General welfare policies and position statements

The resources on this page focus on general welfare.

For suggestions and updates to any content, please contact nzva@vets.org.nz.

Euthanasia

• Policy: Avian patient euthanasia

• Policy: Dog and cat euthanasia

• Position Statement: Stray cat euthanasia or destruction

Feral animal control

• Policy: Wild and feral mammal control

• Position Statement: 1080 use for pest control

Policies

• Fitness for transport

• Cryptorchid castration

• Electroimmobilisation

• Pain and its alleviation

• Surgical alteration to the natural state of animals

• Veterinary clinical research

Position statements

• Fireworks
• Rodeo
• Sentience
• One Health