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SPCA values New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and the welfare of all animals that call these places home. We advocate that animal welfare is critical to ensuring conservation goals and that all conservation activities include an animal welfare assessment.

SPCA supports the rehabilitation of wild animals when there is a reasonable expectation that they will be successfully returned back into the wild.

SPCA believes humans have a duty of care to assist wild animals found in pain or distress as a direct consequence of a human activity or interference, or because of a natural disaster.

SPCA is concerned with the welfare of wild animals, both native and introduced.

SPCA advocates that there should be an overall maximum total limit of eight hours for all journeys for farmed animals within New Zealand.

SPCA advocates that all farmed animals should be killed humanely.

SPCA opposes the selection of animals for accelerated growth rates and other enhanced production traits where this may result in the inhibition of normal activity, cause metabolic or skeletal defects, chronic lameness and pain, increased mortality or other welfare problems.

SPCA advocates that all farmed animals be handled using low-stress, force-free handling techniques.

​SPCA supports farming systems that provide goats with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met.