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Ausrala Amal WelfareSaegy and NaionalImplemenaion Plan 201014

D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E , F I S H E R I E S A N D F O R E S T R YS u p p o r t e d b y t h e


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AAWS goals

Animals National systems People International

1. The welare needso animals areunderstood and met.

2. National systems deliverconsistent animal welareoutcomes and give priorityto ongoing improvements.

3. People make ethicaldecisions regarding animalwelare, supported byknowledge and skills.

4. Australia is activelyengaged in internationalpartnerships anddevelopments to improveanimal welare.

Objecives

1. Monitor trends.

2. Act on key issues.

3. Deliverimprovements.

4. Understand drivers,impediments andopportunities.

5. Cooperate orconsistency.

6. Collaborate or eiciency.

7. Engage stakeholders.

8. Inorm the community.

9. Create, use and shareknowledge.

10. Articulate Australiasperspective.

11. Collaborateinternationally.

12. Learn rom internationalexperience.

Oucomes(he inended esuls, impacs o consequences o acions)

Activities lead topositive change in thewelare o animals.

Streamlined, eicient,transparent and successulprocesses are developedto deliver nationallyconsistent animal welareoutcomes.

The strategy provides abasis or engagementand education o diversestakeholder groups andinterests.

Australia assists thedevelopment anddelivery o improvedanimal welare outcomesregionally and globally.

Beneis(measuable impovemens esuling om an oucome, peceived as an advanage by one o moe sakeholdes)

Animals havegreater wellbeingthrough improvedlevels o care andmanagement.

Eective and eicientprocesses and applicationo resources are used todevelop and implementanimal welare policies andsystems.

The community engages inbalanced, inormed debateabout animal welareissues.

Australias systems,expertise and reputationare enhanced throughactive engagement andpartnerships.

Peomance measues(indicaos o success)

Appropriate animalwelare measures aredeveloped and used.

Deciencies are

recognised, discussedwith stakeholders andaddressed.

Annual AAWS report onAustralias animal welaresystem is prepared andregularly updated, andtrends are analysed.

Eciency in animalwelare activities isachieved throughcooperation.

National consistency inanimal welare outcomesis achieved.

Animal welareinormation is continuallydeveloped and delivered.

Attitudes, perceptions and

behaviours are inormed.

Participation in animalwelare education andtraining programsincreases.

Sharing o resourcesbetween stakeholdergroups increases.

Australia is rated asequivalent to or betterthan internationalbenchmarks, ollowingormal evaluations.

World Organisation orAnimal Health and otherinternational organisationscontinue to seek Australianexpertise.

Foecas AAWS expendiue, 201014 (oal = $4 007 000)

$1 167 913 (29%) $528 818 (13%) $1 927 269 (48%) $383 000 (10%)

Esimaed addiional sakeholde conibuions (oal = $4 530 623)$1 718 999 $970 500 $1 47xc6 124 $365 000

Ausrala Amal Welfare SraegVision: All Australians value animals and are committed to improving their welare.Mission: To deliver sustainable improvements in the welare o all animals.


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The Australian Animal Welare Strategy (AAWS)has been developed to outline directions or utureimprovements in the welare o animals and toprovide national and international communitieswith an appreciation o animal welare arrangementsin Australia.

It was jointly developed by the Australian

Government, state and territory governments,industry and the community. The production o theAAWS was coordinated by the Australian GovernmentDepartment o Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry onbehal o the Primary Industries Standing Committee.

The Primary Industries Ministerial Council endorsedthe AAWS in May 2004 and the rst NationalImplementation Plan or the strategy in May 2006.

Commonwealth o Australia 2011

ISBN number: 978-1-921575-29-7Australian Animal Welare Strategy and NationalImplementation Plan 2010-14

April 2011 PIMC endorsed edition

This work is copyright. Apart rom any use aspermitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part maybe reproduced by any process without prior writtenpermission rom the Commonwealth.

Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction andrights should be addressed to the CommonwealthCopyright Administration, Attorney Generals

Department, Robert Garran Oces, National Circuit,Barton ACT 2600.

The Australian Government Department oAgriculture, Fisheries and Forestry seeks to publish itswork to the highest proessional standards. However,it cannot accept responsibility or any consequencesarising rom the use o inormation herein. Readersshould rely on their own skill and judgment inapplying any inormation or analysis to particularissues or circumstances.

For urther inormation regarding the AAWS, please contact:

Animal Welare UnitAustralian Government Department o Agriculture,Fisheries and ForestryGPO Box 858Canberra ACT [email protected]


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Ackwledgmes

The Australian Animal Welare Strategy (AAWS)relies on dedicated people who have a commitmentto improving the welare o Australian animals.This dedication is illustrated by the way that peoplerom dierent sectors actively contribute, engage,exchange inormation and debate the changesneeded to make a real dierence to animal welare inAustralia.

The strategy has evolved since 2004 as a result othe need to update content and simpliy both thestrategy and the supporting National ImplementationPlan. The revision was led by the AAWS AdvisoryCommittee, with important input rom a meetingo approximately 120 stakeholders in July 2010.

These stakeholders were drawn rom industry,research organisations, community animal welareorganisations, proessional associations, and theAustralian, state and territory governments. Thecontribution that all parties have made to this revisedstrategy is recognised and grateully acknowledged.

Acrms

AAWS Australian Animal Welare Strategy

CSIrO Commonwealth Scientiic and Industrial

Research OrganisationDAFF Australian Government Department o

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

OIE World Organisation or Animal Health

PIMC Primary Industries Ministerial Council

rSPCA Royal Society or the Prevention o Cruelty to

Animals

Animal welare activities within Australia require thecommitment and support o many organisations.A list o participants in AAWS phase 1 is provided inAttachment 4.


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Animals are socially, culturally and economicallyimportant or Australia. They are core to our nationalidentity, eature on our currency and are widelyadopted as logos or our sporting teams. They provide

us with companionship, recreation, entertainment,assistance, health and ecological services, and oodand bre. Animal and related industries generatemany billions o dollars o economic activity and tenso thousands o jobs across rural, regional and urbanAustralia. The welare o animals and the welare ohumans are closely linked.

Animal welare refects the ethical imperative andsocial expectation that any use o animals or thebenet o humans should minimise suering o theanimals involved. Welare is related to health and

wellbeing. However, it extends beyond survival to alsoconsider the quality o an animals lie.

The Australian Animal Welare Strategy ocusesattention on key animal welare issues andcoordinated investments to deliver sustainableimprovements. The strategy has relevance or theentire community. It covers all sentient animalsthatis, those with a capacity to experience sueringand pleasure. Sentience is the reason that welarematters.

Achievemens o dae

The strategy was originally endorsed by the PrimaryIndustries Ministerial Council in 2004, and the

National Implementation Plan was endorsed in May2006. Achievements under the strategy to dateinclude:

the development o a solid ramework orstakeholder consultation

identication o 23 elements or consistency acrossstate and territory legislation and agreement romthe jurisdictions to implement them

review and analysis o animal welare issues andcapacity across the six animal use sectors, andin the areas o communications, education andtraining, and research and development

endorsement o a policy to move rom voluntarymodel codes o practice or the welare o livestockto national standards and guidelines, with greaterconsistency in regulation

agreement to extend the development ostandards and guidelines to nonproductionanimals

endorsement o new Australian animal welarestandards and guidelinesland transport olivestock

development and publication o a model or

assessing the humaneness o vertebrate pestcontrol strategies

the successul AAWS International Animal WelareConerence in 2008.

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Phase 2

The strategy was updated in 2010, ollowing anindependent review and extensive stakeholder

consultation. Phase 2, which will build on theachievements to date, will run rom 1 July 2010 to30 June 2014.

The strategys vision is that all Australians valueanimals and are committed to improving their welare.Its mission is to deliver sustainable improvements inthe welare o all animals.

The strategy has our primary areas o work: animals,national systems, people and international. Theexpected benets that will fow include the ollowing:

Animals will experience better levels o care andmanagement.

Governments and others investing in thedevelopment and implementation o animalwelare policies and systems will see greatereciency and value through streamlinedprocesses and reduced duplication.

Animal welare issues will be subjected tobalanced debate and consideration within thecommunity.

Australias animal welare systems, expertiseand international reputation will be enhanced

through active international engagement andpartnerships.

The strategy provides a national ramework toidentiy priorities, coordinate stakeholder action andimprove consistency across all animal use sectors. Itseeks to build on Australias current arrangements,

including state and territory legislation, standards,guidelines, codes o practice, industry qualityassurance programs, education and training, andresearch and development. It acknowledges theimportance o broad engagement with industry,governments, proessional associations, serviceproviders, researchers and welare organisations toaccurately assess issues and develop robust solutions.

