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RSPCA WA (Inc.) is the state’s oldest, largest and leading animal welfare charity, dedicated to improving the lives of all animals throughout the state.

Our MissionTo improve the welfare of animals and ensure they are treated with dignity,

compassion and respect by providing leadership and quality services in collaboration with our stakeholders.

Our VisionCreating communities free of animal cruelty.

1 Freedom from hunger and thirst

2 Freedom from discomfort

3 Freedom from pain, injury and disease

4 Freedom to express normal behaviour

5 Freedom from fear and distress

We believe all animals deserve the five freedoms

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The extent to which politics intrudes into animal welfare is troubling. Last year, I reported on the RSPCA WA’s role in advocating against animal cruelty by opposing a push in the State Parliament by the Shooters and Fishers Party to allow amateur hunting of animals for sport on Crown Land. They were not successful and RSPCA WA supported the State Government’s view that such activities posed a risk to animal welfare and public safety.

It should therefore come as no surprise that the Shooters and Fishers Party joined forces with live animal export proponents and other vested interests to influence the Upper House of State Parliament into holding an inquiry into the operations of RSPCA WA.

Any organisation, particularly one in receipt of government funding, is at risk of such an inquiry and the $500,000 received annually by RSPCA WA from the State Government, a fraction of our $10 million annual operating budget, provided the questionable rationale in this case.

The inquiry got underway in the first part of the year and despite our strong belief that it was not justified, we responded in a responsible and transparent manner, providing all the information requested by the Committee and much more. The end result, delivered in May 2016, was a Majority Report by the three Committee members with vested interests which found nothing of substance in the RSPCA WA operations to complain about, even commending our community education programs on animal welfare and recommending that they continue.

Two members of the committee presented a Minority Report which made many positive findings including that “RSPCA WA is a modern professional charity whose fundraising activities are robust, vigorous and effective,” that “RSPCA WA general inspectors are highly trained and are to be commended on their performance” and public confidence in RSPCA WA is well placed because “in every respect, RSPCA WA meets the highest standards of accountability and transparency.” All five committee members recommended increased government funding for RSPCA WA. As the year drew to a close, we awaited the response of the State Government.

Despite dealing with the additional impost of the ongoing demands of the Parliamentary inquiry for most of the

year, RSPCA WA staff got on with the job expected of them by the community - protecting animals from cruelty, educating owners of animals, and prosecuting offenders.

Early in the year, a respected Perth market research firm was engaged to conduct a public opinion survey of West Australians’ attitudes and beliefs about animal welfare and RSPCA WA. We were delighted with the results. Three quarters of West Australians in both regional areas and Perth metro say animal welfare is important or extremely important to them and over 80% say the RSPCA is “integral” to animal welfare in Western Australia.

Everyone, including politicians, animal industries, governments and the public can be assured that RSPCA WA will always stand up without fear or favour on animal welfare issues and provide the independent, objective and knowledgeable voice the community has expected here in WA for more than 100 years.

Also during the year, a new Strategic Plan 2016-2021 was developed. Recognising the community demand for RSPCA WA services continues to grow, the plan is bold, ambitious and designed to expand RSPCA operations across the State to protect thousands more animals from cruelty and neglect.

A review into the administration of the Animal Welfare Act 2002 was commissioned by the Minister for Agriculture and RSPCA WA participated and made a submission. In December, we largely welcomed the recommendations which were mostly common sense and supported our submission. I am cautiously optimistic that the recommendation to review and update the Act will provide animals with better protection from cruelty.

In addition to the political matters, as in any year, there were countless animal welfare issues with one stand out event, the bushfires that devastated Yarloop and a large part of the South West.

The fire burned for days and when it was finally extinguished, the full extent of the animal welfare consequences were laid bare as the blackened earth. Badly burned livestock and wildlife needed urgent help as did the many animals and their owners stranded without food, water and assistance.

The year was an exceptional one dealing with the demands of a Parliamentary Inquiry while working hard to protect even more animals from cruelty.

