12 December is D-Day for the planet as world leaders meet in Copenhagen to do a global deal on climate change. While they talk the talk, we're walking the walk all over the world, from New York to Tokyo, Mumbai to Paris and all over Australia. So get your walking shoes on and be part of the most important Walk Against Warming ever.

The People & Planet 2010 Diary features 55 exceptional photos of people and places around the world, accompanied by short, fascinating stories about social and environmental issues. Proceeds go directly to ARA's campaigns and they make a great gift. Get your copies here.

In Australia over 6 million pigs are slaughtered for meat each year after living a tortured existence. But there is something you can do that will meaningfully help these animals.

ARA believes that welfare reforms do not provide significant protection for animal interests, make the public feel better about exploiting animals, may actually increase net suffering, further entrenches the view of animals as commodities, and divert resources from vegan/abolitionist education. Find out why here.

In this free forum hosted by Animal Rights Advocates Inc., experienced lawyer Ian Weldon and veterinarian and recent law graduate Maike Dorn will discuss the protections that are - and are not - provided by the animal welfare laws in Western Australia.

Join Animal Rights Advocates Inc. for a celebration of vegan food and culture on Sunday 1 November - World Vegan Day! Bring friends, family, music and vegan food to share.

It is easy to become vegan when you know what foods to choose and how to prepare them. Designed especially for the new vegan and those considering the evolution, Vegan Food Basics will arm you with the knowledge of how to get started.

The City of Bayswater is considering killing pigeons and doves to reduce their population, initially on Eighth Avenue Maylands and then possibly to other parts of the shire as far as Noranda.

Be a part of the opposition to Roe 8, a highway development that will lead to the loss of vital habitats for the endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo and the peregrine falcon. Join the rally on 31 October.

On Sunday October 18th Gay and Lesbian Community Services will host the SWEET Bake Off and High Tea to celebrate their 35th birthday. Join ARA in submitting delicious vegan cakes to showcase how sweet it is to be cruelty-free.  UPDATE: ARA won the Community Group category! Check out the winning entry here.

Join ARA in supporting the right of women to live without the fear or reality of rape and male violence by joining the Reclaim the Night march on Friday 30 October at 6.30pm.

Join the Bluestocking Institute's Community Scholars Discussion Group on 15 October for 'The Politics of Food' which will explore some of the ethical and political questions surrounding what we eat, how we eat, and how we produce food.

The Vegan Meal Planning workshop on 20 September is an interactive session aimed at developing your skills in planning nutritionally balanced vegan eating patterns.

Lynn MacLaren (Greens MLC) is hosting a public forum event on 1 October to raise awareness about growing genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) and the benefits of organic food.

Safe Families Safe Pets provides foster care for dogs to enable women and children to leave an abusive home and go into a women's refuge and they need your help.

Members of the West Australian branch of Amnesty International have developed this series for people concerned to eliminate racism in our society.  The series of activities, which includes a day long workshop, an evening discussion and an overnight camping trip will examine racism and its impact on us personally and at an institutional and societal level.

The saga continues with the cruelty case against Westpork adjourned a third time until the 29th September. It has been over 2 1/2 years since the initial police raid on Mindarra Farm Piggery in Gingin.

Animal Rights Advocates Inc. is once again joining forces with ROAR Feminist Collective to deliver another forum for activists interested in exploring the connections between feminism, animal rights and the dynamics of oppression. Join us on Sunday 9 August.

Several large-scale systematic reviews of the value of the animal experiments have now been published in scientific and medical journals and the outcomes have been consistent: animal experiments have contributed far less than advocates would have us believe. Join ARA for this forum on Sunday 5 July in Perth.  Presentation now available online here.

What does it take to win change for social, economic and environmental justice? Find out at this two day workshop on strategic campaigning and community mobilisation skills from The Change Agency hosted by the Conservation Council of WA and running on the 24th and 25th of June.

Westpork Pty Ltd has again not entered a plea at the hearing held on 12 May. The case was adjourned until 1 July. Yet again, it is now adjourned until 17 August.

A piggery operator in Tasmania has been charged with cruelty offences after animals were found in squalid conditions and infested with maggots.

Animal Rights Advocates Inc. is joining forces with ROAR Feminist Collective to deliver this forum for activists interested in exploring the connections between feminism, animal rights and the dynamics of oppression.

Curtin’s new Conscientious Objection Policy now enshrines the right of students that are opposed to harming animals for the sake of education to object and request an alternative assessment or teaching practice.

A Gingin piggery raided by police two years ago amid claims that some pigs at the facility had eaten others which had died in the pens has been charged with animal cruelty.

Police and government officials have charged Mindarra Farm Piggery in Gingin with a cruelty offence two years after a raid.

Unsuspecting consumers are directly supporting animal cruelty with their hard earned incomes. Read on to find out what exactly goes on behind the closed doors of the egg industry.

Interested in becoming active in the Perth animal rights community? Animal Rights Advocates Inc. (ARA) ran a series of three workshops for abolitionist animal rights activists in February and March 2009. Materials from the workshops are now available online.

Bring your friends and family on Saturday 15th November and support action against Climate Change today!

Join ARA for a free screening of Earthlings at Murdoch University for Social Justice Week at 2pm on Thursday 30th October.

Fears that another ‘Cormo Express’ disaster is looming after animals received Christian ‘last rites’ blessing.

Victoria Police's secret intelligence unit has infiltrated Melbourne's activist and community groups for two years to gather information on protests against the Iraq War, Japanese whaling and a weapons exhibition.

The police special branch squads in NSW and Victoria have been subject to several reports and inquiries that criticised the manner in which they spied, and created dossiers, on public or political figures and community groups.

Mayhem at the port of Fremantle, Western Australia, as an ordained catholic priest blesses countless cattle and sheep with holy water just before being loaded onto live export ship, the ‘Maysora’

Local Fremantle group, People Against Cruelty in Animal Transport (PACAT) have urged RSPCA members to put Ken Hall, a supporter of live animal exports, last on their election papers.

Australia's meat-products industry accounts for 91 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year...

In today's environmentally conscious world, we recycle, eschew plastic bags, drive hybrid cars (or ride bikes) and carbon neutralise our businesses. But there's one environmental issue that many of us continue to ignore.

Animal Voices interviews controversial animal rights proponent Gary L. Francione on his new book Animals as Person: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation.

Want to help stop climate change? Then don't miss this celebration of sustainability.

ARA has launched its first design of a new range of animal rights and vegan t-shirts.

Can you be a short term foster carer for cats surrendered to the Shenton Park Cat Haven?

To celebrate ten years of campaigning Animal Rights Advocates Inc. has launched a new look.