Animal Welfare Act
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The Animal Welfare Act is a law passed by government to protect the welfare of animals.
[edit] New Zealand
In New Zealand the Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1999. It supersedes the Animal Protection Act 1960 and gives a wider definition to what is classed as an animal.
[edit] United States
In the United States it was first adopted in 1966 as a result of mounting public concern about animal research, and amended in 1970, 1976, 1985, and 1990, is a federal law in the United States providing basic provisions for the handling, treatment, and transportation of some animals in certain situations: laboratory animals, zoos, circuses, puppy mills, animal transporters, and animal exhibitors. The Act has always excluded cold-blooded animals, mice, rats, birds, livestock or other farm animals, or horses (except horses used for research).
This act is enforced by a division of the United States Department of Agriculture known as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
[edit] External links
- Biosecurity New Zealand - guide to the New Zealand Animal Welfare Act.
- Text of the Animal Welfare Act from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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