The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme standards are developed and reviewed by RSPCA Australia’s science team. The standards are informed by animal welfa...
The RSPCA’s Approved Farming Scheme standards go beyond legal requirements. See what the RSPCA’s animal welfare standards mean for each animal, an...
Australians are driving change for some of our country’s most intensively farmed animals, simply through their purchasing decisions. Companies that ...
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...
Calves raised for veal usually grow up on specialist calf-rearing properties, where they are reared in groups in sheds (with access to the outdoors or...
Veal is the meat from young dairy, beef, or dairy-cross-beef calves. Male dairy or dairy-cross calves don’t produce milk, so they aren’t required ...
Raising non-replacement dairy calves for veal or beef, that would otherwise be considered a by-product of the dairy industry and destined for slaughte...
While the majority of Australian dairy cows spend most of the day on pasture, the RSPCA is concerned about welfare issues in the dairy industry, inclu...
The nature of beef and lamb farming in Australia means that animals generally aren’t affected by the same welfare concerns related to behavioural re...
Maintaining good fish welfare by protecting farmed Atlantic salmon from predators, such as seals and sea birds is critical to the RSPCA Approved Farmi...
Aquaculture companies producing certified RSPCA Approved salmon in addition to meeting government regulations, must demonstrate ongoing compliance wit...
Salmon reared on farms by Producers that have RSPCA Approved certification swim in oxygen-rich water with plenty of space to swim effortlessly. Salmon...