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As always, RSPCA WA Inspectors were ready to help. For eight days, Inspectors worked in the fire zone alongside staff from vet clinics and volunteer rescue groups caring for sick and injured animals. Many residents had stayed and fought the blaze refusing to leave their animals. This story is special - an older gentleman stayed and placed his dog, galah and pet goat in his truck. He tied his cow to the truck and hosed them all down as the fire raged. When our Inspectors arrived with food and water, he explained that his animals were his family.

It is this and many similar stories that show animals are important to West Australians and the work of RSPCA WA is valued by the community. It’s great to know that what we do really does make a difference.

During the year, the NSW Government established a Special Commission of Inquiry headed by the Honourable Michael McHugh AC QC to inquire into greyhound racing. In June, Commissioner McHugh provided his report which recommended that Parliament should consider whether the industry had lost its “social licence” to operate and should be shut down, given the serious animal welfare issues revealed. As the year drew to a close, the NSW Government was considering the report and subsequently shut down the industry in that State.

In WA, RSPCA WA continues efforts to work with the industry’s governing body Racing and Wagering WA (RWWA) however we remain concerned about the secrecy around numbers of dogs bred, numbers re-homed and the fate of dogs within the industry. I will update you on developments in the coming year.

Overall, the year has been particularly demanding and I sincerely thank my fellow Board members, all of the staff, led by our CEO David van Ooran, and our wonderful volunteers for your never-ending commitment to animal welfare and to our organisation. Finally, a special thank you to RSPCA WA’s tens of thousands of financial supporters who help us to save the lives of so many animals.

Lynne Bradshaw RSPCA WA President

RSPCA WA Board MembersLynne Bradshaw (President)

Ian Cowie PSM (Vice President)Megan Dare

Michelle MackenzieGiselle di San Marzano

Graeme BodenPamela HassAlwyn Vorster

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It seems that every year I report that our organisation has never been busier and that was certainly the case again for 2015/16. During the year, we continued to receive a high number of cruelty reports, more investigations were undertaken compared to the previous year, activity at the Animal Care Centre increased and we extended the reach of our animal welfare education programs to more areas of the State, particularly those where there are high numbers of cruelty reports.

Financial resources were invested in a number of key areas including community education and advocacy work. We expanded our ability to be both proactive and responsive to an increasing number of inquiries from the news media about a wide range of animal welfare issues. And our community reach was extended through investment in media coverage of animal welfare issues in regional areas and in greater use of social media and digital marketing. We also invested in a redesign of the RSPCA WA website to make it more user friendly and informative.

A major investment was made in the professional development of the RSPCA WA Inspectorate who are at the front line of our fight to protect animals from cruelty. All Inspectors received advanced rescue training and completed their Diploma in Government Investigations. This, and ongoing training, ensures our Inspectors are skilled to work effectively in the difficult environment in which they operate. I’m proud to say we have a team of incredibly well trained Inspectors whose work in preventing animal cruelty and prosecuting offenders is without doubt first class.

The Inspectorate workload continues to increase. During the year, we received 15,263 reports to the 24 hour cruelty line, between 40 to 50 each day, and our team of Inspectors investigated 6,321 complaints. These involved more than 2,000 cruelty concerns about livestock including horses, sheep, pigs, poultry and goats as well as over 4,000 involving domestic animals, wildlife and animals in sport and recreation.

The year also saw an increase in activity at the Animal Care Centre with more animals in need of care than in the previous year. With an increase in the number of animals adopted from the shelter, the number of animals desexed

more than doubled and veterinary consultations and procedures also increased significantly.

In November, we opened our new state of the art Cattery which relieved some of the pressure on the shelter. Since it opened, the facility has enabled us to help three times as many cats as we were able to help before.

We also undertook upgrades to existing facilities including new shade sails for dog exercise areas and new paddock fencing to enable better accommodation of livestock such as horses, sheep and pigs. The new fencing was timely as the year also saw us undertake our largest ever horse rescue.

