Animal Welfare Guidelines - Animals in Saleyards - Tasmania

Description

You will need to comply with these guidelines if you intend to keep or sell animals in a public saleyard.

These guidelines set out the minimum animal welfare requirements for animals being sold or held in public saleyards. The intention of the guidelines is to:

  • set out the responsibilities of all persons concerned with this operation, including the saleyard operators, saleyard owners, vendors, livestock agents, livestock transport drivers, stockmen and saleyard attendants.
  • encourage suitable preparation and efficient, considerate treatment of animals so that stress is minimised at all stages of the saleyard operation.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Act(s) name

Animal Welfare Act 1993 Tasmania

Administering agency

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

Biosecurity Tasmania

Animal Biosecurity and Welfare

Contact details

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