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RSPCA backs independent panel recommendation to end battery cages

Wednesday, 23rd June 2021

RSPCA Australia has welcomed the Independent Panel on Poultry Welfare’s draft recommendations to phase out battery cages for layer hens in Australia.

Cheeky Chooks in the classroom

Thursday, 5th March 2020

Australia’s most trusted animal welfare organisation is venturing into new technological territory to teach children about farm animal welfare, through the launch of its first online game

RSPCA calls for leadership as further delays to finalising national poultry standards announced

Wednesday, 30th October 2019

A communique released following the Agriculture Ministers Forum (AGMIN) last week has confirmed that further delays in finalising the nation’s animal welfare standards for poultry can be

RSPCA urges Agriculture Ministers to put animal welfare top of the agenda

Thursday, 24th October 2019

Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of State, Territory and Federal Agriculture Ministers, the RSPCA is urging Ministers to prioritise major animal welfare concerns, including the plight of over

RSPCA calls for NSW Upper House to heed the evidence and phase out battery cages

Wednesday, 14th August 2019

The RSPCA will today give evidence to the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the use of battery cages in the egg industry, calling for the Select Committee to heed the overwhelming evidence that

RSPCA Australia Chair says animal welfare missing from ‘Animal Welfare Standards’ for chickens

Thursday, 30th November 2017

Respected former politician, lawyer and now Chair of RSPCA Australia Gary Humphries has voiced strong concerns about problems in the process used to develop new farming Standards and Guidel