In short: Dave and Alison Sandy say they feared for their horses' safety during this year's cracker night. Tasmanians with a permit are free to legally light fireworks on that day, but each year it ...

HOBART, Australia (AP) — About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast. This photo provided ...

HOBART, March 25 AAP - Animal welfare laws will be toughened in Tasmania after a report on the greyhound racing industry could not conclusively rule out live baiting. The Tasmanian government has ...

The amendments, which include an increase in the maximum custodial sentence for aggravated cruelty from 18 months to five years, last night passed the Legislative Council. In response to a Government ...

While assistance animals work overtime each day helping their owners overcome physical and neurodiversity conditions, they still don’t enjoy the same legal protections afforded to Guide dogs. And when ...

Tasmania has enacted the national Animal Health Emergency Disease Response Plan following confirmation of the disease Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in the state. The movement of oyster ...

‘The best goat doof I’ve ever been to’: The hilarious Celia Pacquola is a key part of Tourism Tasmania’s latest winter campaign. Here’s why she was partying with farm animals. The Rosehaven actor is ...

Dozens of animals, some of them rare, remained missing from Tasmania’s only accredited zoo Saturday, two days after someone released the creatures into the wild, the zoo’s co-owner said. The intruder ...