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A puppy's first year of life
What to expect in the first year of a puppy's life.
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Planting a pet friendly garden
How to create a garden that is safe for pets
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How to best care for your pets during COVID-19
SPCA wants to reassure Kiwi pet owners how best to care for their companion animals during this uncertain time.
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Implications of breeding goldfish
Welfare implications of selective breeding in goldfish . It’s not just dogs that suffer when we selectively breed them for desired traits. Our fishy friends, including the bubble-eye goldfish, are suffering too.
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Preparing your pets for life after lockdown
For many of our companion animals, having us at home is a dream come true - but what happens when we go back to work?
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Breed Specific Legislation (BSL)
SPCA advocates for the removal of Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) that prohibits or significantly limits the possession of dogs based solely upon their breed or type.
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The 3Rs: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement
SPCA recognises the internationally accepted ethical principles for the replacement, reduction, or refinement for the use of animals in research, testing, and teaching (the “3 Rs”). While our organisation supports efforts to refine and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, SPCA is committed to and advocates for animals to be replaced in research, testing, and teaching by non-animal alternatives.
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Animal Welfare Education
SPCA advocates for all children in primary and secondary education to receive animal welfare education to help promote to help promote empathy and respect for all living beings, including other people.
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Keeping Animals in School Classrooms
SPCA only supports the keeping of animals for research, testing, and teaching in ways that ensure animals used in research, testing, and teaching have a “Good Life” where they experience positive welfare for the entirety of their life and meet the animals’ physical, health, and behavioural needs.
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Dissection of Dead Animals
SPCA advocates for the use of humane alternatives to animals for classroom dissection.