Healthy habitats are important for wild animal welfare. The welfare of wild animals is directly impacted by their ability to use their habitat to express important behaviours such as resting, sleeping, exploring, building nests, rearing offspring, and social interactions. Wild animals need healthy habitats to find appropriate amounts and types of food and maintain their physical health.

SPCA is concerned with the welfare of wild animals, both native and introduced.

SPCA advocates for the protection of wild animals from human actions that compromise their welfare.

SPCA opposes inflicting avoidable pain and distress upon wild animals.

Where the capture or killing of wild animals is permitted, this must only be performed using methods that minimise negative impacts on animal welfare.

Wild animals, in this context, refers to animals that are not domesticated.