It is clear that West Australians are increasingly aware of animal welfare issues and concerned about cruelty and neglect of animals. Therefore, we can expect demand for RSPCA WA services to continue to grow and during the year we embarked on a process to develop a strategic plan to guide the development of our organisation in coming years.

The resulting Strategic Plan 2016 - 2021 is a bold vision for the future outlining the path to transform our organisation to meet the expectations of the community that RSPCA WA will continue to deliver an excellent standard of service in all aspects of our work. The Plan focuses on growing our capacity to protect more animals from cruelty and care for more animals in need while increasing our supporter base. In the latter part of the year, we began implementing the plan and I look forward to reporting on progress in 2016/17.

Finally, I would like to thank our Board members led by President Lynne Bradshaw for their commitment to our organisation and all our staff at RSPCA WA for your unwavering sense of purpose as we work together with our volunteers, sponsors, donors and partners to protect animals from cruelty.

David van Ooran CEO RSPCA WA

Demand for RSPCA WA services continued to grow throughout the year and we responded by increasing capacity to help even more animals than in the previous year.

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EducateCommunity education is the key to preventing animal cruelty and neglect.

RSPCA WA uses a wide range of activities to increase community knowledge and empathy towards animals and their needs including Community Action Days, group presentations, partnerships with agencies to help us engage with difficult to reach communities and via daily Inspectorate activities.

During the year, our community outreach activities grew with the number of Community Action Days and people attending increasing, reaching more people in communities experiencing high levels of animal cruelty in both metro and regional areas.

The Community Action Days provide localised and easily accessible support and advice to pet owners on how to meet the needs of their pets. Assistance through the provision of free vet consultations, worming and flea treatments as well as donated pet food potentially reduce situations of unintentional neglect. Community Action Days were held in Balga, Gosnells, Ellenbrook, Beaconsfield and on three occasions in Northbridge with a further two in the regional areas of Broome and Kalgoorlie.

In Broome, over 200 pet owners attended along with their animals and over 150 sought assistance and advice about their pets at the Kalgoorlie Community Action Day.

The Gosnells Community Action Day was very well

attended. RSPCA WA Inspectors receive a high number of cruelty complaints from Gosnells and surrounding suburbs so it was very pleasing when over 250 people and their pets turned out to learn more about how to care for animals and receive free vet consultations with assistance from South Metropolitan TAFE.

The Northbridge Community Action Days were held to support the homeless community and their pets and were assisted through a new strategic partnership with The Salvation Army. The involvement of The Salvation Army provided the link for establishing trust with homeless people and RSPCA WA plans to hold more events in the future. In the meantime, we continue to supply The Salvation Army with donated pet food, medications and blankets to distribute to homeless pet owners.

School visits continued and, with volunteer support, we were able to reach 3000 young people with presentations on animal welfare.

Our Junior Ambassador Scheme continued to recognise children and young people who are role models amongst their peers for promoting animal welfare and the Five Freedoms for animals.

Seven-year-old Spencer Parrott became our newest Junior Ambassador joining our three Junior Ambassadors from Broome who were appointed in 2015. Spencer raised

over $7,000 for the Australian Animal Cancer Foundation, after his eight month old puppy Molly was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We shared Spencer’s heartbreak over the sad news about Molly and we also appreciate and share his enthusiasm for helping other animals.

RSPCA WA Inspectors are also at the forefront of our education activities on a daily basis. The vast majority of cruelty reports investigated are resolved by education of the people in charge of the animals, not by prosecutions. There are many examples;

One regional primary school contacted their local RSPCA WA Inspector with concerns about some of the children using gings to target birds. Our Inspector, with the help of local wildlife experts visited the school with a number of birds to talk about and show the children. Since then, there have been no more incidents of birds being attacked with gings in that area.

In December, the Inspectorate received a report of a skinny dog at a property south of Perth. When our Inspector attended she found a very thin Shar Pei/Staffy cross named Karma.

