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Animal Welfare Topics
Early Age Desexing of Puppies and Kittens
In late 2003, the Minister for Agriculture's Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and the Victorian Division of the Australian Veterinary Association coordinated a series of veterinary seminars throughout Victoria on early age desexing. The proceedings of those seminars were provided to all vets registered with the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board of Victoria and are reproduced here.
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Early Age Desexing (PDF 779KB)
Permanent Identification of Cats and Dogs
New and significant legislation has come into effect in Victoria from 1 December 2005 regulating:
- Microchip & scanner technology
- Sale and distribution of microchips
- The implantation of microchips
- Registration and operation of registries
The Permanent Identification of Cats and Dogs pages provide information about the legislation, the technology involved, explains authorised implanters and domestic animal registries, as well as providing detailed FAQs.
Tail Docking of Dogs
Attached frequently asked questions (PDF 65KB) document contains information about the legislative requirements relating to the prohibited procedure of tail docking of dogs. The legislative requiremements are consistent with those for any prohibited procedure under the Victorian Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Horse Agistment
Horse agistment is when a horse owner keeps their horse on land owned by someone else, for a fee. This page provides access to a kit of information about agisting horses, which has been developed to help horse owners and land owners to agist horses responsibly and to reduce the likelihood of a dispute arising from misunderstanding.
Rodeos in Victoria
Rodeos in Victoria provides information about the requirements for operating rodeos or rodeo schools in Victoria.
Livestock welfare
There are a range of facts sheets published on the welfare of livestock species at saleyards as well as a brochure giving an overview of livestock welfare for producers (PDF 543KB).
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