Animals in entertainment, sport & work

SPCA opposes the feeding of live prey to captive animals.

SPCA opposes animal fighting ventures.

SPCA supports housing systems that provide game birds with choices to meet their physical, health, behavioural needs.

SPCA advocates for the greyhound racing industry to improve its practices to better meet the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the dogs for the whole of their life.

SPCA advocates for deliberate decision-making for animal ownership and that owners ensure they are able to meet the animal’s physical, health, and behavioural needs prior to acquiring them.

SPCA advocates for the horse sport and entertainment industries to improve practices to better meet the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the horses for the whole of their life. SPCA supports the use of low-stress, force-free handling and training techniques for horses used in sport and entertainment. SPCA supports housing of horses used in sport and entertainment which allows them to meet their physical and behavioural needs.

SPCA advocates that if bait animals are to be used for the purposes of luring animals for fishing or trapping, that they must only be used if they have been humanely killed prior to use as a lure.

SPCA advocates for human animal interactions that promote the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animal before, during, and after the show.

SPCA advocates for human-animal interactions that promote the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animal before, during, and after the event.

SPCA advocates for human and animal interactions that promote the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animals are met before, during, and after the show.