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SPCA supports farming systems that provide crustaceans with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met.

SPCA opposes the amputation of velvet antler for commercial purposes.

SPCA supports housing systems that provide ducks and geese with a Good Life where they experience positive welfare and their physical, health and behavioural needs are met. For ducks and geese, this includes access to water to satisfy their water-related needs.

SPCA advocates that the need for electric prodding devices can be eliminated with appropriate handling and husbandry techniques and improved equipment and facilities.

SPCA advocates for farming systems that provide farmed animals with opportunities for positive mental experiences. This includes positive behavioural interactions and the ability to make choices, such as between indoor and outdoor access.

SPCA supports a move towards a farrowing system that protects the welfare of both the sow and the piglets.
SPCA opposes the use of farrowing crates, including temporary crating systems.

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

SPCA supports the rehabilitation of wild animals when there is a reasonable expectation that they will be successfully returned back into the wild.

SPCA believes humans have a duty of care to assist wild animals found in pain or distress as a direct consequence of a human activity or interference, or because of a natural disaster.

SPCA values New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and the welfare of all animals that call these places home. We advocate that animal welfare is critical to ensuring conservation goals and that all conservation activities include an animal welfare assessment.