Farmed Animals
Results 31-40 of 49, sorted by relevance
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Octopus Farming
SPCA opposes octopus farming due to welfare concerns and a lack of evidence that intensive farming systems can provide octopuses with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met.
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Painful Husbandry Practices
SPCA advocates for farming practices which avoid the need for painful husbandry procedures by providing sufficient living space and appropriately enriched environments.
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Preventative Health Care and Responsible Antimicrobial Use
SPCA supports the minimisation of disease risk through keeping animals in high welfare conditions that promote their immunity and by breeding farmed animals for natural immunity.
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Quail
SPCA opposes the farming of quail within cages.
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Saleyards
SPCA advocates for animals to travel directly from farm-to-farm or from farm-to-slaughterhouse rather than via saleyards.
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Shade and Shelter
SPCA advocates for unrestricted access to shade and shelter for all pastorally farmed animals.
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Shearing (Including Crutching and Dagging)
SPCA acknowledges the importance of shearing for the welfare of sheep and other farmed species selected for fibre production.
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Slaughter
SPCA advocates that only humane methods of slaughter must be used.
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Social Bonds
SPCA advocates for farming practices in which animals are kept in stable, long-term social groups throughout their lives whenever possible.
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Stunning and Slaughter of Farmed Fish
SPCA advocates for the humane stunning and slaughter of farmed fish.
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