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According to the Australian Department of Agriculture, "Australia's state and territory governments have primary responsibility for animal welfare and laws to prevent cruelty". [17] Four abattoirs in the state of Victoria, Australia have government exemptions allowing them to slaughter animals without prior stunning.
Samex Australian Meat Company in Peterborough, South Australia, also resumed processing feral camels in 2012. [50] It is regularly supplied by an Indigenous camel company run by Ngaanyatjarra Council on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia [ 51 ] and by camels mustered on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of South ...
Cow is the national animal of Nepal and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law. In 2014, the Jain pilgrimage destination of Palitana City in Indian state of Gujarat became the first city in the world to be legally vegetarian. It has banned buying and selling meat, fish, and eggs, as well as related jobs, such as fishing ...
As Australia drifted, it was isolated from the evolutionary pressures in the rest of the world. Other examples of island isolation include Madagascar, New Zealand, Socotra, the Galapagos and Mauritius. The geographic isolation of Australia created a sharp division between Australian fauna and Asian fauna at the Wallace line.
The perentie (Varanus giganteus) is Australia's largest lizard.. The non-avian reptiles of Australia are a diverse group of animals, widely distributed across the continent. . Three of the four reptile orders are represented: Testudines, Squamata and Crocodi
This is a list of rodents of Australia. [1] [2] Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the family Muridae.The "Old endemics" group are member of tribe Hydromyini, which reached Australasia between 11 – 9 million years ago from Asia, while the "New endemics", members of the tribe Rattini, are presumed to have arrived more recently, between 4 – 3 million years ago, also ...
Koala Humpback whale. A total of 386 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 364 indigenous and 22 introduced. [1] The list includes 2 monotremes, 154 marsupials, 83 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 2 terrestrial carnivorans (1 recent introduction, and 1 prehistoric introduction), 13 introduced ungulates, 2 introduced lagomorphs, 44 ...
The mammals of Australia have a rich fossil history, as well as a variety of extant mammalian species, dominated by the marsupials, ...