(Western Australia) Please write now to help the animals VERY URGENT

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Please read below my comments to understand what the new

Animal Welfare Act will mean to animals in Western Australia.

Please write to Minister Kim Chance and Premier Geoff Gallop of

Western Australia. Please ask them to pass the new Animal Welfare

Bill through West Australian parliament now. It has been over 80

years here since any review was made of the Act covering animal

cruelty. The animals need your help!! Please write!! The Government

in Western Australia has nearly finished sitting for the year. They are

trying to turn the new Animal Welfare Act into a political football.

The Labor Party are being accused of not giving the new Animal

Welfare Act priority and the Liberal Party and the Greens want the

Act to become law this year. The Labor party is in power. Premier

Geoff Gallop, head of state in Western Australia and Minister Kim

Chance both have the power to get this Act through. Please help

the animals here by asking them to pass the new Animal Welfare

Act here now. Please be a voice for the animals and write now!

 

kim-chance

geoff-gallop

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Marguerite (Please see below)

 

Date 14:55 Nov 6

Subject Animal Welfare Bill

 

Minister Stephens announced twice this week on radio that the Bill was going

to be debated and passed in the next four weeks before the Xmas closure of

the Upper House. But we have today had information that makes his claims

suspect. See the email details below.

 

In response to your call I can say that the Act, if passed in its present

form, will provide the framework for an upgrading of general animal welfare.

The Bill includes an introduction with an implied duty of care towards

animals and a provision requiring consideration of " community expectations " .

This is a substantial upgrading from the present Act which simply defines

certain acts of cruelty.

 

Protection for animals of a particular class or species is then provided

through Regulations after the Act is passed. As you would expect, we have a

number of recommendations in respect of Regulations covering animals of a

particular class or species, and we have been anxious to get the Act passed

so that we can then go into persuasion mode for specific animal classes and

species. You might expect this to include exotic animals used in travelling

circuses, certain species or classes of animals used for scientific purposes

etc.

 

Amendments seeking the inclusion of protection for some specific species

(such as circus animals), but omitting others, is not in our view good law,

and will not advance the passage of the Act through the Parliament.

 

" ......... I have just heard (unconfirmed as yet) that the government has

published a list of the bills they intend to get through before Christmas

and the Animal Welfare Bill isn't one of them. If this is true, then

obviously its very disapointing to the Society (especially after all the

promises made on your shows, and a futher promise that was made on the

evening news last Friday night that extra sitting time would be asked for to

get it through before Christmas.) ..... "