RSPCA Made Five Pledges to Improve Animal's Lives | Pet's Health

The RSPCA have made five pledges to improve animal?s lives over the next five years by tackling the root causes of poor welfare, cruel treatment and neglect. The pledges will enable them to measure the real effect they are having on the lives of animals

Pledge 1

To end the over population of companion animals and tackle the related issues.

Too many animals are bred without thought for their future and often eventual owners cant prepare for their needs; they end up abandoned or in the care of a charity. The RSOCA want to see fewer abandoned stray dogs, cats and rabbits taken into their centres and fewer on the waiting lists as their centres are full.

They will educate prospective pet owners, work to improve internet selling policies, promote neutering, work with governments to help improve standards for dogs breeding and reduce the number of dogs that are coming onto the market. They will improve information to help the pet owners and encourage them to re-home pets.

Pledge 2

To end the euthanasia of any re-homable animal.

Too many animals and too few homes mean that sometimes animals cannot be re-homed. The charity have no option but to put them to sleep, and despite the trend over the past twenty years going down, in 2010 33 percent more dogs were euthanased than the year before.

Pledge 3

To increase the proportion of animals reared under higher welfare systems in the UK.

Te UKs inadequate and often ineffectively enforced animal welfare laws can ensure good quality of life for all farm animals produced each year. The RSPCA want to see continued rises in the proportion of those reared under higher welfare conditions, more shops and caterers supplying products from these animals and more consumers buying higher welfare products,

They want to tackle the barriers that stop people buying higher welfare foods, including better product labelling, and encourage retailers and shoppers to opt for higher welfare products such as the RSPCA?s freedom food label.

Pledge 4

To reduce the number of animals in the UK who undergo secure suffering when used in experiments.

The level of pain or distress suffered by animals used in experiments is, under UK law, classified as mild, moderate or substantial. Any level of suffering is a concern, but ending sever suffering is a top priority.

Pledge 5

To reduce the number of exotic animals kept as pets and increase their humane care.

Animals, such as reptiles, are being caught in the wild and transported long distances in unacceptable conditions to be sold in the UK. People choose to home exotic pets without realising they can be difficult to care for, live a long time and need specialist care. The RSPCA plan to raise awareness and ensure that these animals are kept as safely as possible.

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