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Rspca Australia National Statistics 2020-2021, Rspca Australia

General - Animal Welfare

The RSPCA receives thousands of animals every year in every state and territory in Australia. Annual statistics on the numbers of animals received, reclaimed or rehomed are compiled on a national basis by RSPCA Australia. The following statistics cover the 2020 to 2021 financial year and give details on the receipt and placement of animals by each state and territory RSPCA during that period. The statistics also include the number of cruelty complaints received by the RSPCA Inspectorate and prosecutions undertaken. Detailed information is provided in the following report.

Rspca Australia, National Statistics 2019-2020., Rspca Australia

General - Animal Welfare

The RSPCA receives thousands of animals every year in every state and territory in Australia. Annual statistics on the numbers of animals received, reclaimed or rehomed are compiled on a national basis by RSPCA Australia. The following statistics cover the 2019 to 2020 financial year and give details on the receipt and placement of animals by each state and territory RSPCA during that period. The statistics also include the number of cruelty complaints received by the RSPCA Inspectorate and prosecutions undertaken. Detailed information is provided in the following report.

Rspca Report On Animal Outcomes From Our Shelters, Care And Adoption Centres 2019-2020, Rspca Australia

General - Animal Welfare

The RSPCA is Australia’s oldest, largest and most trusted animal welfare organisation. With this privileged position comes great responsibility. This year we received1 112,530 animals into our animal shelters and adoption centres across the country. We are pleased to report that over the past 10 years we have helped 718,960 animals by rehoming them, reuniting them with their owners or releasing them back into the wild. This includes 328,866 dogs and puppies, and 293,339 cats and kittens who were rehomed or reunited with their owners. With a great deal of effort from RSPCA teams all over the country, adoption/rehoming and …

Rspca Australia National Statistics 2018-2019, Rspca Australia

General - Animal Welfare

The RSPCA receives thousands of animals every year in every state and territory in Australia. Annual statistics on the numbers of animals received, reclaimed or rehomed are compiled on a national basis by RSPCA Australia. The following statistics cover the 2018 to 2019 financial year and give details on the receipt and placement of animals by each state and territory RSPCA during that period. The statistics also include the number of cruelty complaints received by the RSPCA Inspectorate and prosecutions undertaken. Detailed information is provided in the following report.

Identifying Best Practice Domestic Cat Management, Bidda Jones

Management - General

The purpose of this report is to identify current best practice approaches to domestic cat management, to help address poor welfare and high euthanasia rates of domestic cats and mitigate their impacts on humans and wildlife. This document builds on knowledge gained from previous cat management strategies,including examining the effectiveness of existing legislation, reviewing current research, and considering relevant aspects of feral cat management. Although considerable efforts have been made to reduce the unwanted domestic cat population, the complexity of the problem makes effective cat management very difficult. Effective cat management requires a high level of government and community support, …

Trends In Popularity Of Some Morphological Traits Of Purebred Dogs In Australia, Kendy Tzu-Yun Teng, Paul Mcgreevy, Jenny-Ann L.M.L. Toribio, Navneet Dhand

Societal Attitudes Toward Animals Collection

Background: The morphology of dogs can provide information about their predisposition to some disorders. For example, larger breeds are predisposed to hip dysplasia and many neoplastic diseases. Therefore, longitudinal trends in popularity of dog morphology can reveal potential disease pervasiveness in the future. There have been reports on the popularity of particular breeds and behavioural traits but trends in the morphological traits of preferred breeds have not been studied. Methods: This study investigated trends in the height, dog size and head shape (cephalic index) of Australian purebred dogs. One hundred eighty-one breeds derived from Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) registration …

Background Document For The Threat Abatement Plan For Predation By Feral Cats, Commonwealth Of Australia, 2015

Predation and Wildlife

This is the background document to the Threat abatement plan for predation by feral cats (Department of the Environment 2015). Predation by feral cats was identified as a key threatening process in 1999 with the passage of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This document provides information to underpin the threat abatement plan and includes information on feral cat characteristics, biology and distribution; impacts on environmental, social and cultural values; and current management practices and measures. The threat abatement plan (TAP) establishes a national framework to guide and coordinate Australia’s response to the effects of predation …

Threat Abatement Plan For Predation By Feral Cats, Commonwealth Of Australia, 2015

Predation and Wildlife

This Threat abatement plan for predation by feral cats establishes a national framework to guide and coordinate Australia’s response to the impacts of feral cats (Felis catus) on biodiversity. It identifies the research, management and other actions needed to ensure the long-term survival of native species and ecological communities affected by predation by feral cats. It replaces the previous threat abatement plan for predation by feral cats published in 2008 (DEWHA, 2008a). A review of the previous threat abatement plan found some significant advances in feral cat research and control since 2008 (Department of the Environment, 2015a).

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International Animal Law, With A Concentration On Latin America, Asia, And Africa, Neil Trent, Stephanie Edwards, Jennifer Felt, Kelly O'Meara

State of the Animals 2005

The status of domestic animal protection laws in Asia, Africa, and Latin America varies, as one might imagine, from country to country. Countries with high per capita incomes are more likely to have a large number of animal protection organizations, whose existence normally leads to the passage of protective legislation.1 The sociopolitical, cultural, and religious backgrounds of each country, as well as previous colonization, also influence whether it has animal protection legislation and whether these laws are enforced. Previous colonization is the case in many former British colonies, which often have very good laws but neither the means nor the …

A Different Approach To Horse Handling, Based On The Jeffery Method, Judith K. Blackshaw, Des Kirk, Sharon E. Cregier

Equines Collection

A method of horse training is discussed which is based on an old technique known in Australia as the "Jeffery method." It makes use of several behavioral principles, including understanding of horse behavior, reinforcement for desired behavior, and use of flight distance principles.

Legislation And Regulation

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

A report of the Australian Senate Inquiry into Animal Welfare

Attitudes Toward Animal Suffering: An Exploratory Study, John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite

Attitudes Towards Animals Collection

A total of 302 undergraduates in the social sciences and the humanities, at two Australian universities, were given a questionnaire designed to explore public attitudes toward animal suffering. The results, though preliminary, strongly suggest that attitudes may be in great part supportive of animal welfare and animal rights. However, as reflected in the answers to the questionnaire, actual behavior does not always follow suit. The recommendation is made that the animal welfare/animal rights movement should perhaps place more emphasis on raising people's awareness of the inconsistencies between their attitudes toward animals and their behavior concerning them.

Sheep Mulesing And Animal Lib, Nancy Heneson

Animal Welfare Collection

The practice of mulesing sheep to prevent blowfly strike has recently come under fire from the Animal Liberation movement in Australia. Although it is only one of the many issues which Animal Lib has raised in its campaign to reform various sectors of the livestock industry, it is particularly illustrative of the kinds of conflicts in world view which arise when animal rights activists turn the spotlight on the farming establishment. Spokesmen for the livestock industries are quick to stress the emotional and sometimes sensational portrayal by Animal Libbers of time-honored animal management practices, as well as the sinister role …