Implementation o the strategy is a sharedresponsibility, which relies on the commitmento time, resources and unding rom stakeholders

across all sectors and rom all levels o government.In particular, the strategy will look to the state andterritory governments, who have responsibility ordeveloping, implementing and enorcing animalwelare policies and legislation, to articulate howtheir current and proposed activities are consistentwith the strategy and can support its goalsand objectives. The Australian Government hascommitted approximately $4 million to phase 2 othe strategy. This unding will be used or specic

joint initiatives to address priority issues at industry,sectoral and national levels. Co-contributions toactivities under the strategy will continue to besought rom governments and other stakeholders.


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Australian Government unding or the strategy isapproved by the Minister or Agriculture, Fisheriesand Forestry, and administered by the AustralianGovernment Department o Agriculture, Fisheries andForestry. The department coordinates implementationand reporting o the strategy on behal o theAdvisory Committee and stakeholders.

Naional Implemenaion Plan

The National Implementation Plan has beendeveloped using a program logic ramework,which shows a series o consequences, not justevents. It seeks to make clear the cause-and-eectrelationships between activities, outputs, outcomesand benets. This ramework also supports programmonitoring, evaluation, perormance managementand reporting. Implementation o the strategy is ashared responsibility.

Program reporting is an essential componento governance, stakeholder engagement andcommunications. Regular reports on activities,achievements and progress under the strategy willbe prepared and distributed to stakeholders, andinormation will be made available online throughwebsites that are accessible to the public or toparticipants only. An annual stakeholder workshopwill provide opportunities to report progress, seekeedback, arm priorities and strengthen networks.

Govenance

The strategy is overseen by a skills-based advisorycommittee, which is responsible or driving itsimplementation. In conjunction with the nationalAnimal Welare Committee, the Advisory Committeewill develop and secure agreement to an annualwork plan and commitment o resources to activities

that support the strategys objectives. The AdvisoryCommittee and Animal Welare Committee willalso provide an annual report o progress againstthe strategy to ministers, governments and otherstakeholders. National agreement to the strategy isprovided through its endorsement by the PrimaryIndustries Ministerial Council.

Technical working groups will continue to operate oreach o the six key categories o animal use:

livestock and production animals

companion animal

aquatic animals

animals used in research and teaching

animals used or work, recreation, entertainmentand display

native, introduced and eral animals.

Three additional groups provide tactical advice on thecommon issues o communications, education andtraining, and research and development.

The sectoral groups are responsible or applying thenational priorities and overall strategic goals andobjectives at an operational level, identiying projectsand providing advice on issues. Members o theworking groups will provide a connection betweenthe strategy and stakeholder networks by supportingpromotion o activities, outcomes and achievements,and acilitating eedback.

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Par 1

the Ausalian AnimalWelae SaegyThis section presents the Australian Animal Welare Strategy, the issues it aims

to address, and its goals and priorities. The section covers policy objectives,

primary areas o eort and expected achievements between 2010 and 2014.

The strategy has been developed using a combination o an outputsoutcomesbenets ramework and a program logic model to clearly identiy

how the investments and activities undertaken will deliver results, the

assumptions that have been made about

the connections and pathways between

investments and results, and the

resources needed to achieve the

identied aims.

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KEy PointS:

Animal welare means how an animal is

coping with the conditions in which it lives.

Sentience is the reason that welare matters.

The strategy is based on a nationalconsultative approach and a rmcommitment to achieving sustainableimprovements.

All Australians have a duty o care to ensurethat the welare o animals is maintainedand protected.

The strategy was initially endorsed by thePrimary Industries Ministerial Council in May

2004.

not suering rom unpleasant states such as pain,ear, and distress. Good animal welare requiresdisease prevention and veterinary treatment,

appropriate shelter, management, nutrition,humane handling and humane slaughter/killing.

Animal welare reers to the state o the animal;the treatment that an animal receives is covered byother terms such as animal care, animal husbandry,and humane treatment.1

The Australian Animal Welare Strategy (AAWS) isa national approach that ocuses attention on keyanimal welare issues and investing in sustainableimprovements. The strategy covers all sentientanimalsthat is, those with a capacity to experiencesuering and pleasureand has relevance or theentire Australian community.

Sentience, which implies a level o consciousawareness, is the reason that welare matters. Themanagement and treatment that sentient animalsreceive should not infict unnecessary suering. Asguardians, custodians and caretakers, all Australianshave a duty o care to ensure that the welareo animals is maintained and protected. Animalhusbandry and management practices must continueto evolve and improve as societys expectationschange.

The community has a deep regard or animals.Animal stories regularly eature in the mass mediaand provide a basis or popular television shows,documentaries and movies. Animals are part o ournational identity, eature on our currency and arewidely adopted as logos or our sporting teams.Animals also orm a central part o the Australianeconomy and generate wealth and employment

Animal welare is o social and strategic importance.The welare o animals and the welare o humansare closely linked. At the same time as expecting abetter quality o lie or themselves, people in modernsociety also expect that the quality o lie shouldimprove or companion, livestock, working and wildanimals.

Australia accepts the agreed international denitiono animal welare rom the World Organisation orAnimal Health (OIE):

Animal welare means how an animal is copingwith the conditions in which it lives. An animal is ina good state o welare i (as indicated by scientifcevi dence) it is healthy, comortable, well nourished,sae, able to express innate behaviour, and i it is

1 World Organisation or Animal Health 2010,Terrestrial animal health code, viewed 4 February 2011,.

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across rural, regional and urban Australia throughagriculture, tourism, exhibition and recreation.

The AAWS provides a national ramework to identiypriorities, coordinate stakeholder action and improveconsistency across all animal use sectors. It seeks tobuild on Australias current arrangements, includingstate and territory legislation, standards, guidelines,codes o practice, industry quality assuranceprograms, education and training, and research anddevelopment. It also acknowledges the importanceo broad engagement with industry, governments,proessional associations, service providers,researchers and welare organisations to accuratelyassess issues and develop robust solutions.

The vision o the AAWS is:

All Australians value animals and are committed toimproving their welare.

Its mission is:

To deliver sustainable improvements in the welareo all animals.

Outcomes and benets expected to fow rom thestrategy have been identied across our primaryareas o work: animals, national systems, people and

international. The benets include the ollowing:Animals will experience better levels o care andmanagement.

Governments and others investing in thedevelopment and implementation o animalwelare policies and systems will see greatereciency and value through streamlinedprocesses and reduced duplication.

Animal welare issues will be subjected tobalanced debate and consideration within thecommunity.

Australias animal welare systems, expertiseand international reputation will be enhancedthrough active international engagement andpartnerships.

All stakeholders in the strategy are rmly committedto achieving continuous improvements in animalwelare and addressing key animal welare issuesthrough coordinated eorts and investments. Thestrategy:

provides a direction or uture animal welarepolicies

involves a national consultative process

recognises the various roles and responsibilitieso key community, industry and governmentorganisations and acknowledges their valuablecontributions

seeks to secure ongoing, sustainableimprovements in animal welare by improvingknowledge and understanding o animal welareissues.

The AAWS was originally endorsed by the PrimaryIndustries Ministerial Council in 2004, and the rst

National Implementation Plan was endorsed in May2006. Achievements under the strategy to dateinclude:

the development o a solid ramework orstakeholder consultation

identication o 23 elements or consistency acrossstate and territory legislation and agreement romthe jurisdictions to implement them

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review and analysis o animal welare issues andcapacity across the six animal use sectors, andin the areas o communications, education andtraining, and research and development

endorsement o a policy to move rom voluntarymodel codes o practice or the welare o livestockto national standards and guidelines, with greaterconsistency in regulation

agreement to extend the development ostandards and guidelines to nonproductionanimals

endorsement o new Australian animal welarestandards and guidelinesland transport olivestock

development and publication o a model orassessing the humaneness o vertebrate pestcontrol strategies

the successul AAWS International Animal WelareConerence in 2008.

The strategy was updated in 2010, ollowing anindependent review and extensive stakeholderconsultation. Phase 2, which will build on theachievements to date, will run rom 1 July 2010 to30 June 2014.

casestudyCompanion animals

Australians own around 33 million pets andthe companion animal sector is worth $6billion. This highlights the enormous task theCompanion Animals Working Group has oradvocating animal welare in this importantcommunity sector that covers animals in petshops, horses in riding centres, breeding catsand dogs, security dogs, animals used in the lmindustry and animal transporting and boardingestablishments.

During phase 1 o the AAWS, this workinggroup progressed a national standard or non-

production animals with the Council o AustralianGovernments (COAG) decision-making process.

