Public displays & collections

  • Facilities meet animal welfare requirements of MAF deemed code of welfare (Animal Welfare (Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005, Code of Welfare No. 5, ISBN 0-478-07817-X, Issued under the Animal Welfare Act 1999)
  • Facilities encourage and allow animals to display a wide range of natural behaviours. This will be described for each species in husbandry manuals
  • Facilities provide security for animals from adverse effects of facility staff, visitors and other displays
  • Facilities minimise the risk of disease transmission in populations of the same species, across populations of different species and between in situ and ex situ populations
  • Facilities and activities provide security from escape of animals and, in enclosed exhibits, prevent entry of predators or disease transmitting species such as rats, mice, cats and free ranging birds
  • Collections should be managed to minimise risks associated with inbreeding
  • Hybridisation is not permitted unless permission is given by DOC
  • Collections of exotic and native species should be held separately
  • Displays meet health and safety requirements of personnel working with the captive population

Learn more

View the Wildlife Act 1953 on www.legislation.govt.nz

Contacts

DOC has 12 regions called conservancies. Get contact details for the relevant conservancy office.

Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai