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Animal Care: Animal Rights
This guide supports Certificate ll in Animal Care, Certificate lll in Animal Care Services (General, Animal Care, Pet Grooming)
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Animal Care Job Opportunities and Self Employment
Animal Care Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS)
Animal Rights
Basic Care and Nutrition For Animal Health and Wellbeing
Basic Care and Nutrition of Dogs and Cats
Basic Care and Nutrition of Exotics, Rabbits and Rodents
Breeding Procedures
Care for Young Animals
Daily Clinic Routines and Reception Services
Effective Teamwork and Communication
Environmental Enrichment
Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices
Grooming Dogs and Cats
Grooming Rabbits, Rodents and Exotics
Horses and Domestic Livestock
Infection Control Policies and Procedures
Native Animals
Prepare and Conduct a Tour or Presentation
Surgery Assist and Basic First Aid
Workplace Health and Safety Processes
Zoonosis and Diseases
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Suggested Books
Animal rights (2011)
by
Paul Waldau
Animal rights and welfare (2015) - eBook and book
Humanising animals : civilising people (2012)
by
Mirko Bagaric, Keith Akers
Routledge handbook of animal welfare (2022) -eBook
by
Andrew Knight
We animals (2013)
by
Jo-Anne McArthur
Suggested DVDs
Animal farm (2010)
Making a killing (2015)
Pedigree dogs exposed (2008)
The puppy mill (2007)
News Stories
Wildlife
ABC News - Eight dead platypuses found in fishing trap in Werribee River
ABC News - Have more than a billion animals perished nationwide this bushfire season? Here are the facts
Leadbeater's Possum population crashes by two thirds in past 20 years: report
NSW koala habitat lost as land clearing continues: 'It would take the army to police these blokes'
RSPCA, wildlife carers struggling with influx of injured animals as urban sprawl marches on
That cute baby whale you clicked on. ...it's doomed!
Turtle cut free from 6-pack rings is unstoppable 20 years later
Companion animals
Animal rights groups lash puppy farm inquiry
Cancerous tissue, pus-filled sores, beak and eyeball : is commercial pet food making your dog sick? And what should you feed him?
From feral felines to cuddly kitties: Rehabilitating feral cats to become pets in northern Tasmania
Hendra virus vaccine: CSIRO scientist recommends fewer injections; owners say vaccine killed healthy horses
NSW Government baulks at puppy farm licensing scheme, against advice
Pet industry's top dogs overlooked puppy factory cruelty complaints
RSPCA raids NSW puppy farm
Support for pet food watchdog from company implicated in dog illness and deaths
Animals in sport
Are you really shocked by the latest horse racing cruelty allegations? It's the mathematics of the industry
Bled dry - the fate of greyhound racing's 'wastage'
Greyhound live baiting: Former top official Bob Smith identified in footage aired by Four Corners
Jockey Hugh Bowman cops six-week ban over race fall that saw horse euthanised, fellow rider hospitalised
Mass greyhound grave found at Sydney property, a dozen emaciated dogs seized
Web Resources
Animals Australia
Beagle Freedom Australia
Companion Animal Network Australia (CAN)
Law and legislation
Renewal of Australian Animal Welfare Strategy - AAWS
RSPCA - How is animal research regulated in Australia?
Law and legislation - New South Wales
Animal Ethics Infolink
Animal Liberation - Response to whole of life tracking for greyhounds
Animal Research Act 1985 No 123
Companion Animals Act 1998 No 87
Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986 No 123
Law Society of Australia - Animal law guide NSW
Animal welfare code of practice - Animals in pet shops
Companion Animals Regulation 2018
Office of Local Government - Dogs and cats
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 No 200
Featured eVideos
The puppy factory con (2014) - eVideo
YouTube video by Animals Australia, 3 min.
Animals Australia - Spot the puppy farmer
Animal Welfare Institute
BBC Ethics Guide - Introduction to animal rights
Oscars Law - What are puppy factories?
RSPCA - Good animal welfare
RSPCA - Puppy farms
Taronga Conservation Society Australia - Our actions
This is what it's like for a dog to live on a chain
ThoughtCo. - What are animal rights?
Universities Federation for animal welfare - UFAW
Ethical Farming eVideos
Make it possible (2012) - eVideo
YouTube video by Animals Australia, 11 min.
Animals Australia - Ethical farming
Animals Australia - Factory farming
Animals Australia - 5 tips for being the best voice for animals you can be.
Animals Australia - The facts - What is factory farming?
Animals Australia - You won't believe where this hen lives!
RSPCA - A better life for farm animals
RSPCA - Pigs - The issue - What needs to change
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