2003 RSPCA Australia Scientific Seminar
Solutions for achieving humane vertebrate
pest control
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Tuesday 25 February 2003
Telstra Theatre
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
The RSPCA Australia Scientific Seminars provide a forum for the
dissemination of information on topical animal welfare issues to a
wide audience. The Seminars are designed to cover a broad spectrum
of opinion, encourage audience participation, and have a
reputation for provoking lively and constructive debate.
The 2003 Seminar on the topic ‘Solutions for achieving humane
vertebrate pest control’, sought to establish common ground
between stakeholder groups and stimulate thought and discussion on
practical innovative strategies for achieving humane control of
vertebrate pest species.
Click
here to view the agenda (pdf file)
Click
here to view summaries of presentations (pdf file)
Click
here to download the proceedings of the Seminar (pdf file 710kb)
Click
here to download a transcript of the question and answer sessions
and panel discussion (pdf file)
RSPCA Australia/AWC/VPC joint
workshop
Development of a national strategy towards humane vertebrate pest
control
It was clear from the 2003 Seminar
presentations and discussions that, while animal welfare is
regarded as an extremely important issue in vertebrate pest
management, there is currently very little practical commitment to
addressing humane control. The overwhelming recommendation arising
from the Seminar was for the urgent development of a national
strategy to improve the humaneness of vertebrate pest management.
In August 2003 a workshop was held in
Melbourne to develop such a strategy. The workshop was jointly
organised by RSPCA Australia, the Animal Welfare Centre (a joint
centre of the University of Melbourne, Monash University,
Department of Primary Industries (Victoria) and the CSIRO) and the
national Vertebrate Pests Committee.
Click
here to download "A national approach to humane vertebrate
pest control- discussion paper"
Click
here to download the Communiqué from the RSPCA Australia/AWC/VPC
joint workshop (pdf file)
For information on this and other
RSPCA Australia Scientific Seminars, please contact:
RSPCA Australia
PO Box 265
Deakin West ACT 2600
Tel (02) 6282 8300
Fax (02) 6282 8311
email: rspca@rspca.org.au
This project is supported by the Commonwealth Government
through a grant-in-aid administered by the Department of Finance
and Administration
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