SPCA Welcomes Government Support Of Bridges Animal Welfare Bill

The Royal New Zealand SPCA’s National Chief Executive, Robyn Kippenberger, has welcomed the Government’s adoption of M.P Simon Bridges’ Animal Welfare bill. “Cruelty to animals is not OK in any form and some of the cases that our Inspectors have been confronted with have been horrendous. We have been concerned for quite some time that the current three year penalty has not been sufficient to deal with the level of cruelty we have been seeing,” she says.

“We were extremely pleased when Simon Bridges came to our assistance with a private members bill and we are grateful that the government has decided to adopt the bill going forward.

“How we behave towards our animals is a reflection of the values of our society and this piece of legislation will form an important part of the bigger picture,” Robyn Kippenberger adds.

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