Emergency Animal Welfare Management

​​​​​​​It is important to prioritise livestock and animal welfare in an emergency situation.

An emergency situation can include:

  • Disease outbreak or illness

  • Severe weather or seasonal conditions like flood or drought

  • Bushfires​​

In this topic

  • Proactive Calf Weaning
    During feed shortages feeding a calf from the cow is less effective than separating the calf from the cow to feed it. Advice is available on how to assess whether proactive calf weaning will work for your circumstances.
  • Animals and Bushfire
    Information to help you include your animals in your bushfire plan and to manage your animals during and after a bushfire.
  • Disposal of Animal Carcasses
    Guidance for the hygienic disposal of livestock and other animal carcasses as a result of large mortality events on farms such as bushfire, drought or disease outbreak.
  • Emergency Slaughter of Livestock
    Advice to help you assess the immediate and longterm welfare of affected animals, whether animals are fit to load for transport, and guides on how to humanely destroy cattle and sheep in an emergency situation like bushfires, drought or disease outbreaks.