Animal welfare factsheets
- Humane destruction of sheep and cattle
- Horn tipping of sheep
- Horn tipping of cattle
- Poultry at markets and saleyards
- Sheep shearing wounds
Animal welfare factsheets - New Transport Regulations
- Are sheep and cattle fit to be sold at a saleyard?
- Are sheep and cattle fit to load?
- Assessing sheep for flystrike for transport and sale
- Assessing sheep and cattle for dehydration for transport or sale
- Assessing sheep and cattle for lameness for transport or sale
- Assessing beef cattle body condition for transport or sale at a saleyard
- Assessing dairy cattle body condition for transport or sale at a saleyard
- Assessing sheep body condition for transport or sale at a saleyard
- Managing heat load and heat stress in saleyards (factsheet and webpage)
- Management of sheep and cattle with ingrown horns
- Responsibilities - consignors and transporters
- Responsibilities - saleyards
- Transporting and selling sheep and cattle with injured or broken horns
- Transporting and selling sheep and cattle with visible tumours and leisons
- Transporting and selling sheep with scabby mouth
- Welfare decisions for cattle
- Welfare decisions for sheep
To learn more about the new Transport Regulations, visit https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/animalwelfare/transport-regulations.
Instructional videos
Horn tipping of livestock
Sheep shearing wounds
Useful links
Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines
Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry
Australian Animal Welfare Strategy
Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC)
Australian Veterinary Association
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
National Health and Medical Research Council
The Animal Welfare Task Group - AWTG
WA Local Government Association