Australia/Oceania

32% of laying hens in Australia are raised in battery cages, with only 49% in free-range systems.[S]
48% of eggs sold in New Zealand come from battery cages, with only 32.8% from free-range systems.[S]
23 million male chicks in the Australian egg industry are culled annually on their first day of life, by maceration or gassing.[S][S]
4 million male chicks in the New Zealand egg industry are culled annually on their first day of life.[S]

81% of calves on dairy farms in Australia are disbudded or dehorned. Among calves who are disbudded under 2 months of age, 12% do not receive any pain relief, and the remaining can still experience long-term pain due to inadequate practices.[S][S]
Nearly 90% of Australian dairy farms use AI to impregnate cattle.[S]
19.1% of dairy cows in Australia suffer from lameness.[S]
Only 21% of beef producers in Australia report to "regularly use pain relief for aversive husbandry practices".[S]

90% of sheep/wool producers in Australia dock (cut) the tails of their lambs, with 50% not using any pain relief.[S]
97% of sheep/wool producers in Australia castrate their lambs, with only 34% using pain relief.[S]
58% of merino wool producers in Australia perform mulesing on female lambs, and 49% on male lambs, with 6% not using any pain relief.[S] However, pain management is widely considered ineffective at preventing the extreme pain and suffering associated with mulesing.[S][S]
91% of sheep farmers in New Zealand routinely dock the tails of their lambs, with 98.6% of them never using any pain relief.[S][S]
77.5% of sheep farmers in New Zealand castrate their lambs, with 98.5% of them never using any pain relief.[S][S]

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