Whose responsibility is farm animal welfare?
In Australia, there is various levels of responsibility for Farm Animal Welfare, and Regulatory over sight. There are farmer/breeder/producer associations, societies, and then Regulation involving quarantine & disease control, chemical use and withholding periods, food standards, animal transport, animal feed, and various other welfare issues. There is no 1 single oversight Authority. Australian products generally attract higher export prices because of the “clean, green” image of the livestock industries. The high level of attraction and marketability of Australian livestock products relates closely to the country’s freedom from most of the world’s most serious animal diseases and the very low use of chemicals and potential contaminants in livestock production. These factors alone have beneficial welfare effects and advanced husbandry, endemic animal disease and biosecurity controls add significantly to livestock welfare. Animal welfare legislation in Australia Each state has its own
