This model law aims to be a comprehensive and pragmatic basis for real-life law-makers to conceive animal protection laws and regulations adapted to the respective needs of most jurisdictions.

This report comprehensively analyses the codes of welfare and regulations established under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 (the Act) and the processes by which the codes and regulations were established.

This inquiry examined the effectiveness of the lethal and non-lethal measures taken in Australia to protect the public from dangerous species of sharks.

There is ample evidence of systematic cruelty and regulatory failure with which to justify the New South Wales government’s decision to ban greyhound racing. But this is a single industry in a single state – if we step back and look at the wider picture we see a telling lack of consistency in animal welfare...

Responsibility for animal welfare is shared across the three tiers of government with each state and territory having its own animal welfare and animal cruelty legislation. Depending on the state or territory, members of the RSPCA and other charitable organisations are deputised to enforce animal welfare and animal cruelty legislation.