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RSPCA creates approved farming scheme

Posted on June 17, 2009, 10:10am

Producers and licensees can now apply to be part of the new RSPCA “Approved Farming Scheme”, a program endorsing welfare-friendly egg and pork production.

It replaces the former RSPCA accreditation scheme and covers eggs and pork that have been produced to the RSPCA’s high animal welfare standards.

“Egg producers or pig farmers whose farms meet RSPCA standards can join as can companies marketing products supplied by RSPCA approved producers,” RSPCA Australia chief executive Heather Neil said.

“Since the RSPCA launched its accreditation scheme in the mid 1990s, consumer awareness of welfare-friendly products has increased rapidly. Demand for these products is only going to grow.

“We’re already seeing major hotel chains and restaurants in Australia making the conscious decision to stop using cage eggs so demand has certainly shifted beyond the grocery store.

“Our refreshed RSPCA approved farming scheme comes after an exhaustive review of our standards for both layer hens and pigs.

“These standards are much higher than those required by law or recommended by model codes of practice, but they are also practical and considerate of the commercial realities of large-scale egg and pork production.

“Importantly, on RSPCA approved farms, animals are kept in a way that allows them to express their full range of natural behaviours.”

Ms Neil said battery cages and sow stalls were not allowed and stocking densities considered the animal’s behavioural, physiological and social needs.

“Products endorsed by the RSPCA are stamped with the RSPCA Paw of Approval so consumers can easily identify eggs and pork from these high welfare farming systems,” she said.

All the information producers and licensees need to join the scheme is available online at www.rspca.org.au.

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2 Responses to “RSPCA creates approved farming scheme”

  1. Fenris on June 18th, 2009 2:14 am 1

    Wonder if the RSPCA Australia will run their scheme as well as RSPCA UK does theirs?

    Take a look at http://cheetah.webtribe.net/~animadversion/freedomfood.htm for the real horrors of their higher welfare schemes.

  2. Tractor on June 18th, 2009 1:21 pm 2

    This is another RSPCA grab for more power and $.

    RSPCA Qld incorporated in December 1999 and are a business trading in pets — Federal Court Decision.

    RSPCA Qld have police powers to seize property using warrants and charge people under the Justices Act. Defendant’s Negotiated settlements can be payments of as much as $300,000. This is the worst sort of corruption. Enter a person’s property, take their property then make them pay such that they lose their home and everything they worked for and accumulated in their long hard working lives. Google “ruth downey” or “rspca dark side”.

    This RSPCA “approved farming scheme” will creat more opportunities for RSPCA to exploit their Policing Powers for $. This should be a warning to every farmer — do not participate, it will make you vulnerable to being exploited by RSPCA for $hundreds of thousands.

    RSPCA a private business has corrupted government into giving them an Act of Parliament to administer without any supervision — The Animal Care and Protection Act 2001. Google “Stanford prison experiment” to see what happens to a small group given policing powers without supervision — they go rogue. Then Google “rspca corruption” or “ruth Downey” or “rspca poodles” or “rspca dark side” to learn how rogue RSPCA have become. RSPCA is a “Stanford Prison Experiment” with a money motive let loose on the community by Government. It will fail and eventually be revealed as corruption of the worse type. Google “flying pig” to see how ridiculously and extreme RSPCA are in their abuse of their power.

    With Ruth Downey they shot and killed her healthy cows, many were feeding calves and there was hay there to feed them, then had her found guilty of animal cruelty and fined Ruth Downey $300,000.

    RSPCA Qld kill 12,000 dogs a year and say they care for animals. There are cases where RSPCA have seized every animal owned and cared for by an old lady, killed all of them, then charged her with animal cruelty and negotiated out of court settlements where RSPCA get a $200,000 payment. A corruption of the worse type condoned and supported by State Governments.