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SPCA advocates for an end to the beak trimming of poultry.

SPCA supports the minimisation of disease risk through keeping animals in high welfare conditions that promote their immunity and by breeding farmed animals for natural immunity.

SPCA aims to work collaboratively with industry and Government to achieve high welfare standards for farmed animals reared for food in New Zealand.

SPCA advocates that animals must only be kept in zoological institutions if they are provided with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health, and behavioural needs are met.

SPCA advocates for animals to be provided with a properly fenced area which allows them to have a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health, and behavioural needs are met.

SPCA opposes the use of live animals as bait or a lure for the purpose of baiting and training because of the negative welfare impacts on the bait animal.

​SPCA advocates for the horse sport and entertainment industries to improve practices to provide horses with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and meet the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the horses for the whole of their life. SPCA supports the use of low-stress, force-free handling and training techniques for horses in sport and entertainment. SPCA supports housing of horses which allows them to meet their physical and behavioural needs.

SPCA advocates for human animal interactions that promote the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the animal before, during, and after the performance.

SPCA advocates for deliberate decision-making for animal ownership and that animals must only be kept as companions when a person has the knowledge, ability, and means to provide a Good Life and meet their physical, health, and behavioural needs.

SPCA advocates that police officers use properly trained handlers to pacify or safely contain animals.