Work was undertaken to benchmark thecompanion animal sector. This identied theneed to have an animal population managementsystem that provides inormation on euthanasiarates and where pets are sourced rom. It alsorevealed a need to continue to improve petwellbeing, conduct more animal welare researchand develop consistent standards nationwide.

The priority in phase 2 will be to progress thedevelopment, consultation and endorsement onational standards or cats and dogs.

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Plc bjecves

Social esponsibiliy

Welare is a human responsibility towards

animals. It encompasses all aspects o animalhealth and wellbeing. Welare includes properhousing, management, population control, habitatmanagement, nutrition, and disease prevention andtreatment; responsible care; humane handling; and,when necessary, humane killing.

Individuals making decisions that aect the welareo animals must be supported with inormation,knowledge and skills to ull their obligations andresponsibilities. This inormation should be based on thebest available evidence, and eorts should be made to

ensure that the knowledge base is actively improved.

Guadianship

Animal welare can involve complex ethical issues,and activities that are completely unacceptable inone context may be justied in another. Governmentshave a responsibility to act as guardians or animalwelare on behal o citizens, develop and implementpolicy, ensure compliance and inorm the community.

Naional consisencyThe states and territori es have primary legislativeresponsibility or animal welare in Australia, andeach has established its own laws and regulations.Stakeholders have acknowledged that inconsistenciesin requirements between jurisdictions are animpediment to the development, implementation andpromotion o a national approach to animal welare.

The AAWS is Australias response to a numbero welare issues. It addresses a range o policyobjectives, including that:

the welare needs o animals are met by thepeople responsible or them, in line with scienticevidence and community expectations

appropriate, balanced inormation is readilyavailable or people who are making decisions onanimal welare issues

there is national consistency in welarerequirements and outcomes.

The strategy is also a response to the communityexpectation that governments will play a central rolein maintaining and protecting the welare o animalsas a public good.

KEy PointS:

The AAWS provides a national ramework or

engagement, covering all animals and theirwellbeing.

The AAWS seeks greater consistency inapproaches to animal welare across thestates and territories.

The AAWS takes a multiaceted approach,based on our major areas o work:animals, national systems, people and theinternational scene.

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Saegic posiioning

Animal welare is an issue o increasing importancewithin the international community as well asdomestically, with implications or Australiasreputation and trading position. Australia seeksto actively engage in international orums at thelevel o government, industry and nongovernmentorganisations to exchange ideas, share expertise,develop networks and partnerships, support thedevelopment and adoption o international animalwelare guidelines, and articulate Australiasperspective.

Oucomes

The AAWS takes a multiaceted approach todelivering improved animal welare, recognising thatthere are multiple areas o action and engagement.

Under the our major areas o work, the strategy hasthe ollowing aims:

Animals: The primary aim is to identiy,understand, prioritise and act on things that havea direct impact on the welare on animals.

National systems: Eorts will be made to reduceinconsistencies in the approaches to regulationand compliance used by dierent jurisdictions inAustralia.

People: The delivery o improved animal welarerelies on people and their capacity to makeand implement decisions, and this will guide

investments to improve skills and understanding.International: International awareness o theimportance o animal welare is growing. Thestrategy is a demonstration that Australia has astructured, national approach to animal welareand allows our representatives to speak withauthority.

The AAWS provides opportunities to:

strategically ocus a group o experts to assist inidentiying national and international emergingissues and, by keeping abreast and ahead owelare matters generally, to oer advice onthe best policy or operational response to givensituations.

ormalise high-level advice to all ministers, thePrimary Industries Standing Committee and thePrimary Industries Ministerial Council on strategicissues aecting animal welare.

establish a process to achieve the strategicgoal o national consistency in animal welarearrangements, including legislation, other orms oregulation and industry standards.

enable the Australian community to demonstratethe value it places on animals, their humanetreatment and the provision o appropriate care.


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operagevrme

on the nations 33 million pet animals3; the horsesector contributes an estimated $6 billion to thenational accounts; opportunities to view and interactwith our unique wildlie are high on the wish-listor visitors, contributing to the $30-billion tourismindustry; recreational shing is one o Australiasmost popular pastimes and is backed by an industryworth $3 billion per year; and research advances

continue to improve the health and wellbeingo both humans and animals. The challenges oranimal welare dier between species and betweenindustries, but the need and desire to maintain,protect and improve the quality o lie o animalsapplies across the board. Improving animal welarecontributes to the sustainability o industries and theoverall Australian way o lie.

In Australia, the welare o animals is protectedthrough legislation administered by the state andterritory governments. Some industries provide

an additional level o animal welare protectionthrough quality assurance programs. The AustralianGovernment does not have legislative responsibility,but plays a leadership and coordination roleto improve national consistency in legislationand outcome, and increase eciency in publicexpenditure by reducing duplication o eort.

The AAWS is part o a network o animal welareactivities and approaches by specialist organisations,industry groups and government agencies. Australiahas more than 400 organisations with a directinterest in animal welare and the AAWS. The strategy

provides a ocal point and national ramework orengaging all interested parties to deliver agreednational goals and objectives. It also responds togovernments recognition that improving animalwelare outcomes is in the public interest.

KEy PointS:

Animal welare is growing in importance orthe Australian community. The AAWS is parto a network o animal welare activities by arange o organisations.

Animals are economically, socially andculturally important or Australia.

Animal welare is protected throughstate and territory legislation; standards,guidelines and codes o practice; and industryquality assurance programs. The AustralianGovernment plays a coordinating role.

International developments in animal

welare provide guidance or the AAWS.

Animal welare is a highly sensitive issue o growingimportance. Retailers are changing product linesand marketing in response to consumer demandor ethical products. Animal law courses are beingintroduced at universities across Australia. Pestanimal management programs are being amendedon the basis o community campaigns. Internationally,animal welare considerations are being appliedwithin a number o markets and are having a directimpact on trading relationships.

Animal industries orm a central part o theAustralian economy and generate wealth andemployment across rural, regional and urbanAustralia. Livestock industries have a gross annualvalue o approximately $20 billion2; $6 billion is spent

2 Animal Health Australia 2010,Animal health in Australia 2009.

3 Australian Companion Animal Council 2010,Contribution o the pet care industry to the Australian economy, viewed 31 August 2010, .


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The AAWS builds on Australias current arrangements,which include legislation, standards, guidelines, codeso practice, industry quality assurance programs,education and training, research and development,broad and ongoing consultation, and acceptance ointernational responsibilities.

There have been signicant international

developments in animal welare, and the strategyrecognises the guidance provided by agreedinternational principles, including:

the critical relationship between animal healthand animal welare

the recognised responsibilities or duty o careo animal carers and managers to maintain andprotect their animals, including by providingadequate and appropriate ood and water;protecting animals rom ear and distress;minimising physical and thermal discomort;protecting animals rom pain, injury and disease;

and providing opportunities or the expression onormal patterns o behaviour (the ve reedomso animal welare)

or animals used in research and teaching, thethree Rsreduction in numbers o animals,renement o experimental methods andreplacement o animals with nonanimaltechniques.

The drat Universal Declaration on Animal Welarethat is being promoted by the World Society or theProtection o Animals and supported in concept bythe OIE and many governments and nongovernment

organisations is also a valuable guiding philosophyor eorts to improve the welare o animals.

casestudyDevelopmen o LivesockWelae Sandads

Imagine being a livestock transporter inAustralia where you must adhere to strict legalrequirementsbut they vary in each state?Transporting operators are currently acedwith these logistical diculties every time theyroutinely cross a border to deliver their goods.

This question o national consistency is nowbeing addressed by Australian Government,industry bodies and animal welare organisationsthrough the development o harmonized

livestock welare laws.

The welare o livestock is currently managed by aseries o Model Codes o Practice or the Welareo Animals which is interpreted dierently intoindividual state and territory legislation. A reviewo the Codes in 2005 identied ambiguity o thecodes as a concern and recommended a move tonational harmonization.

The review determined that under the currentsystem, industry representatives nd the codesdicult to read and access key inormationin a user riendly ormat. This poses severalissues or various business transactions, inparticular transport. Dierence in state andterritory legislation causes conusion leadingto ineciency and increased costs.

The redevelopment o the Model Codes oPractice will deliver animal welare outcomes thatmeet community and international expectationsand refect Australias position as a leader inmodern, sustainable and scientically-basedwelare practice.


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A Ausralaapprach

The AAWS is a unique response to the challengeso managing, protecting and improving the welareo animals. Unlike other national and multinationalstrategies, the Australian approach aims to deliverimprovements or all animals. This strategy is notrestricted to the livestock and production industries,but recognises that there is a need to addresswelare issues across all animal use sectors. It also

acknowledges the importance o broad engagementwith industry, governments, proessional associations,researchers and welare organisations to obtain arange o perspectives, to accurately assess current andemerging issues and priorities, and to develop robustsolutions.

