Animals in the Wild
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Animals in the Wild (General)
SPCA is concerned with the welfare of wild animals, both native and introduced.
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Aquatic Crustaceans Caught and Used for Food
SPCA advocates that wild, aquatic crustaceans, including crayfish, crabs, and lobsters, caught for food must be treated humanely at all times.
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Avian Botulism
SPCA advocates for increased protection of wildlife at risk to welfare harms from avian botulism. Avian botulism is a naturally occurring disease cycle, however, human activity is also a contributing factor to the frequency and severity of outbreaks.
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Casualty Wildlife
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.
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Commercial Fishing
SPCA supports ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management that identify effects on ecosystems and the welfare of target and non-target species.
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Conservation
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.
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Deliberate Spread of Viruses or Other Biological Control Methods
SPCA advocates for the use of methods of population control that minimise the negative welfare harms caused to targeted and non-targeted animals. SPCA opposes the use of viruses or other biological control methods that cause welfare harm to control animal populations.
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Destruction or Disruption of the Natural Environment
SPCA advocates for an animal welfare impact assessment for any activity that may cause negative welfare impacts to wildlife, including damage to the environment itself, e.g., the pollution of land, air, or water.
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Eels
SPCA advocates for the humane slaughter of eels. SPCA advocates that all eels must be unconscious for the duration of desliming or killed before they are deslimed.
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Feeding Wild Birds
SPCA advocates for people to engage in activities that respect wild bird welfare, including their health, and the health of their environments.
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