Simple Summary Animal cruelty or neglect is an emotive social issue. Animal welfare
legislation is the primary tool for defining, penalizing and hopefully deterring animal cruelty …

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 …

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 Religious slaughter has recently attracted public attention as a result of
media portrayal of several high-profile Australian and international events. The requirements …

Recent controversies over the treatment of animals within Australia's agricultural sector have
raised questions over the adequacy of current governance and regulatory arrangements for …

Exotic pet trading and keeping raises many concerns regarding animal welfare, species
conservation, ecological alteration, invasive species, public health and safety, and other …

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 …

The state-based approach to regulating animal welfare in Australia is thought to create
national dis-uniformity in that each state and territory legislates and operates inconsistently …

There is something profoundly primal in the sight and the sound of a baby that draws an
emotional and empathetic response from adults, even those of a different species. The …