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 News media is one of the major sources of publicly available information
on animal welfare law enforcement. It has previously been established that the media are …

Simple Summary In dairy herds, twin or other multiple pregnancies are not desirable as they
compromise the health and productive lifespan of the cows. The mean productive lifespan of …

Simple Summary Animal welfare legislation is routinely underenforced by the state. This
underenforcement has obvious and direct implications for the animal victims of cruelty and …

Simple Summary 'Good animal welfare'has evolved in recent decades to recognise
behavioural, physiological and health factors, acknowledging that an animal may have good …

Animal welfare legislation in Australia is influenced by “community expectations.” Given a
major source of publicly available information on animal welfare law is that from media …

Simple Summary Sweden is often cited as a leading country in animal welfare and related
legislation, but some recent changes in the national legislation are seen as lowering the …

Nature of reform to animal welfare legislation in Australia has commonly been attributed to
increasing alignment with the 'communities' expectations', implying that the community has …

Simple Summary Animals are frequently featured in film and television in Australia and
globally. Monitoring and regulating animal welfare throughout production is therefore …