What is veal? Veal is the meat from a younger animal of either a dairy breed, dairy crossbreed or beef breed. Dairy and...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for beef cattle? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for sheep? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
What are the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards for meat chickens? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. Through the Scheme the RSPCA...
What are the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards for turkeys? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. Through the Scheme the RSPCA...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for dairy calves raised for veal or beef? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
Why does the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme allow for beak trimming of hens? There are many types of bird-to-bird pecking that hens perform, some types can cause severe injuries to the birds. Injurious...
Why does the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme allow for beak trimming of turkeys? Beak trimming is a procedure that is used to avoid injuries from birds pecking each other, sometimes to death (cannibalism)....
What is the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
What are the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards for pigs? Through the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme the RSPCA works closely with farmers committed to raising pigs to higher animal welfare standards. Since releasing our first...
What are the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards for layer hens? Through the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme the RSPCA works closely with farmers committed to producing higher welfare cage-free eggs. Since...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for salmon? The RSPCA Standard for farmed Atlantic salmon focusses on ensuring good farming practices, fish handling, husbandry and management. For good...
How do RSPCA Approved salmon farms protect fish from predators, such as seals? In Tasmania, farmed Atlantic salmon may be vulnerable to attack by seals and sea birds. Maintaining good fish welfare by...
Do the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards for salmon address potential environmental impacts? Compliance with regulatory requirements in relation to environmental impact management and monitoring is a prerequisite of the RSPCA Approved Farming...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for dairy production? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
Does the RSPCA promote veganism or vegetarianism? When some people become aware of the realities of large-scale animal farming, they choose to become vegetarian or vegan. The...
Does the RSPCA have animal welfare standards for farmed fish? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme is Australia’s leading independent certification scheme focused on animal welfare. We work closely with farmers...
How are the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards developed? The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards focus on the welfare of animals farmed for food and are developed by RSPCA...
Where can I buy RSPCA Approved chicken, eggs, pork, turkey and salmon? RSPCA Approved chicken, eggs, pork, turkey and salmon come from animals raised to higher welfare standards as part of the...
What is induced moulting of layer hens? Induced moulting in the poultry industry involves artificially forcing hens to moult through manipulating their environment and diet to replicate...