In Victoria, the Department of Primary Industries has published a series of codes of practice dealing with a wide range of animals and animal activities such as management, welfare, transport and a range of other issues. The codes are normally only advisory unless they are specifically referred to in a statute or they are a licensing condition.
In July 2009 the list of Victorian codes included: caged birds, cats and dogs, cattle, deer, emus, goats, horses, petshops, pigs, poultry, rabbits, reptiles, sheep, tethered animals, wildlife during rehabilitation and many others
The Victorian codes are available on the DPI website at www.dpi.vic.gov.au. These codes are based on the national Model Codes of Practice for the Welfare of Animals prepared by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) within the Primary Industries Ministerial Council).
The Australian model codes are available from the CSIRO 's website at www.publish.csiro.au - and enter search term 'codes of practice'.
They include codes dealing with:
- Buffalo, Farmed
- Camel
- Cattle
- Cattle, Land Transport of
- Deer, The Farming of
- Emus, Husbandry of Captive-Bred
- Feral Livestock Animals
- Goat
- Horses, Land Transport of
- Ostrich, Farming of
- Pigs
- Pigs, Land Transport of
- Poultry Processing
- Poultry, Domestic
- Production and Inspection of chilled and Frozen Petfood
- Poultry, Land Transport of
- Rabbits, Intensive Husbandry of
- Livestock at Slaughtering Establishments
- Sheep
- Saleyards, Animals at
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