Approved activities - Animals in Schools

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Activity	Category	Objectives	Approved by
Very low impact activities involving animals.		O2, O4	Teacher
Observation of animal behaviour	1
Observation of pets under the owner’s control.	1
Excursions to observe animals in their natural surroundings or to zoos and other registered wildlife parks.	1
Excursions to farms for observation of animal behaviour and husbandry activities appropriate to the age, prior experience and maturity of the students.	1
Low impact activities involving animals provided appropriate instruction is given prior to undertaking the activity and there is appropriate control by a responsible person or the owner of the animal.		O1, O4	Teacher
Observation of particular animal behaviours e.g. oestrus, parturition.	2
Incursions involving outside agencies that have animals as part of their exhibits.	2
Animal welfare organisations bringing animals to school (such as Responsible Pet Ownership programs, RSPCA and WIRES).	2
Collecting and observing frog spawn and tadpoles (see special conditions in Species-specific notes).	2
The appropriate care of classroom pets, including native animals.*	2
Activities involving animals that require specific knowledge and skills about the relevant species and there is increased risk of stress to the animal.		O1, O4	AWLO
Mustering, drafting (in crush or head bail), capture, restraint and handling of non-free-living domesticated animals (leading or riding an appropriately trained animal).	3
Breeding of appropriate animals in the school (not native animals).	3
Non-invasive measurement of:
body weight	2	O1, O3	Teacher
body condition
visual assessment	2	O1, O3	Teacher
condition scoring	2	O1, O3	Teacher
ultrasound	2	O1, O3	Teacher
growth	2	O1, O3	Teacher
body proportions	2	O1, O3	Teacher
pulse or blood flow	2	O1, O3	Teacher
respiration	2	O1, O3	Teacher
skin temperature (non-invasive)	2	O1, O3	Teacher
age by dentition	2	O1, O3	Teacher
scrotum and testicles (palpation)	2	O1, O3	Teacher
Measurement of mild dietary effects (provided the normal nutritional needs for the life stage of the animals are met):
high/normal protein	3	O1, O3	AWLO
high/normal energy	2	O1, O3	AWLO
high/normal fat	2	O1, O3	AWLO
palatability	2	O1, O3	AWLO
Behaviour activities:
familiarisation	2	O1, O4	Teacher
taming/gentling	3	O1, O4	AWLO
training for competition or showing	3	O1, O4	AWLO
tethering/tying up animals (only for restraint at shows)	3	O1, O4	AWLO
riding horses	3	O1, O4	AWLO
Collection of samples# from livestock:
wool/hair	2	O3	Teacher
milk	2	O3	Teacher
faeces & urine (non-invasive)	2	O3	Teacher
faeces (invasive)	3	O3	AWLO
blood	5	O3	SACEC
measurement of body temperature (invasive)	3	O3	AWLO
Standard husbandry activities:
administering treatments
water	2	O3	Teacher
topical
– udder	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
– backline	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– spray	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– dip	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– jetting	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
oral
– drench	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– capsules	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
injection
– subcutaneous	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– intramuscular	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– intramammary	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
implant
– vaginal	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
– subcutaneous	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
coat care and grooming	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
coat clipping	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
ear marking/tagging of livestock	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
tattoo application	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
hoof paring: sheep & goats & alpacas	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
hoof trimming: cattle & horses	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
shearing of sheep & goats	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
shearing of alpacas and llamas	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
dagging	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
crutching	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
milking	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
putting nose clips on cattle	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
nose ringing	5	O1, O3, O4	SECEC
loading and unloading animals onto transporters	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
showing animals at school and away	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
foot bathing	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
fire branding horns of stud sheep	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
fire branding of cattle	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
freeze branding of cattle	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
using sire harness	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
castration of immature livestock ‡
lambs
– elastrator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– knife	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– emasculator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
calves
– elastrator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– knife	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– emasculator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
kids
– elastrator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– knife	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
– emasculator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
tail docking of lambs
elstrator	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
knife	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
gas detailer	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
tail docking piglets using a knife	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
tooth trimming/removal in piglets	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
tail tagging	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
artificial insemination	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
semen collection	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
pregnancy detection
external ultrasound (sheep, cattle, goats)	2	O1, O3, O4	Teacher
rectal (manual) (cattle)	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
rectal ultrasound (sheep, cattle, goats)	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
microchipping of cattle	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
horn tipping	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
dehorning cattle under 6 months of age ‡	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
detusking boars	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
disbudding calves and kids ‡	4	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
mulesing young sheep ‡	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
slaughter/euthanasia of stock	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
sedation of fish	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
tagging of fish	5	O1, O3, O4	SACEC
bandaging of horse legs	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
wing trimming – poultry	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
leg banding – poultry	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO
spur trimming – poultry	3	O1, O3, O4	AWLO