Karma was so thin her ribs, spine and hips could clearly be seen. The owners, who were at the property, clearly loved Karma but said they were suffering financial hardship and could not afford to buy food for her.

Our Inspector gave the owners some food, wormers and flea treatments not only for Karma but also for their pet cat and continued to make follow up checks on them all. She also delivered a kennel for Karma which had been donated to RSPCA WA. After five months of regular inspections, Karma was given the all clear for the weight she had gained and she is now looking healthy and happy.

Thanks to RSPCA WA donors who enable the work of our Inspectors, a world of difference was made for this dog’s welfare and many others where the owners have found themselves in financial hardship.

Many people are finding it hard to meet the costs of feeding their animals properly and the Inspectors often find that animal owners are surprised that help is available from RSPCA WA. Inspectors are able to provide help with items such as food as well as providing them with knowledge and understanding of their animal’s needs.

RSPCA WA dog training classes provide a positive educational training experience for dogs and their owners and continue to be fully booked throughout the year with over 2200 people attending classes across the metro area.

“RSPCA WA’s education activities continue to be at the forefront of what we do. Our education activities aim to influence positive behaviour change

by people towards animals and animal welfare in the community.”

Nat Foster, RSPCA WA Community Outreach Coordinator


HANNAH AND SMARTIEHannah and Smartie were part of one of the largest rescues during the year when the pair, along with hundreds of their feathered friends, fell off the back of a truck.

About 100 chickens were killed in the incident with another 400 loose on the streets, many of them injured including Hannah. Inspectors were quickly on the scene and thanks to a great team effort from RSPCA vets and animal attendants, WA Police and members of the public, the roaming birds were captured and checked for injuries.

Hannah was among 19 birds deemed unfit for travel and safely transported via Animal Ambulance to the Animal Care Centre. Then, just as one of our Inspectors was about to leave the scene, she heard the sound of a roosting chicken near her vehicle. Close inspection revealed a little brown hen perched on the chassis underneath. The Inspector appropriately named her Smartie and she joined her injured friends being cared for at Malaga.

Hannah went on to make an excellent recovery and all 19 injured birds along with Smartie were rehomed.

HOUDINIIn many cases, the simple act of freeing a trapped animal which immediately alleviates its pain and fear makes rescue work a most gratifying job for Inspectors. That was the case for Houdini the cat who was found on a Saturday afternoon trapped in an engine of a car parked at a shopping centre.

Houdini was named by the Inspector who attended the scene for her extraordinary ability to wedge herself into the mechanical parts of a car rather than for her ability to execute sensational escape antics. Escaping was what she seemed unable to do.

Houdini had disappeared underneath a Ford Focus and although she had been heard meowing for hours, no-one could see her. As no-one had returned to the car, our Inspector contacted the WA Police and through the car registration, the owner was found working at the centre.

She returned to the car and opened the bonnet but still no sign of the kitty. The car owner allowed her car to be jacked up and for protective shields from the top and bottom of the engine to be removed. It was only then that the kitten, around 6 to 8 weeks old, was finally located and captured.

After a short stay while we tried unsuccessfully to find her owner, Houdini was rehomed to one of her rescuers and is now living a very active life as an inside cat.

VESPASometimes dogs find themselves in the most precarious of situations and so it was with Vespa the Doberman who was reported to be hanging from a fence.

No-one knows just how Vespa got into such a predicament but when our Inspector arrived at the scene in Kelmscott they found a very distressed dog with badly cut legs completely entangled in the wire fence.

With the help of some members of the pubic, our Inspector cut the wires and got Vespa out of the fence but the damage to her legs was severe and her wounds began to bleed profusely.

Immediate first aid and then urgent transport to the nearest vet saved Vespa’s life before transport to another vet clinic for the 24 hour care she needed. Vespa’s injuries were significant and at one stage it was feared that she may need a leg amputation. However, after a lengthy amount of bed rest with her owner she eventually healed well. Vespa is one lucky dog.