The strategy must work within the constraints oAustralias system o government and a very busyoperating environment. Implementation o thestrategy is a shared responsibility, which relies on thecommitment o time, resources and unding rom

stakeholders across all sectors and rom all levelso government. The state and territory governmentretain ront-line responsibility or animal welarepolicies and approaches, and must continue tobe key partners, collaborators and contributors inthe implementation o the AAWS. The AustralianGovernment plays a leadership and coordinationrole, and supports the strategy with unding oapproximately $1 million per year. This seed undingwill leverage additional contributions to the strategy,with an estimated ratio o 1:1.2.

The AAWS and its collaborative structures have

created many opportunities to share knowledge anddebate how the welare o animals can be improvedacross all sectors. There is a commitment to diversityo stakeholder representation, to ensure an equitablebalance between industry, community welare groupsand government.

KEy PointS:

The AAWS is or all animals, not just thoseused or production.

The AAWS provides opportunities to shareknowledge and debate animal welare issues.

The AAWS has extensive contributions romprogram partners and key unding andleadership rom the Australian Government.

The next phase o the AAWS will see agreater ocus on ensuring that proposedbenets can be tracked and achieved.

Many changes will have immediate impact,

but some benets may not be realised oryears or decades


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The initial phase o the implementation o thestrategy (200509) has provided a solid oundation.The next phase (201014) will build on achievementsto date and see urther maturing and renement othe program. In 200809, the Australian GovernmentDepartment o Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestrycommissioned an external review o the strategy,which ound that generally reasonable progress had

been made against the National ImplementationPlan and that there was a high level o support andcommitment rom stakeholders. Predictably, someareas were more dicult and slower than others, andthe reviewer made a number o recommendations orimprovements in program design, implementationand administration.

This version o the AAWS is based on therecommendations o the review. Extensiveconsultation has been conducted with the states andterritories and key stakeholders rom industry, animal

welare and related organisations across the range oanimal uses.

With an overall mission to achieve sustainableimprovements in the welare o animals, thestrategy is based around our goals, each with threesupporting objectives:

1. Animals: the welae needs o animals aeundesood and me.

1. Monitor trends.


3. Deliver improvements.

2. Naional sysems: Naional sysems deliveconsisen animal welae oucomes and givepioiy o ongoing impovemens.

4. Understand drivers, impediments andopportunities.

5. Cooperate or consistency.

6. Collaborate or eciency.

3. People: People make ehical decisionsegading animal welae, suppoed byknowledge and skills.



9. Create, use and share knowledge.

4. Inenaional: Ausalia is acively engaged ininenaional paneships and developmenso impove animal welae.

10. Articulate Australias perspective.

11. Collaborate internationally.

12. Learn rom international experience.

With the maturing o the program comes a greaterocus on ensuring that proposed benets can betracked and achieved. The outputsoutcomesbenets approach allows a clear view o how theactivities unded or supported by the AAWS willlead to change. A separate National ImplementationPlan (Part 2 o this document) has been preparedto provide additional detail on key activities or theour years to June 2014. This approach is consistentwith Australian Government guidelines or improveddelivery o projects and programs.

Although many changes will have immediate impact,some may not be realised or years or decades. Thedelivery o some benets will require generationalchange.


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aquatic animals

animals used or work, recreation, entertainmentand display

native, introduced and eral animals.

The strategy has also identied three areasresearchand development, education and training, andcommunicationsthat cross the boundaries othe animal sectors and require specic attentionand investment. Three working groups have beenestablished to address these areas.

The AAWS aims to help build partnerships, improvecoordination, reduce duplication o eort and delivera more eective and consistent national approach

to improving the welare o animals. There is nowa greater understanding between stakeholders,recognition o dierences in approaches, andunderstanding o timerames or delivering improvedanimal welare. Stakeholders have agreed that theyneed to negotiate on the practical implementationo any new animal welare policies and practices.Behavioural change does not occur quickly, butachievements to date have provided a solidoundation or the uture.

The strategy does not examine the ethics o the use

o animals by humans. It aims to ensure that welareis properly considered in any use o animals andespecially that suering is minimised, i not avoided.

KEy PointS:

The AAWS builds on current institutional

arrangements.

The AAWS embraces a broad vision or thehumane treatment o all sentient animals.

Decisions made by people have the greatestinfuence on an animals welare.

The ocus o the AAWS is the health and welareneeds o animals and their interactions withhumans. The people who own, care or or have othermanagement responsibilities or an animal havethe greatest infuence on its welare. Decisions areguided by the persons personal knowledge, skills,experience, understanding, outlook, philosophy,particular environment and economic situation, andthe legislative rameworks under which they operate.The strategy refects the high regard that Australianshave or the value, care and wellbeing o animals.

The AAWS covers all Australian animals and allsegments o the community, so the range o issuesthat need to be considered and acted on is very broad.To assist with the process, six categories o animal

use or management have been identied. Each hasan assigned working group that involves a rangeo stakeholders to identiy, prioritise and manageactivities. The six working groups are:

animals used in research and teaching

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The strategy will also be relevant to, and seeklinkages with, a range o other national programsand structures, including the Australian Pest Animal

Strategy, the Australian Framework or Landcare,natural resource management boards and catchmentmanagement authorities, the National TrainingFramework and the Primary Industries EducationFoundation.

casestudyAquaic Animals

Over the last decade, there has been an increasingnational and international interest in the welareo aquatic animals. Do sh eel pain and i theydo, how does this aect their productivity?The AAWS Aquatic Animals Working Groupsrst priority has been to provide industry andrecreational shers with a set o scientically-backed welare guidelines.

The Aquatic Animal Welare Guidelines havedrawn specic attention to pain receptor studiesin sh. Currently science cannot denitively say ish eel pain. One argument suggests i sh are

to experience pain in a similar way to humansthey would require higher conscious processing,thereore this level o pain perception is unlikely.However alternative behavioural studies havedemonstrated behavioural changes when sh areexposed to aversive stimuli.

While the jury might be out on whether sh eelpain, stress in sh has been linked to increasedsusceptibility to disease, repressed growth ratesand poor eating quality. Thereore the adoptiono recommended welare practices, like reducing

crowding pre-harvest, may produce healthier andtastier sh. The adoption o the working groupswelare guidelines may help the seaood sectormaintain existing markets and create access tonew ones as consumers take increasing interestin how their ood is produced.


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Gals ad bjecves

Goal 1: Animals

The welare needs o animals are understood andmet.

The primary aim o the AAWS is to deliver measurableimprovements in welare outcomes or Australiasanimals, and this is the key ocus o Goal 1. This goalrelies on sectoral groups being able to identiy andtake action to address priority animal welare issues,risks and opportunities. It highlights the need or asolid inormation base covering current and emerginganimal welare issues, investments in understandingwhat is meant by animal welare outcomes, andmonitoring and evaluation o the results and impactso activities under the AAWS.

Objecives

1. Monio ends.

Ongoing strategic analysis to:

understand the current state o, and changes in,scientic ndings and community expectationsregarding animal welare

KEy PointS:

The goals o the AAWS ocus on animals,

national systems, people and theinternational scene.

The mission o the AAWS is to deliversustainable improvements in the welare oall Australian animals.

identiy emerging challenges and opportunities

prioritise actions

inorm research, extension, legislation, co-

regulation, enorcement , communication andeducation activities.

2. Ac on key issues.

Coordinated eorts between program partners toaddress key animal welare issues by sector.

3. Delive impovemens.

Identication o existing resources and structures,and o actions to address gaps, to drive delivery osustainable improvements in animal welare.

Goal 2: Naional sysems

National systems deliver consistent animal welareoutcomes and give priority to ongoing improvements.

Australia is a ederation o six states and twoterritories and, under the Australian Constitution,the states and territories have responsibility orestablishing and enorcing animal welare laws.Historical dierences and dierent legislativeand institutional arrangements have led to

inconsistencies in animal welare requirements indierent parts o the country. Governments andthe animal sectors have acknowledged that theseinconsistencies are undesirable. This goal ocuses onthe development and implementation o systems,tools and processes to ensure that regulatory andco-regulatory arrangements in dierent jurisdictionsrequire an agreed minimum level o animal welare.


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Objecives

4. Undesand dives, impedimens andoppouniies.

Ongoing assessment and reporting o theAustralian animal welare system, includingcapacity, policies and programs.

5. Coopeae o consisency.

Development, implementation and adoptiono national products (standards and guidelines,codes, position statements).

6. Collaboae o eciency.

Commitment rom all program partners tomaximise progress and achieve nationalconsistency.

Goal 3: People

People make ethical decision regarding animalwelare, supported by knowledge and skills.

