Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty

2008 Draft Standards and Guidelines for Animal Welfare

In May 2008, 'Draft Standards and Guidelines for Animal Welfare' were made available for public comment by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Animal Health Australia. The proposals strongly favoured the interests of the 'livestock industries', and a total of 70 submission were received from animal advocacy groups, individuals and industry.

The submission can be found at this link:
http://www.animalwelfarestandards.net.au/Submissions.htm

We especially encourage you to read the submissions by Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania, Animals Australia and Animals Angels.

The Submission provided by Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty can be found here.