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Animal Welfare
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Animal welfare encompasses all aspects of animal health and well-being. Australia's animal welfare strategies involve:
- government and non-government organisations
- veterinary and community groups
- animal industries
- animal welfare groups, and
- individual animal owners and handlers.
Australia’s state and territory governments have primary responsibility for animal welfare and laws to prevent cruelty. The Australian (Federal) Government is responsible for trade and international agreements relating to animal welfare.
Animal Welfare in Australia
- Legislation •
- Roles and Responsibilities •
- Model Codes of Practice for the Welfare of Animals •
- Animal Welfare Working Group •
- National Policy Statements on Animal Welfare (suggested guidelines for animal welfare) •
- National Consultative Committee on Animal Welfare (NCCAW) •
- Animal welfare for kids!
Live Animal Exports
Live Animal Export Trade • Australian Position Statement on the Export of Livestock • Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock Version 2.1
International Animal Welfare
OIE Welfare Guidelines • Welfare Quality (European Union) • World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS)
View and learn about the AAWS • AAWS Progression and Implementation • Stocktake of animal welfare arrangements for each animal sector • International Animal Welfare Conference • Animal Welfare Science Summit - Pain & Pain Management
Publications & Reports
Animal Welfare Publications and Reports
Contact Us
Animal Welfare Branch
Product Integrity, Animal & Plant Health
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Email the Animal Welfare Branch