No. Beak trimming – the partial removal of the tip of the beak – is sometimes referred to as ‘debeaking’, however at no time is the entire bea...
In addition to animal welfare improvements made through the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme, the RSPCA also engages directly with industry, retailers, f...
The RSPCA works to improve meat chicken welfare in a number of ways, including directly with government and industry, education, and public advocacy. ...
Consumers are increasingly wanting to know that the products they are buying meet their expectations for animal welfare. In fact now 56% of Australian...
Brands marketing products with RSPCA Approved certification must have traceability systems in place to ensure these products are clearly identified, k...
Unfortunately, there are common practices in livestock farming that don’t meet farm animals’ behavioural, social, or physiological needs but ...
You can see what happens on the farms we work with here....
Australians are driving change for some of our country’s most intensively farmed animals, simply through their purchasing decisions. Companies who r...
Pre-slaughter stunning is standard practice in the vast majority of Australian abattoirs producing halal-certified meat. But some halal and all kosher...
The RSPCA believes that humane killing is: ‘when an animal is either killed instantly or rendered insensible until death ensues, without pain, suffe...
The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standard for Meat Chickens sets specific requirements for the transportation, handling, stunning and slaughter of me...
The ways in which animals are slaughtered (killed for food) are different depending on the species. Find out more about the slaughter and killing of f...
