Minimum standards and recommendations for best practice
The original codes of recommendations and minimum standards were prepared by the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC).The committee was established in 1989 by the then Minister of Agriculture to advise on matters concerning animal welfare. The codes were voluntary and had no legal standing under the Animals Protection Act 1960.
The Animal Welfare Act 1999 established the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), which replaced AWAC, and provided for the issue of codes of welfare with legal effect.
The codes of recommendations and minimum standards will be reviewed and replaced by codes of welfare over the next five to 10 years.
Each of these guidelines is shown against the species it relates to.
- Animals in Boarding Establishments
- Animals at Saleyards
- Bobby Calves (Superseded by the Code of Welfare for Dairy Cattle)
- Deer during the Removal of Antlers (Also refer to Code of Welfare for Deer)
- Guidelines for the Welfare of Red & Wapiti Yearling Stags During the Use of Rubber Rings to Induce Analgesia for the Removal of Spiker Velvet
(1954 KB) (Also refer to Code of Welfare for Deer) - Guidelines for the Welfare of Yearling Fallow Deer During the Use of Rubber Rings to Prevent Antler/Pedicle Growth (2124 KB) (Also refer to Code of Welfare for Deer)
- Emergency Slaughter of Farm Livestock
- Horses
- Ostrich and Emu
- Sale of Companion Animals (Also refer to Code of Welfare for Companion Cats and Code of Welfare for Dogs)
- Sea Transport of Sheep from New Zealand
Page last updated: 15 September 2011