Simple Summary In Australia, animal welfare protection is a state and territory responsibility.
Having eight separate state and territories results in eight separate animal welfare legal …

Simple Summary Australia does not have any federal legislation pertaining to animal
welfare; thus, the responsibilities lie with each state and territory. This situation has led to …

Simple Summary The Australian constitution does not mention native animals.
Responsibility for animal welfare is largely retained by the states and territories via a …

The New Zealand Animal Welfare Act 1999 imposes a duty of care on all owners and
persons in charge, to provide for the physical, health and behavioural needs of the animals …

Summary The New Zealand experience of incremental animal welfare change management
over the last 25 years is used to illustrate the importance of a number of critical factors and …

The issue of animal welfare has attracted much attention in Australia in recent decades.
Activists and welfare organisations have become increasingly vigorous in promoting a new …

This article examines the current policy and legislative framework which regulates the
welfare of introduced animals in various Australian jurisdictions. It considers how …

Animal law is gaining momentum in Australia and internationally. Initiatives such as the
Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) attempt to secure international legal …

In a suite of new regulations, New Zealand has introduced a series of infringement offences
designed to better enforce animal welfare. In doing so, however, those regulations relegate …

This chapter examines changing attitudes to the treatment of animals in nineteenth century
Britain, tracing the effects of change through to the first British animal protection legislation in …