Kerrie Searle - Animal Communicator

20/06/2025

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02/06/2025

THIS COURT DECISION COULD JUST BE THE BEST NEWS OF ALL TIME FOR THE WELFARE OF RACEHORSES.

On 27 May it was proven in a Tasmanian court that padded whips indeed cause pain and suffering to horses. This is the first court decision, since the introduction of padded whips in 2009, against their use on horses.

This ruling is significant because it wasn’t any old whip in question, it was the specific padded whip which is approved for racing, and which Racing Australia claims do not hurt horses.

The conventional whip was replaced with a padded whip in 2009 because of the massive public concern about the pain it inflicts upon horses to be whipped. The racing industry has justified its continued use of the whip by arguing it has not been proven that whipping hurts horses.

With this court decision, that argument is no longer valid.

The guilty ruling relates to Tasmanian racehorse trainer Liandra Gray, who was recorded on CCTV in July 2022 hitting a racehorse with a padded whip more than 40 times.

Under the Animal Welfare Act, the RSPCA charged the trainer with committing an act which “caused or was likely to cause unreasonable and unjustifiable pain or suffering to an animal.”

The defendant Liandra Gray pleaded not guilty. In her defence, she claimed she had used less force with the whip than a jockey would in a race.

Although the whip that was used was padded, the Court was satisfied that it caused the horse to experience 'unreasonable and unjustifiable pain or suffering.'

This ruling is first step to the end of whips in racing. Thank you so much RSPCA Tasmania for pursuing the case🐴💜👏

23/05/2025

Never eat it. It's an overly intelligent creature.

If you absolutely must, remember that death by boiling is an inhumane practice — and in many places, illegal.

When a lobster is cooked alive, it literally implodes from the pain. Its internal organs disintegrate due to the extreme heat, but its exoskeleton remains intact, clinging to its structure and prolonging the animal’s agony.

Lobsters are conscious enough to feel pain, but because they lack vocal cords, they can’t cry out. The high-pitched sound you hear — often mistaken for a scream — is actually steam escaping through tiny pores in the shell as the organs boil.

It is among the most painful and cruel deaths any living creature can endure.

19/05/2025

Dolphin brains are larger than human brains both in absolute weight and in their brain-to-body weight ratio 🧠

More details/photos: https://hja.li/63y9

14/05/2025

🔷Australian Fashion Week has just banned all wildlife materials including fur, wild animal skins and feathers. 🔷

The move comes after years of advocacy by wildlife organisations. The May runways will be completely free from wildlife exploitation, with the policy coming into immediate effect.

“Killing wild animals for fashion is unacceptable, particularly given the array of bio-based, sustainable and ethical materials that can be used in place of fur, skins and feathers for a similar visual effect. With all major Australian fashion week events now totally wildlife-free, our country's fashion industry should be proud to be leading a global shift towards ethical and sustainable fashion. Australian commercial industries caging native crocodiles and shooting indigenous kangaroos for international fashion brands should take note: there is no future for this wildlife exploitation, it is time for a just transition beyond it." - Emma Hakansson, founding director of Collective Fashion Justice.

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