2012 Press Releases

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9 May 2012 - SPCA Puts High Animal Welfare Firmly on the Menu at Wellington Food Show

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The SPCA is set to put high animal welfare firmly on the menu at their SPCA Blue Tick stand (Wellington Food Show Westpac Stadium, 11-13 May 2012) in a bid to raise awareness that there are humanely farmed egg and meat products that consumers can choose to cook with, and why.

28 March 2012 - Pets Used as Pawns in Domestic Violence

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'Pets as Pawns' was commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in partnership with Women's Refuge. It underlines the strong link between animal cruelty and domestic and family violence in New Zealand.

'Pets as Pawns' Research Report 2012

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7 March 2012 - SPCA Says Cage Free Barn is Cheaper than Colony Cages

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The SPCA is asking battery hen farmers to consider converting to barn housing for layer hens as a cage-free farming option.

22 February 2012 - SPCA says 'Free Range' is no guarantee of good welfare

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Recently a free-range layer hen farm in Martinborough was abandoned by the farmers. Many hens were left neglected, to fend for themselves. The SPCA wants to alert New Zealand consumers that term “free-range” is no guarantee of good animal welfare but simply a marketing term.