SPCA New Zealand
Animal Advocacy

Position Statements

All animals

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  • Commissioner for Animals
    SPCA supports the call for an independent Commissioner for Animals to ensure effective oversight of the animal welfare system.
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  • Companion Animal Dentistry
    SPCA advocates for regular dental check-ups for companion animals by a veterinarian or board-certified veterinary dentist
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  • Companion Animal Nutrition
    SPCA advocates that animals are provided with appropriate diet in a manner which provides a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met.
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  • Companion Animals (General)
    SPCA advocates that all animals kept for companionship are provided with suitable shelter, exercise, companionship (where appropriate), veterinary treatment, and food and water to provide a Good Life with positive experiences and meet their physical, health and behavioural needs.
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  • Companion Birds
    SPCA advocates that birds 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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  • Companion Rabbits
    SPCA advocates for a Rabbit Code of Welfare.
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  • Competitive and Fundraising Events
    SPCA advocates for organisational responsibility for competitive and fundraising events to ensure that all animals involved have a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and have their physical, health, and behavioural needs met.
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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 conservation activities include an animal welfare assessment.
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  • Consumption of Animal Products
    SPCA aims to work collaboratively with industry and Government to achieve high welfare standards for farmed animals reared for food in New Zealand.
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  • Culling of Male Chicks
    ​SPCA opposes the routine killing of male chicks in the layer hen industry.
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