Animal welfare regulations
To find out more about the regulations below, visit the MPI website.
Disbudding – local anaesthetic required at all ages (from October 2019).
Dehorning – local anaesthetic required at all ages (from October 2019).
Stock transport – Stock must be fit for transport and animals with injured or diseased udders cannot be transported.
Tail docking – a person must not shorten or remove the tail of any cattle beast.
Assisting calving cows - No use of traction with a moving vehicle, motorised winch or any other device that does not allow for the immediate release of tension for the purposes of calving cows.
Castration - Local anaesthetic must be used when castrating or shortening the scrotum of a bull over the age of six months, or when using a high tension band at any age (not that high tension bands are not standard rubber rings).