The delivery o sustainable improvements in thewelare o animals will depend on successulengagement with people, and development anddelivery o balanced inormation about animalwelare issues and approaches to support decisionmaking. Key program partners include the individualsand organisations that represent the owners, carersand managers o animals; people who provide

inormation, advice and education to others onanimal issues; developers and implementers opolicies and legislation; and organisations providinginormation to consumers o animal productsand services. This goal aims to build a platormor improving knowledge and understanding, andtranslating that knowledge into the actions andbehaviours that will improve the welare o animals.

Objecives

7. Engage sakeholdes.

Engagement o stakeholders and development ostrategic organisational linkages to ensure thatthe AAWS appropriately considers and addressesthe diversity o community views and has a strongnetwork o partners to support delivery o the

program goals.

8. Inom he communiy.

Implementation o a strategic communicationprogram or Australian and internationalcommunities to raise awareness andunderstanding o animal welare issues, theactivities under the AAWS and improvementsachieved in animal welare.

9. Ceae, use and shae knowledge.

Development o animal welare capacity and

capability in Australia through investmentsin research and development, extension, andeducation and training.

Goal 4: Inenaional

Australia is actively engaged in internationalpartnerships and developments to improve animalwelare.

The AAWS is Australias response to the challengeso animal welare and the changing expectations

and awareness o the Australian and internationalcommunities. It is unique in its scope and reach acrossall animal sectors.


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A range o national and multinational responseshave been made to the challenge o improving thewelare o animals. This goal recognises that Australiadoes, and should, participate as a member and leadero many international orums, and that proactiveparticipation can deliver signicant benets.Participation includes consolidating Australiasreputation and trading position as a country with

high animal welare standards, a commitmentto continuous improvement and a willingness toshare our experiences to assist other countries.International participation also helps Australia tounderstand, equal or exceed the levels o animalwelare being delivered in other countries.

Australias international partnerships have a range opurposes: science and research, trade and commerce,country relationships, collaborative alliances, capacitybuilding, technical cooperation and inormationexchange. AAWS stakeholders have signicant

opportunities to build international networks oinfuence, strengthening Australias animal welarereputation and position, and improving animalwelare in Australia and overseas.

Objecives

10. Aiculae Ausalias pespecive.

International recognition o Australias approachesto, and expertise in, animal welare.

11. Collaboae inenaionally.

Appropriate application o Australias expertiseand resources to international animal welareactivities.

12. Lean om inenaional expeience.

Active international application and sharing oexperience and expertise to improve the welareo animals.

casestudyAnimals in he wildwoking goup

A set o unique challenges ace the Animals inthe Wild Working Group. The emotive and high-prole issue o reducing eral animal populationscan be thorny and require complex solutions, oreven the development o new technologies, thatcompliment animal welare ideals.

The working groupmade up o governmentdepartments, universities, animal advocates,pest control and sustainable use groups, animalholding and care groupshave tackled such

logistical problems head on, identiying allpractical issues and the intended methodologyto overcome them.

An example o this includes a goal to reduce eralcamel numbers, standing at over one million, toa herd o 350,000 by developing standards ormustering, long-haul truck transport, commercialslaughter and aerial shooting.

While diverse in opinion and their involvementwith wild animals, the group operates with themutual understanding that whether animalsare killed, conserved or relocated, they must betreated as humanely as possible.

This group has helped harmonise welarelegislation between the jurisdictions anddeveloped the eral animal control Codes oPractice and Standard Operating Procedures.It has also developed a protocol to rankthe humaneness o killing techniques andcommissioned a study into the actors leading tosuccess or ailure o translocation programs ornative animals.


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Beefs

Benets are the measurable improvements thatresult rom program activities. Benets statementsare critical or monitoring and evaluating programperormance, as they outline a set o expectationsthat can be assessed against outcomes.

Qualitative benets recognised rom the oundation

phase o the AAWS include:

national agreement, through the PrimaryIndustries Ministerial Council, o the importanceo animal welare and the scope o the AAWS insetting national goals and objectives or Australia

development o a network o engaged keystakeholders, with diverse aliations, across thesectoral and cross-sectoral working groups

a managed program to engage and exchangeideas and to reach consensus on key priorities andactivities

international recognition o Australias leadership

in animal welare as a result o the AAWS.

The AAWS is a national umbrella strategy. It does notoperate at the level o individual animal managersand carers. Furthermore, the diversity o animalwelare views and stakeholder positions meansthat perceptions about the benets derived romthe investment o money and resources under thestrategy will also dier.

Four broad, high-level benets have been identiedor the second phase o the AAWS (201014):

1. Benes o animals. As a result o achieving theAAWS outcome that activities lead to positive change

KEy PointS:

Benets are the measurable improvements

that result rom programs.

Four high-level benets have been identiedor the AAWS or 201014.

in the welare o animals

the benet is that animals have greater wellbeingthrough improved levels o care and management.

2. Benes o Ausalias animal welae sysem.As a result o achieving the AAWS outcome thatstreamlined, ecient, transparent and successulprocesses are developed to deliver nationallyconsistent animal welare outcomes

the benet is that there is improved eectivenessand eciency in processes and the applicationo resources to develop and implement animalwelare policies and systems.

3. Benes o Ausalians. As a result o achieving the

AAWS outcome that the strategy provides a basis orengagement and education o diverse stakeholdergroups and interests

the benet is that the community engages inbalanced, inormed debate about animal welareissues.

4. Benes om inenaional efos. As a result oachieving the AAWS outcome that Australia assiststhe development and delivery o improved animalwelare outcomes regionally and globally

the benet is that Australias systems, expertise

and reputation are enhanced through activeengagement and partnerships.

To demonstrate that benets have been achieved,eective measures, benchmarks and monitoringsystems will need to be established and agreedthrough the AAWS expert working groups andAdvisory Committee. Data will need to be collectedand analysed using appropriate measures that areeasy to understand and use and that are reliable,comparable and veriable. Inormation needs to becollected requently enough to track progress.

The next major review o the AAWS is expected in201314.

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Crda ad gverace

The AAWS has been established and is coordinated bythe Australian Government on behal o the strategysstakeholders and the broader community. Overallmanagement and responsibility or implementation

rests with the Australian Government Departmento Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Thedepartment is also the key agency representing theAustralian Government on animal welare mattersinternationally.

Key oversight or the strategy is provided by a high-level, expert-based Advisory Committee, whichdelivers advice to the Minister or Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry on animal welare issueso strategic and national importance; makesrecommendations on expenditure o Australian

Government unds in the implementation o thestrategy; and assists the department in settingthe overall direction or the strategy, establishingpriorities and creating work plans.

KEy PointS:

The Primary Industries Ministerial Council

provides a mechanism or reachingnational agreement on the AAWS and itsimplementation.

The Animal Welare Unit o the AustralianGovernment Department o Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry coordinates the AAWS.

The AAWS also has a governance andreporting pathway through the AnimalWelare Committee, under the Primary

Industries Standing Committee to the PrimaryIndustries Ministerial Council. To ensurenational agreement and the involvement oall government jurisdictions, the ministerialcouncil endorses the strategy and its work plans.The Animal Welare Committee coordinatesthe involvement o government partners inthe strategy and provides specic advice onpolicy, unding and legislative actions to achievenationally consistent outcomes.

The Australian Government provides unding oapproximately $1 million per year to support theimplementation o the strategy. Expenditure othese unds will be in accordance with annualwork plans that outline key activities andprojects.

The Minister or Agriculture, Fisheriesand Forestry is responsible or approvingexpenditure o Australian Government unds.

Coordination o the strategy is provided bythe Animal Welare Unit o the AustralianGovernment Department o Agriculture,

Fisheries and Forestry.

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casestudyAusalian inpu sough oninenaional Codes o Paciceo use o animals in eseachand eaching

Initiated by our scientic community, TheAustralian Code o Practice or the Care and Useo Animals or Scientic Purposes (the Code)governs any use o vertebrate and cephalopodanimals used or research, teaching or producttesting in medicine, biology, agriculture,veterinary, environmental or animal sciences.The Code sets the standards and requirements to

conduct these activities ethically across all AAWSsectors and emphasises the responsibilities oall involved to achieve the best possible welareor the animals whilst still achieving innovativescientic outcomes.

Worldwide recognition o the Code has leadthe International Council on Laboratory AnimalScience and the Council o InternationalOrganisations or Medical Science to seekAustralian representation or the CouncilsWorking Groups and has infuenced thedevelopment o comparable documents,

or example in New Zealand and Singapore.The Guidelines to Promote the Wellbeing oAnimals was published in 2008 to support theCode and has also been widely endorsed as aninternational benchmark.

