights

‘Exterminate the brutes’: Should stray cats be killed or cared for?

A parliamentary inquiry into containment laws in NSW has sparked debate about a controversial policy spreading around the world.

  • Nick O'Malley