All animals
Results 131-140 of 197, sorted by relevance
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Patenting
SPCA opposes the patenting of animals where this leads to negative impacts on their welfare.
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Performing Animals
SPCA advocates for human animal interactions that promote the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animal before, during, and after the performance.
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Pest Control
SPCA values the lives of all animals and recognises that they are all equally deserving of protection from experiencing pain or distress.
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Pet Shops and the Online Retailers Selling Animals
SPCA supports pet shops and online retailers acting as a rehoming point for shelter animals, provided the animals’ physical, health and behavioural needs can be met. SPCA supports the rehoming of desexed, vaccinated and microchipped animals, as appropriate to the species and individual animal.
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Pet-friendly Communities
SPCA supports initiatives which make communities more pet friendly. This includes pet-friendly public transport, workplaces and cities.
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Pets as Presents/Animals as Gifts
SPCA advocates that when animals are given to a recipient as a gift, the recipient should have expressed an ongoing interest in being an animal owner and be able 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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Pets in Costumes
SPCA is concerned about the practice of dressing pets up in novelty costumes.
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Petting Zoos / Animal Encounters / Agriculture Days / A & P Shows
SPCA advocates for human-animal interactions that promote a Good Life where the animal experiences positive welfare and where the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animals are met before, during, and after the event.
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Pinch and Prong Collars
SPCA opposes the production, importation, sale, or use of pinch and prong collars due to the pain and distress they cause to animals.
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Poisons
SPCA advocates that only methods that minimise negative welfare harms caused to targeted and non-targeted animals be used to kill animals. SPCA opposes the current use of poisons to kill animals because of the level of pain and distress caused to animals.
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