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Issue 14: August 2024
A Message from the NSW Chief Animal Welfare Officer
Research Animal Rehoming Grant Program open
Applications are open for the $2.5 million Research Animal Rehoming Grant Program (the program). The program is a targeted, competitive single round grant, established to enhance positive animal welfare outcomes by supporting projects that seek to maximise the number of animals successfully rehomed at the conclusion of their use in research. It is aimed at eligible animal rehoming organisations.
Applications close at midday on Friday 13 September 2024.
The program is part of the NSW Government’s continuing commitment to protect the welfare of animals used in research through a coordinated and cooperative approach to achieve an appropriate outcome for animals at the end of their use in research.
Further information is available on the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development website.
Register now for the upcoming Animal Research Review Panel webinar
Insights on wildlife survey trapping and transport
When: Tuesday 6 August 2024, from 10:30 am – 11:30 am AEST
RSVP: by Monday 5 August 2024
This is the second of three Animal Research Review Panel webinars in the 2024 series, hosted in partnership with the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
There will be presentations by:
- Dr Vicki Stokes from Australian Wildlife Conservancy: The introduction of extinct mammals into feral-predator free areas.
- Dr John Read: Balancing risks and benefits of trapping in hot weather to optimise animal monitoring, management and welfare.
- Dr Neil Jordan and Dr Michelle Campbell: Insights into the Myall Lakes Dingo Project.
Previous Animal Research Review Panel webinars and seminars are available for viewing on the Animal Ethics Infolink website
NSW Animal Use in Research Statistics Report
The 2022 NSW animal use in research statistics report has been published on the Animal Ethics Infolink website.
In addition to the annual data reporting, the report includes the results of a survey carried out by NSW Department of Primary Industries in 2023 on cats and dogs kept at research establishments for the reporting years 2019 - 2022.
Animal Research Review Panel housing guidelines review project update
The Animal Research Review Panel (ARRP) are currently reviewing their guidelines on housing of animals in scientific institutions. Updates on the review of these guidelines will be provided over the coming months.
Comments on the current ARRP Housing Guidelines can be provided to the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Animal Welfare team. Any comments received with accompanying scientific evidence will be considered as part of the review.
Please email: animal.welfare@dpird.nsw.gov.au and use the subject title ‘ARRP Housing Guideline Review’.
Thank you for your ongoing interest in improving animal welfare in NSW.
Dr Kim Filmer
Chief Animal Welfare Officer
NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
