POLICY

• CAPTIVE ANIMALS – The Council is opposed to any degree of confinement or the use of any animal in sport, entertainment or exhibition likely to cause distress or suffering or which may adversely affect the animal’s welfare. This includes wild animals in circuses and travelling menageries.
• EQUESTRIAN DISCIPLINES – The Council opposes any practices that cause unnecessary suffering to equine albeit during training or during the actual event. The Council opposes horse racing in any form.
• HUNTING AND FISHING – The Council does not believe that sport justifies causing suffering to animals and therefore is opposed to the hunting or fishing of any animal, recreation or entertainment.
• RODEOS – The Council is opposed to rodeos and animal chases.
• ANIMAL COMBAT – The Council is opposed to the use of animals in any form of combat whether against man or animal.
• BLOOD SPORT – The Council is opposed to any degree of pain and suffering or distress on any animal in the name of sport and/or human entertainment.
• DOG RACING – The Council is opposed to the reintroduction of dog racing.
• CONCERN – The Council is particularly concerned as to what happens to the numerous animals that have outlived their usefulness in the fields of sport and racing.