The participation o animal welare andcommunity representatives in the ethical reviewand monitoring procedures as well as publicconsultations as part o the revision processacilitates an awareness and broad considerationo animal welare issues in this sector.

Six technical working groups have been established,corresponding to the six identied categories oanimal use, to provide a orum or discussion othe specic needs o animals, develop action plansand generate technical advice on the opportunities,impediments and drivers or each sector. Each grouphas representation rom government, industry andsector specialist organisations, as well as animal

welare organisations.

Three cross-sectoral working groups have alsobeen established to harness specic expertise andocus activity on general issues o communications,research and development, and education andtraining.

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Figue 1: AAWS govenance sucue

Pimay Indusies Miniseial Council

Includes all ministers or agriculture/primary industriesChaired by the Australian Government minister

Endorses the AAWS and National Implementation Plan

Terms o reerence:

Develop, implement and review policies and strategies or achievingagreed national approaches to the development o sustainableprimary and related ood industries

Actively liaise with other ministerial councils and other bodies onmatters relevant to the activities o the council

Direct the work o and consider matters submitted by its standingcommittee

Ausalian GovenmenDepamen o

Agiculue, Fisheiesand Foesy

Coordinatesimplementation o the

AAWS and other nationalanimal welare policies

Provides advice to th eminister

Administers AustralianGovernment unds

Ausalian Animal WelaeAdvisoy Commiee

Provides oversight or the AAWSand its implementation, including

reviewing expenditure proposals andmaking recommendations or unding

Provides advice and recommendationsto the Australian Government ministerand the Department o Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry on animalwelare issues o national signiicance

Animal Welae Commiee

Interdepartmental committeeinvolving all Australian government

agencies with animal welareresponsibilities

Terms o reerence:

Consider the development andimplementation o national animalwelare policy and standards,assessing the requirement ornational consistency on a case-by-case basis (i.e. there is high risk i noconsistency)

Advise on and recommend policy tothe AWPIT on relevant issues relatingto animal welare issues

Address animal welare issuesbrought to it by the AWPIT, includingstrategic priorities in the AWPIT workplan

Identiy emerging animal welare

issues o importance or research orpolicy development, in consultationwith industry and other stakeholders

Animal Welae Poduc Inegiy taskoce (AWPIt)

Interdepartmental taskorce involving allAustralian primary industries agenciesEndorses Animal Welare Committee and AAWS annual work plans

Pimay Indusies Sanding Commiee

Includes all heads o Australian, state, territory and New Zealandgovernment agencies responsible or primary industry policy issuesChaired by the Australian GovernmentDepartment o Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

AAWS woking goups

Technical reerence panels that identiy priority issues and develop

projects and strategies to address them

Provide the linkage between the AAWS and stakeholder groups acrossthe community

Naional policy and endosemen

Ausalian Govenmen Minise oAgiculue, Fisheies and Foesy Chaishe Pimay Indusies Miniseial Council

Responsibility or approving expenditure

o Australian Government AAWS-administered unding.

Developmen andimplemenaion o he AAWS

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Par 2NaionalImplemenaion PlanThis section ocuses on the activities,

resources and changes needed to create

positive animal welare environments.

The National Implementation Plan

describes target timerames, expected

benefts and measures o success to

enable eective program management

and monitoring.

The plan provides an outline o how the Australian

Animal Welare Strategy (AAWS) will be undertaken over the period

201014. It is based on the Guide to preparing implementation

plans o the Cabinet Implementation Unit4, using a program logic

approach5. This approach recognises the interdependencies o the

range o AAWS activities. It also refects the inherent time lags

between AAWS activities, and the achievement o outcomes

that depend on action outside the control o the strategy,

such as passage o legislation.

4 www.dpmc.gov.au/implementation/implementation_guide.cm

5 www.nrm.gov.au/publications/books/meri-program-logic.html, Chapter 3

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irduc

The National Implementation Plan or the AAWSoutlines the collective eorts or 201014 acrossthe six animal sectors and cross-sectoral unctionalareas (communications, education and training,and research and development). It was developed inconsultation with the AAWS Advisory Committee andworking groups, the Animal Welare Committee andother stakeholders.

The plan outlines how the vision and expectationso the strategy will be turned into actions anddeliverables. It provides a ramework and timescaleor coordinated activities, investment decisionsand engagement. It also highlights potential risksand assumptions about the system, commitments,

available resources, and the progression rom outputsto outcomes and benets.

Implementation o the strategy is a sharedresponsibility, which relies on the commitmento time, resources and unding rom stakeholdersacross all sectors and rom all levels o government.In particular, the strategy will look to the state andterritory governments, who are responsible ordeveloping, implementing and enorcing animalwelare policies and legislation in their jurisdictions,to articulate how their current and proposed activitiesare consistent with the strategy and can support itsgoals and objectives.

The AAWS initiative is a national change programthat aims to deliver sustainable improvements inwelare or all Australian animals. Animal welare is

o social and strategic importance. Modern societieshave expectations that the quality o lie shouldimprove or domestic, livestock, working and wild

animals. As custodians and caretakers, we have aduty o care to ensure that the welare o animals ismaintained and protected, and practices that havewelare implications must continue to evolve associetys knowledge and expectations change.

The Australian Government has committedapproximately $4 million to phase 2 o the AAWS.This unding will be used or specic joint initiativesto address priority issues at industry, sectoraland national levels. Co-contributions to activitiesunder the strategy will continue to be sought romgovernments and other stakeholders.

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Sraegc framewrk

Table 1 shows the ramework or the AAWS.

KEy PointS:

The vision o the AAWS is that all Australians

value animals and are committed toimproving their welare.

The mission o the AAWS is to deliversustainable improvements in the welare oall animals.

casestudyNaional sandads ozoo animals

Unlike livestock industries which have beencovered by animal welare Codes o Practice ormany years, there has never been an equivalentsystem or non-production animals such as zooanimals.

A major undertaking or the AAWS has beenthe development o national standards andguidelines to protect the health and welareo animals kept or exhibition. This is a greatexample o the strength o this program and

what can be achieved through partnership andcommitment.

Challenges to ace the working group includedharmonising industry and governmentperceptions on animal welare, and creatingstandards that both industry and regulators canrelate to.

All stakeholders including industry, governmentsand animal welare rights groups participatedin the drating o the guidelines which garneredvaluable expertise and helped to better inormand uniy the collective industry.

The outcomes ocused guidelines will alloworganisations to manage and document in aormal capacity and i implemented nationallywill see exhibited animals kept to the samestandards throughout Australia.

Due or completion in mid 2011, the project isexpected to be reerenced in state and territorylegislation in 2012.

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table 1. Ausalian Animal Welae Saegy amewok

AAWS goals

Animals National systems People International

1. The welare needs oanimals are understoodand met.

2. National systems deliverconsistent animal welareoutcomes and give priorityto ongoing improvements.

3. People make ethicaldecisions regarding animalwelare, supported byknowledge and skills.

4. Australia is activelyengaged in internationalpartnerships anddevelopments to improve

animal welare.

Objecives

1. Monitor trends.


3. Deliver improvements.

4. Understand drivers,impediments andopportunities.

5. Cooperate orconsistency.

6. Collaborate oreiciency.



9. Create, use and shareknowledge.

10. Articulate Australiasperspective.

11. Collaborateinternationally.

12. Learn rom internationalexperience.

Oucomes(he inended esuls, impacs o consequences o acions)

Activities lead to positivechange in the welare oanimals.

Streamlined, eicient,transparent and successulprocesses are developedto deliver nationallyconsistent animal welareoutcomes.

The strategy provides abasis or engagementand education o diversestakeholder groups andinterests.

Australia assists thedevelopment anddelivery o improvedanimal welare outcomesregionally and globally.

Beneis(measuable impovemens esuling om an oucome, peceived as an advanage by one o moe sakeholdes.)

Animals have greaterwellbeing through

improved levels o care andmanagement.

Eective and eicientprocesses and application

o resources are used todevelop and implementanimal welare policies andsystems.

The community engages inbalanced, inormed debate

about animal welareissues.

Australias systems,expertise and reputation

are enhanced throughactive engagement andpartnerships.

Peomance measues(indicaos o success)

Appropriate animalwelare measures aredeveloped and used.

Deiciencies arerecognised, discussed

with stakeholders andaddressed.

Annual AAWS report onAustralias animal welaresystem is prepared andregularly updated, andtrends are analysed.

Eiciency in animalwelare activities isachieved throughcooperation.

National consistency inanimal welare outcomesis achieved.

Animal welareinormation is continuallydeveloped and delivered.

Attitudes, perceptions andbehaviours are inormed.

Participation in animalwelare education andtraining programsincreases.

Sharing o resourcesbetween stakeholdergroups increases.

