Animal care and management industry

Submitted by sylvia.wong@up… on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 17:21

So, what is the Animal Care and Management Industry?

The Animal Care and Management industry can be described as having nine sub-sectors:

Veterinary Services
Animal Breeding Services
Pet and Companion
Assistance and Therapy Animal Services
Animal Technology Services
Captive Wildlife Operations
Animal Control Services
Wildlife Care and Rehabilitation Services
Non-veterinary Health and Welfare Services.

Work opportunities in the Animal Care and Management Industry exist in urban, remote and rural areas within private and government sectors.

An animal care worker milking a number of goats

Sub Topics

There are no national laws applying to animal welfare, however each state and territory do have legislations that regulate animal welfare in their jurisdiction. There are then a number of Practice and Standards, Codes of Practice and Guidelines which are made under clauses within the Acts or regulations.

State	Legislation
ACT	Animal Welfare Act 1992 Animal Welfare Regulation 2001
NSW	Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulation 2012
NT	Animal Protection Act 2018 Animal Welfare Regulations 2000
QLD	Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2012
SA	Animal Welfare Act 1985 Animal Welfare Regulations 2012
TAS	Animal Welfare Act 1993 Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2013
VIC	Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019
WA	Animal Welfare Act 2002 Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2003

Module Linking

M00198A

Main Topic Image

An animal care worker patting a large mare

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