Ensure a fair go for hunting in new Animal Welfare Act
In a recent submission on Victoria’s proposed new Animal Welfare Laws, SSAA Victoria joined with the ABA, ADA, FGA and VHH to highlight the potential for the principles of the act to elicit a wave of ‘lawfare’ against legitimate animal use activities such as recreational hunting.
A clear example of what could happen with the Animal Welfare Act is the Supreme Court challenge currently underway, with Environment Victoria challenging an EPA decision on licence conditions for Latrobe Valley power stations. Effectively, the challenge is being raised on the grounds that the EPA did not consider climate change in reaching its decision, as required in the Climate Change Act. The requirements in the proposed new Animal Welfare Act could lead to the same situation for hunting, fishing, farming and potentially any other area that involves animals in any way.
Hunting needs to be exempt from the Act and safeguards put in place to ensure that decision-making requirements do not open the door for obstructionist legal challenges that will impact on hunters and hunting.
Hunters are asked to email their local MP’s to ensure that our concerns are well understood.
Ensure a fair go for hunting in new Animal Welfare Act
In a recent submission on Victoria’s proposed new Animal Welfare Laws, SSAA Victoria joined with the ABA, ADA, FGA and VHH to highlight the potential for the principles of the act to elicit a wave of ‘lawfare’ against legitimate animal use activities such as recreational hunting.
A clear example of what could happen with the Animal Welfare Act is the Supreme Court challenge currently underway, with Environment Victoria challenging an EPA decision on licence conditions for Latrobe Valley power stations. Effectively, the challenge is being raised on the grounds that the EPA did not consider climate change in reaching its decision, as required in the Climate Change Act. The requirements in the proposed new Animal Welfare Act could lead to the same situation for hunting, fishing, farming and potentially any other area that involves animals in any way.
Hunting needs to be exempt from the Act and safeguards put in place to ensure that decision-making requirements do not open the door for obstructionist legal challenges that will impact on hunters and hunting.
Hunters are asked to email their local MP’s to ensure that our concerns are well understood.