Australia is rated asequivalent to or betterthan internationalbenchmarks, such as theEuropean Union, ollowingormal international

evaluations.

World Organisation orAnimal Health and otherinternational organisationscontinue to seek Australianexpertise.

Foecas AAWS expendiue, 201014 (oal = $4 007 000)

$1 167 913 (29%) $528 818 (13%) $1 927 269 (48%) $383 000 (10%)

Esimaed add iional sakeholde conibuions (oal = $4 530 623)

$1 718 999 $970 500 $1 476 124 $365 000

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ImplemenaionScheduleTable 2 shows the implementation schedule or the AAWS, and Table 3 shows

the budget orecast or 201014.

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table 2. Ausalian Animal Welae Saegy implemenaion schedule

timeame Iem Assumpions

20 years(goal)

1. Animals: The welare needs o animals are understood and met. Improvements in animal welarewill be sustainable i changes arepractical, easible and realistic,and consider social, economicand environmental perspectives.

10 years(outcomes/benets)

The welare o animals is considered and managed in all decisions and activities that aect it.Animals experience better levels o care, management and wellbeing.

Rate o change is linked toresources available. Coordinationmaximises impact o applicationo resources and eorts.AAWS networks provide akey to raising awareness,understanding and importanceo animal welare.

4 years(objectives)

Regular internal and externalreporting o progress on animalwelare outcomes and programdelivery against agreed measuresand benchmarks.(Monio ends)

Coordinated actions to addressanimal welare issues, avoidingduplication o eort.(Ac on key issues)

Improved inrastructure,networks and resources to drivedelivery o benets or animals.(Delive impovemens)

Regular reporting supports thedemonstration o achievements.Inrastructure (resources,networks, etc.) is necessaryto enable the translation oinvestments into change opractice.

Key activities Establish monitoring,perormance measures andbenchmarking to assess progressagainst priorities and to identiyemerging issues.

Implement projects to deliveragreed activities and outputs.

Implement reviewrecommendations and establishenhanced arrangements orprogram management.

Assess and improve AAWSstakeholder networks and

understand their contributions toAAWS goals.Put in place inormed strategiesor sectors to secure resources ortheir work.Use seed unding to establisheducation and extensionnetworks.

Australian Governmentcontinues to maintain AAWS

unding. States, territories andprivate sector provide enhancedcash contribution and in-kindcontributions.

Highestperceived risk

Measures are inadequate todemonstrate benets rom theAAWS investment.

Practices that result in poorwelare may continue due to alack o national agreement onwhat constitutes positive welareand how to measure it.

Insucient resources areavailable or the development,implementation andenorcement o nationalstandards, especially ornonproduction sectors.Jurisdictional budgets are

reduced, limiting contributionsby state and territorygovernments to the AAWS.

Investment in resourcesand operational unds bygovernments and the privatesector are adequate to deliver theAAWS goals and agreed activities.

Foundationactivities

Sectoral stock takes and gapanalysis; priorities identied.

Sectoral and cross-sectoral actionplans established.

AAWS Advisory Committee andworking groups established.

An Advisory Committee providesgovernance, and subordinateworking groups provideexpertise, stakeholder connectionand point o reerence.

Resourcesrequired

Sectoral working groups tomonitor developments, setmeasures and benchmarks.

AAWS working groups, AAWSAdvisory Committee, AnimalWelare Committee and othernongovernment organisations.

Industry quality assurance,inspectors, compliance resources,educators, training materials,Animal Welare Committeeregulators.

DAFF will continue to providenational leader ship, coordinationand seed unding to maintainmomentum.

Objecive 1 Objecive 2 Objecive 3 Goal 1 oal

AAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total

201011 $30 000 $30 000 $190 257 $322 355 $512 612 $55 000 $55 000 $110 000 $275 257 $377 355 $652 612

201112 $40 000 $40 000 $207 656 $426 645 $634 300 $25 000 $25 000 $50 000 $272 656 $451 644 $724 300

201213 $60 000 $60 000 $200 000 $420 000 $620 000 $25 000 $25 000 $50 000 $285 000 $445 000 $730 000

201314 $110 000 $110 000 $200 000 $420 000 $620 000 $25 000 $25 000 $50 000 $335 000 $445 000 $780 000

Total $240 000 240,000 $797 913 1 588 999 2 386 912 130 000 130 000 260 000 1 167 913 $1 718 999 $2 886 912

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timeame Iem Assmins

20 years(goal)

2. National systems: National systems deliver consistent animal welare outcomes and give priority toongoing improvements.

Dierences between statesand territories slow deliveryo national improvementsand do not support consistentapplication o best practices.


Roles and responsibilities in the delivery o consistent animal welare outcomes are clearly dened andaccepted.Ecient processes and application o resources are used to develop and implement animal welare

policies and systems.

Clear roles and responsibilitiesmake it possible to see whereto infuence the system andengage appropriate personnel.

4 years(objectives)

Ongoing assessment andreporting o the Australiananimal welare system, includingcapacity, policies and programs.(Undesand dives,impedimens and oppouniies)

Development and adoption onational products (standardsand guidelines, codes, positionstatements).(Coopeae o consisency)

National collaboration tomaximise progress and achievegreater consistency.(Collaboae o eciency)

Assessing the system will showgaps and opportunities orintervention and investment.National products will deneacceptable standards andprovide guidance on bestpractice.

Key activities Complete and analyse AWCreport on Australias animalwelare system and capacity.AWPIT/PISC/PIMC consideranalysis report.Identiy and analyse reports by

other organisations on the animalwelare system.

Governments complete andregulate a range o nationalstandards and guidelines.Industry adopts codes o practice.AAWS stakeholders coordinatetheir engagement in the revision

o theAustralian code or the careand use o animals or scientifcpurposes.Progress guidelines on ethicaldecision making or use oanimals in research and teaching.

Reach consensus during thedevelopment and endorsemento national products tostreamline implementationand enorcement.Implement improved cross-

jurisdictional arrangements.Finalise Australian CrossJurisdictional Animal WelareIncident Response Plan.Develop improvedarrangements or dealing withanimals in natural disasters.

Stakeholders engage and reachconsensus on the nationaloutputs.There are sucient public andprivate sector resources tomeet the project timetables.

Co-regulation supports deliveryand enorcement o agreednational standards.

Highestperceived risks

Reporting agencies do not deliverinormation within agreedtimerames.AAWS activities are undertakenwithout ull understanding o theoperating environment.

Stakeholders lose condencein national processes anddisengage.Networks ail to adequatelyidentiy interested parties andexperts.Cost o the standards andguidelines process becomesprohibitive.The communications programails in implementation phase.

State and territorygovernments vary or ailto implement agreed PIMCdecisions.State and territory reductionsin unding limit involvement.States and territories ail

to adequately resourcecompliance activities.Uptake and drivers or co-regulatory quality assuranceprograms are lacking.

Deviation rom agreednational process underminesstakeholder condence.


Sectoral and cross-sectoralstocktakes.AHA perormance measures orthe animal health system.

Standards and guidelinesbusiness plan pathway ornational endorsement ononproduction animal standards.

Agreement by ministers onconsistency ramework.

Standards and guidelinesapproach remains valid.

Resourcesrequired

Agreed reporting ramework andprocess through AAWS AdvisoryCommittee and AWC.

Engaged, expert writing groups.Specialist input or consultationprocesses and analysis.

Engagement o AWC.Involvement o jurisdictions.

Broader resources can beharnessed to support thedelivery o the AAWS.DAFF provides nationalleadership and coordination.

Objecive 4 Objecive 5 ojciv 6 Ga 2 aAAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total AAWSa Otherb Total

201011 $45 000 $45 000 $86 318 $248 000 $334 318 $22 500 $22 500 $45 000 $153 818 $270 500 $424 318

201112 $100 000 $200 000 $300 000 $100 000 $200 000 $300 000

201213 $25 000 $25 000 $150 000 $300 000 $450 000 $175 000 $300 000 $475 000

201314 $100 000 $200 000 $300 000 $100 000 $200 000 $300 000

Total $70 000 $70 000 $436 318 $948 000 $1 384 318 22 500 $22 500 $45 000 $528 818 $970 500 $1 499 318


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20 years (goal) 3. People: People make ethical decisions regarding animal welare, supported by knowledge and skills. The delivery o sustainableand ongoing improvementsin animal welare will relyon people implementingbetter practices. People canbe empowered to change byimproving their knowledgeand understanding, and this

can be done in various ways,rom provision o inormationthrough to practical training.


People actively ull their animal welare obligations and are assisted to make evidence-baseddecisions.The AAWS provides a basis or engaging diverse stakeholder groups and interests.

People provided with balancedinormation will make betterdecisions.

