SPCA New Zealand
Animal Advocacy

Position Statements

All animals

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  • Fur Trapping
    SPCA is against trapping of wild animals for their fur.
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  • Game Birds
    SPCA supports the keeping of game birds provided they have a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health, behavioural needs are met.
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  • Goats
    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.
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  • Greyhound Racing
    SPCA advocates for the end of commercial greyhound racing in New Zealand, with a transition period to allow for rehoming of greyhounds currently in the industry.
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  • Groomers
    SPCA advocates for groomers to be independently inspected for compliance with welfare legislation.
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  • Grooming
    SPCA advocates for all companion animals to be regularly groomed, as appropriate for the species and coat type.
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  • Guard Dogs
    SPCA advocates that aggressive behaviour in dogs must not be encouraged as this poses a significant, avoidable, and indiscriminate risk to people and other animals. SPCA opposes the use of dogs specifically for the purposes of guarding commercial or private properties.
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  • Guinea Pigs
    SPCA advocates that guinea pigs must only be kept as companions when a person has the knowledge, ability, and means to provide them with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met.
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  • Handling of Farmed Animals
    SPCA advocates that all farmed animals be handled using low-stress, force-free handling techniques.
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  • Higher / Tertiary Education
    SPCA supports the inclusion of animal welfare science and ethics of animal use components in all higher education or vocational animal-related, farming, and biological science courses.
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