Get Involved with the RSPCA!
Great ways you can help the RSPCA and animals
Visit RSPCA Kids at http://www.rspca.org.au/kidsworld to learn more about the RSPCA and helping animals
Paw Prints Club
RSPCA Paw Prints Club - The Club for kids who love animals!
As a Paw Prints Club member you will receive four Paw Prints magazines a year. Each magazine is bursting with animal news, features, celebrity interviews, games and fabulous competitions!
We'll update you on the latest animal news and issues and provide you with the very best in pet care information. Write into us with your pet questions, tell us about your pets and draw some pictures for our Paw Prints Pin Board section.
When you join up and pay your membership fee of $20.00
- A Paw Prints Baseball Cap
- Paw Prints Stickers
- A Paw Prints Bookmark
- A Personalised Birthday Card on your Birthday
- A Paw Prints Certificate
- The latest Paw Prints Magazine!
Each issue we have a Creature Feature that tells you all about a type of animal including: Enormous Elephants, Powerful Polar Bears, Parading Penguins and....Lethal Lions: Did you know that lions lives in prides? That males have manes to protect them from bites and claws? That lions cubs open their eyes after about 3 to 11 days? Find out all about lions in this edition of Paw Prints.
We like to chat with your favourite celebrities and find out about their love of animals and their own pets! Did you know Dr Harry, from Harry's Practice doesn't like crocodiles as they are unpredictable and have bad breath! That neighbours star / singer Delta Goodrem has two Golden Retriever dogs called Maverick and Mitzy? Or that radio host Jackie O bought her dog Molly from a pound.
Each edition we like to talk to people that have jobs with animals, and find out about what they do. So far we have talked to RSPCA Veterinarians, Veterinary Nurses, Animal Attendants, Wildlife Carers with many more to come.
Each year when you renew your membership, we'll send you a surprise present!
Each year when you renew your membership, we'll send you a surprise present! So what are you waiting for? Join now! To become a member fill in your details via the online form and we will post you an application form.
http://www.rspca.org.au/kidsworld/Pawprints-Club.html
Kids Can Help
There are many ways in which you can help the RSPCA, no matter how old you are.
In your community:
- Watching out for animals in your community;
- Encourage other kids not to be mean to animals;
- Reporting animal cruelty to your parents or the RSPCA, if you see it happening; and
- Looking after your own pet by giving it attention, love, proper food and exercise.
At your school
Ask your teacher to invite an RSPCA Education Officer to visit your class. Our officers love to visit schools to talk about the work of the RSPCA and how to look after animals well.
Events
Million Paws Walk
Why not enter a team of people into the once-a-year Million Paws Walk?
The Million Paws Walk is held in May each year at around 60 sites around Australia, with tens of thousands of people and their pets participating. As well as organising the walk, many sites also provide entertainment, displays, stalls, vet checks and a host of other activities. The Million Paws Walk is a great day out for all and an important fundraising event for the RSPCA. Funds raised through entry fees and the sale of merchandise help assist the RSPCA to operate its animal shelters, support its Inspectorate services and provide community education on animal welfare issues.
This year's event promises to be the best ever. The Million Paws Walk website is a great place to learn more about this exciting event.
RSPCA Awareness Week
RSPCA Awareness Week takes place each year from 1-8 October.
These dates were chosen to incorporate World Animal Day on 4 October and World Farm Animals Day on 2 October.
RSPCA Awareness Week is a chance to celebrate the joy, compassion and understanding that animals bring to our world.
The Week also has a serious purpose, in raising awareness of the many valuable services the RSPCA provides to the community.
For more information see the RSPCA National site's RSPCA Awareness Week page
Happy Tails Day
Get behind a great cause and support Happy Tails Day 2009
We're celebrating our second Happy Tails Day and we hope to have as many people as possible wearing plush tails and ears to show they care about animals and support the work of the RSPCA.
To learn more about this fun event and to get involved go the Happy Tails Day Page on the RSPCA National website
Fundraising
RSPCA cares for thousands of lost, abused and abandoned animals each year. Receiving less than 2% government funding, RSPCA depends on the generous support of the Queensland community. Your donations help RSPCA provide veterinary care, animal ambulances, cruelty inspectors and humane education across the state. Most importantly, donations help us look after the daily needs of the animals in our care.
The RSPCA also has lots of things you can buy, such as gifts and even membership to the Paw Prints Club - so these are presents you might like for Christmas or your birthday, that will also help the RSPCA at the same time!
Campaigns - changing people's ideas about animals
Help us tell people about animal welfare.
To learn more about current campaigns in Australia go to the RSPCA Australia Campaign Overview Page. Please see the 'How to Help' section for each campaign to find out how you can support the RSPCA in helping 'all creatures great and small'.
Quit Stalling
The real story about pigs
Pigs are thought of by lots of people as dirty, greedy animals who are not very smart.
But guess what? None of these things is true!
Let's take a look at the real facts about pigs.
Find out the real story about pigs (PDF 300K)
Fair Go for Farm Animals
Download the Battery Hens Campaign Poster (604kb)
Download the Intensive Farming Campaign Poster (3.5mb)
Download the Live Exports Campaign Poster (3.5mb)
For More Detailed Information
There are many more ways you can help us to continue our lifesaving work for animals. Go to the RSPCA Australia website to find more suggestions for how you can get involved.Without support from the public, our job would be impossible. We greatly appreciate the kindness of people like you taking the time to help All Creatures Great and Small.