B - Farm Animals
RSPCA Policy B1 Farm animals – general principles
1. 1 RSPCA Australia advocates for the humane treatment of all farm animals (domesticated animals raised for the purpose of producing food and fibre).
RSPCA Policy B2 Training and competency
2. 1 RSPCA Australia recognises that good stockpersonship, i. e.
RSPCA Policy B3 Environment and housing
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.
RSPCA Policy B4 Handling husbandry and management
4. 1 RSPCA Australia believes that farm animal handling, husbandry and management practices must provide for the behavioural, social and physiological needs of the individual animal and not cause pain, injury, suffering or distress. 4.
RSPCA Policy B5 Breeding of farm animals
5. 1 RSPCA Australia is opposed to the genetic selection of traits for enhanced production capacity where this causes or predisposes the animal to poor welfare, including metabolic or skeletal defects, chronic lameness or pain 5.
RSPCA Policy B6 Transparency auditing and traceability
6. 1 RSPCA Australia encourages farming enterprises to participate in independent audit schemes that improve animal welfare. 6.