Displaying items by tag: ANIMAL WELFARE ACT

Animal rights group SAFE For Animals is claiming that the days of winter grazing and colony cages should be numbered.

A new report from the Regulations Review Committee has recommended a review of how secondary legislation is developed under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

A Southland farmer who failed to look after his sheep, leading to deaths and animals having to be euthanised, has been fined $7,500.

Rakaia calf-rearer Lisa-Jane Claire Miller (54) was sentenced in the Ashburton District Court on five charges under the Animal Welfare Act following a successful prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and banned from owning cattle for a range of welfare problems contributing to the death of over a dozen cattle.

Deciding which proposed animal welfare standards will become regulation and which will become 'guidance' is a priority concern for DairyNZ.

The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, says the proposed animal welfare regulations now out for consultation are very important for the NZ primary sector.