Animal welfare is important to our welfare

Agriculture Minister
David Carter
2 MAY, 2009
Animal welfare is important to our welfare

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here as the Minister of Agriculture to officially open the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' National Conference for 2009.

I always enjoy speaking at events in Canterbury, and in my home city of Christchurch. You'll be interested to know that Canterbury holds an important title that can't be taken away from us - it is home to the oldest SPCA branch in New Zealand.

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