Yes, Fish Are Animals Too – SA Updates Animal Welfare Act

Yes, Fish Are Animals Too – SA Updates Animal Welfare ActNews28 February 2025
South Australia has introduced new reforms to the Animal Welfare Act. The revisions introduce tougher penalties for humans caught abusing some animals as well as minimum standards of care, allowing authorities to intervene when a companion animal is being neglected. The new rules have also finally updated South Australia’s definition of an animal to include fish. As PETA pointed out in our submission t