Proposed Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines – Exhibited Animals Consultation Regulation Impact Statement March 2014

A2.5 Estimated number of keepers operating across taxon standard animals

The number of keepers involved with a particular taxon standard animal for estimating incremental costs of keepers in Appendix 3 is estimated taking the product of columns (i) (j) and (k) (i.e. the number of keepers by jurisdiction for large, medium small facilities, respectively) in Table A2.4 and columns (v) to (z) (i.e. the distribution of animal exhibits by jurisdiction) in Table A2.16. The following estimated distribution of keepers amongst taxon standard animals by jurisdiction and size of facility is shown in Table A2.18. Note that keepers may work across multiple taxon standard animals.