4 years(objectives)

7. Stakeholder engagement andstrong networks.(Engage sakeholdes)

8. Strategic communicationsto raise awareness andunderstanding.(Inom he communiy)

9. Capacity and capabilitybuilding through research,extension, education andtraining.(Ceae, use and shaeknowledge)

AAWS participants will beequipped to promote animalwelare messages and to doso proactively. This promotionwill generally raise awarenessand understanding o animalwelare issues.

Key activities Conrm working groupoperations, membership andterms o reerence.Actively engage, ormallyand inormally, with AAWSparticipants and stakeholdernetworks.

Establish and make operationalthe AAWS website.Implement AAWScommunication tactical plan.Deliver communicationpartnership projects.

Develop and begin acollaborative research programor national research needs ohighest priority.Invest in research projects thatbuild understanding o issues.Deliver education projectsthat enhance animal welarecapabilities.

Improved access to general,actual inormation isimportant.Inormation alone is not enoughto drive change.The AAWS can deliver balancedinormation on the welare oanimals.National communication andextension materials will bedeveloped and used.


Community, media, retailersorm their views on animalwelare based on incomplete orinaccurate inormation.

Failure to deliver consistent,coherent and regularcommunications creates doubtson program management anddelivery.

There is a ailure to maximiseopportunities through lacko coordination or lack oresources.Funders o research and

development attach a lowpriority to animal welare.There is a ailure to adhere toa peer-reviewed and evidence-based approach.

Diverse stakeholders will remainsupportive and committed tothe AAWS vision.


Australias consultativeprocesses that acilitateengagement o diverse groupsand perspectives.AAWS sectoral and cross-sectoral working groupsestablished to engagestakeholders.Annual AAWS workshops.

AAWS communication strategy,tactical implementation planand protocol documents.Background research oncommunity and stakeholderattitudes.AAWS 08 internationalconerence.

Education and trainingstocktake.National animal welareresearch, development andextension plans.Pain summit and publication opapers.

The stocktakes provide avaluable inormation source toinorm uture priorities.

Resources Working group leadershipand support (chairs, executiveocers).Tools to support stakeholders.

Coordinator to drive generationand delivery o content andproducts.

Animal welare researcher andspecialists in education andextension.

Specialist people can beidentied and engaged tosupport implementation.

Objecive 7 Objecive 8 ojciv 9 Ga 3 a


201011 $100 000 $120 000 $220 000 $192 000 $139 900 $331 900 $147 925 $61 549 $209 474 $439 925 $321 449 $761 374

201112 $160 000 $120 000 $280 000 $213 444 $123 400 $336 844 $155 900 $148 950 $304 850 $529 344 $392 350 $921 694

201213 $160 000 $120 000 $280 000 $198 000 $137 500 $335 500 $103 000 $86 625 $189 625 $461 000 $344 125 $805 125

201314 $150 000 $120 000 $270 000 $207 000 $176 000 $383 000 $140 000 $122 500 $262 500 $497 000 $418 500 $915 500

Total $570 000 $480 000 $1 050 000 $810 444 $576 800 $1 387 244 $546 825 $419 624 $966 449 $1 927 269 $1 476 424 $3 403 693


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20 years(goal)

4. International: Australia is actively engaged in international partnerships and developments toimprove animal welare.

Australia has to maintain itsreputation as a compassionatenation that appropriatelyaddresses animal welareissues in an ethical manner, andthis can help support tradingarrangements and relationships.

10 years

(outcomes/benets)

Australia is a recognised leader in the development and delivery o animal welare outcomes.

Australias expertise and reputation are enhanced through active engagement and partnerships.

Australias reputation or high

animal welare standards is inthe national interest.

4 years(objectives)

10. International recognitiono Australias approaches andexpertise.(Aiculae Ausaliaspespecive)

11. Australias expertise andresources appropriatelyapplied to the progression ointernational animal welareactivities.(Collaboae inenaionally)

12. Active application and sharingo experience and expertiseto improve animal welareinternationally.(Lean om inenaionalexpeience)

International engagement relieson relationships, which requireparticipation and networking.

Key activities Provide sponsorships to supportAAWS stakeholders to attendand participate in internationalorums and advocate orthe AAWS and Australiasapproaches.

Provide secretariat support andcoordination or the OIE RAWSAsia, the Far East and Oceania.Implement training projects inareas o strategic signicance.

OIE Collaborating Centre onAnimal Welare Science andBioethical Analysis establishestwinning arrangements withinternational scientic institutes.

Advocacy rom AAWSstakeholders or Australiasapproach can be powerul.International engagement canhelp ensure that Australianunds and human resources areappropriately applied.


Trading partners lose condencein Australias animal welarecredentials.

Opportunities to contribute andengage are curtailed by budgetrestrictions.

Australia is bypassed ininternational collaborations dueto loss o expertise or loss oresources, leading to an inabilityto participate.

International perceptions oAustralias animal welareapproach and practices aectAustralias ability to infuenceinternational negotiations andAustralias trading relationships.


Leadership on the MiddleEast Gul Cooperation Councilregional plan or animalhandling and transport.RAWSAsia, the Far East andOceania and implementationplan.International engagementthrough OIE and the

Quadrilateral Alliance with theUnited States, Canada and NewZealand.

Technical assistance providedto the United Arab Emiratesto write their animal welareregulations.Training delivered in the UnitedArab Emirates or animal welareinspectors.Australian expert on FAOsexpert panel on capacity

building or good animal welarepractices.RAWS.

EUAustralia CooperationAgreement on Animal Welarenalised.Recognition by OIE o Australiascredentials in animal welareresearch with establishment othe New ZealandAustralian OIECollaborating Centre on AnimalWelare Science and Bioethical

Analysis.

The work already doneprovides a solid base or utureengagement and activity.

Resourcesrequired

Advocates o sucient quality towarrant sponsorship.Co-contribution o unding opeople.

DAFF ocers able to deliversecretariat unctions and driveengagement.

Technical resources (people andinormation) with respectedinternational reputations.

Specialist people and otherresources can be identied andengaged to support delivery.

Objecive 10 Objecive 11 ojciv 12 Ga 4 a


201011 $20 000 $20 000 $40 000 $69 000 $88 000 $157 000 $15 000 $29 900 $44 900 $104 000 $137 900 $241 900

201112 $60 000 $60 000 $120 000 $9 000 $34 000 $43 000 $20 000 $13 100 $33 100 $89 000 $107 100 $196 100

201213 $60 000 $60 000 $120 000 $10 000 $10 000 $20 000 $20 000 $90 000 $60 000 $150 000

201314 $60 000 $60 000 $120 000 $20 000 $20 000 $20 000 $20 000 $100 000 $60 000 $160 000

Total $200 000 $200 000 $400 000 $108 000 $122 000 $230 000 $75 000 $43 000 $118 000 $383 000 $365 000 $748 000

AAWS = Australian Animal Welare Strategy;

AHA = Animal Health Australia;

AWC = Animal Welare Committee;

AWPIT = Animal Welare Product Integrity Taskorce;

DAFF = Australian Government Department o Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry;

EU = European Union;

FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization o the United Nations;

OIE = World Organisation or Animal Health;

PIMC = Primary Industries Ministerial Council;

PISC = Primary Industries Standing Committee;

RAWS = Regional Animal Welare Strategya) Expenditure o Australian Government unds through the AAWS administered budget

b) Estimated additional cash and in-kind contributions made to AAWS implementation (through projects and activities)


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table 3. Ausalian Animal Welae Saegy budge oecas, 201014

201011 201112 201213 201314 toal

AAWS In-kinda AAWS In-kind AAWS In-kind AAWS In-kind AAWS In-kind Grandtotal

Adminiseed budge $973 000 $991 000 $1 011 000 $1 032 000 $4 007 000 $8 449 624

Goal 1: Susainable impovemens in animal welae

Obj 1: Monitor trends $30 000 $40 000 $60 000 $110 000 $240 000 $240 000

Obj 2: Act on key issues $190 257 $322 356 $207 656 $426 644 $200 000 $420 000 $200 000 $420 000 $797 913 $1 588 999 $2 386 912

Obj 3: Deliverimprovements

$55 000 $55 000 $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $25 000 $130 000 $130 000 $260 000

Goal 1 suboal $275 257 $377 356 $272 656 $451 644 $285 000 $445 000 $335 000 $445 000 $1 167 913 $1 718 999 $2 886 912

% o annual budget 28% 34% 28% 40% 28% 40% 32% 41% 29% 39% 34%

% o total expenditure 7% 8% 7% 10% 7% 10% 8% 10% 14% 20%

Goal 2: Enhancing naional sysems

Obj 4: Understanddrivers, impedimentsand opportunities

$45 000 $25 000 $70 000 $70 000

Obj 5: Cooper

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