A talk given Maike Dorn at ARA's Animal Law forum held in November 2009 on the limited protections that exist in Western Australia for animals.

1. ANIMAL WELFARE LAW What protection exists for animals in Western Australia? Dr. Maike Dorn BSc BVMS (Hons) LLB (Hons)

3. Photos courtesy of Second Chance Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc

4. Doc’s Case

9. Dawson Video

16. BUT one search on “youtube” reveals over 700 Australian videos of this:

18. Rosemary

21. Photo courtesy of Dr Sheila Greenwell and Ross Quartermaine

22. Photo courtesy of Dr Sheila Greenwell and Ross Quartermaine

23. Photo courtesy of Dr Sheila Greenwell and Ross Quartermaine

25. Direct Exemption 24. Defence — killing pests (1) It is a defence to a charge under section 19(1) for a person to prove — (a) that the act alleged to constitute the offence was done while the person was attempting to kill pests ; (b) that the person was attempting to kill pests in a manner that is generally accepted as usual and reasonable for killing pests of the kind the person was attempting to kill; and (c) if the animal the subject of the charge was not a pest, that the person took reasonable steps to ensure that animals other than pests would not be harmed. (2) In this section — pest means a prescribed animal, fish or invertebrate.