Intensive Winter Grazing
The New Zealand Veterinary Association Te Pae Kīrehe (NZVA) supports the ongoing evolution and improvement of winter grazing practices to ensure they align with high standards of animal welfare, environmental stewardship, climate resilience, and farm system sustainability. Intensive winter grazing must only occur where it can be responsibly managed to meet the physical, health, and behavioural needs of animals, as defined by the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and the 2015 Amendment to the Act that recognises animals as sentient.
