Articles tagged with 'Animal welfare policies'

3. 1 RSPCA Australia supports the development of compulsory nationally uniform minimum standards for the welfare of all animal species used, managed or controlled by humans. These should be supplemented where appropriate with best welfare practice guidelines. 3.

3. 1 The RSPCA advocates that acquiring a companion animal should be the result of careful planning (see A2). The prospective owners should have a clear understanding of the responsibilities involved for the animal’s lifetime. 3.

3. 1 RSPCA Australia believes that in all farming systems, animals must be provided with freedom of movement and the ability to satisfy their behavioural, social, and physiological preferences and needs.

3. 1 Animals should not be used for work if their physical and mental needs cannot be met and they can’t be provided with a good quality of life. 3. 2 Dogs should not be used for guarding premises because of inherent welfare risks and availability of alternatives (e.

3. 1 RSPCA Australia advocates that where animals are kept for use in research and teaching, the housing, husbandry, care and treatment of the animals is of a high standard to provide a good quality of life. 3.

3. 1 The RSPCA believes that humans have a moral responsibility to seek assistance, wherever possible, for individual wild animals who are found suffering for any reasons. 3. 2 Advice should be sought from a veterinarian where wild animals are found to be demonstrably sick/injured.

3. 1 The RSPCA is opposed to the export of live animals for slaughter.