All animals
Results 141-150 of 219, sorted by relevance
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Organised School and Community Events That Promote the Killing or Use of Dead Animals
SPCA advocates for children’s involvement in activities and experiences that help develop an understanding of and empathy for all animals.
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Pain and Distress in Research, Testing, and Teaching
SPCA advocates for continuous improvement in minimising pain and distress an animal experiences from their use in research, testing, and teaching.
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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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Patenting
SPCA opposes the patenting of animals where this leads to negative impacts on their welfare.
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Pest Control
SPCA values the lives of all animals and recognises that they are all equally deserving of protection from experiencing pain or distress.
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Pet Shops and the Online Retailers Selling Animals
SPCA supports pet shops and online retailers acting as a rehoming point for shelter animals, provided the animals’ physical, health and behavioural needs can be met. SPCA supports the rehoming of desexed, vaccinated and microchipped animals, as appropriate to the species and individual animal.
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Pet-friendly Communities
SPCA supports initiatives which make communities more pet friendly. This includes pet-friendly public transport, workplaces and cities.
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Pets as Presents/Animals as Gifts
SPCA advocates that when animals are given to a recipient as a gift, the recipient should have expressed an ongoing interest in being an animal owner and be able 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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Pets in Costumes
SPCA is concerned about the practice of dressing pets up in novelty costumes.
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Petting Zoos / Animal Encounters / Agriculture Days / A & P Shows
SPCA advocates for human-animal interactions that promote a Good Life where the animal experiences positive welfare and where the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animals are met before, during, and after the event.
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