During the year, RSPCA WA Inspectors received between 40 to 50 calls for assistance each day.While most of these involve reports of cruelty and neglect, others involve reports of animals trapped in dire situations urgently in need of being rescued.

Our Inspectors are well equipped to handle almost any situation. During the year, they built on their already impressive skills by undertaking specialist rescue training including working at heights and using ladders, working in confined spaces and in gas affected environments.

This year, our Inspectors rescued 465 animals with 55, the highest number of rescues in a month, being undertaken in January. The animals involved included dogs, cats, sheep, goats, and in one case nine goldfish abandoned in a rental property in Bunbury. Here are just a few of their stories.

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McCAVITYIt’s not only our Inspectors who conduct lifesaving animal rescues. Everyone involved with RSPCA WA is ready to do whatever it takes to rescue an animal in need, even if that might mean dismantling their own home.

RSPCA WA President Lynne Bradshaw was certain she heard a cat meowing one Saturday night. As she didn’t own a cat, she thought she was dreaming.

But, on Sunday morning, the faint sound could still be heard. A search of the roof space found nothing. But, on Monday, the meowing was back but with a more distressed tone.

Our President called neighbours to assist in tracing the sound which was coming from inside a wall. Removal of tiles from the roof did not provide a clear view inside the wall cavity. The meowing however didn’t stop and our President called another neighbour who had tools and skills to make a hole in the wall of her house.

The original target area proved not to be the right place, so the hole had to be enlarged and resident Labradoodle Billi was employed to sniff out the exact location of the cat. Billi was spot on.

Another neighbour with thinner arms was called and she eventually managed to get hold of a leg of a kitten which was by now named McCavity.

But would McCavity survive after all this time in the wall?

A larger hole had to be made and the kitten was eventually extracted. McCavity was severely de-hydrated and near death. She was rushed to a vet for emergency treatment and then to the RSPCA WA’s Animal Care Centre where she spent some time before finding her new home.

Our President was left to repair a rather large hole in a wall of her home. But, the lasting impression of the incident was the “overwhelming and unquestionable desire by my friends and neighbours to get the poor creature out of that wall.”

It’s thanks to them all that McCavity has used up only one of her nine lives so far.

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THE O PUPPIESRSPCA WA works with many other organisations who share our vision of helping animals and protecting them from cruelty and neglect. And, it is thanks to a massive collaboration across thousands of kilometres that a starving mother dog and her eight pups were rescued and found new lives with loving owners.

A ranger from Halls Creek found the struggling little family near a remote community. Homeless with no food and eight pups to feed, the mother would not have lasted long without the help of the ranger. And so they began the long journey to their new futures. They travelled around 150kms from the remote community near Halls Creek to Warmun Community where the ranger was met by a vet nurse from Kimberley Vets who had travelled 150kms to meet the ranger and bring the family to Kununurra. At Kununurra they were all given veterinary treatment before being placed on a flight to Perth via Aeropets.

Once in Perth, they required extensive vet treatment at our Animal Care Centre after it was found they were suffering from a blood condition caused by parasites, most likely from tick bites. One of the puppies we named Olaf became very sick and required a lifesaving blood transfusion donated by Sooky who was also at the centre awaiting his new home.

Our staff monitored him intently as it was touch and go. The particular condition that was attacking Olaf’s immune system is known to cause sudden deterioration and can be fatal. We anxiously awaited a shipment of additional medication that had to come from the Eastern States in case it was needed for his treatment.

This story has a happy ending with all nine recovering well. The mum named Lilly and her eight pups who were named Olaf, Omara, Oscar, Olive, Olivia, Opal, Ocean and Olly all found new forever homes. And, Olaf’s saviour Sooky was also rehomed.

Many of the animals coming into the care and protection of RSPCA WA have suffered physical or mental trauma and they need extensive rehabilitation before they can recover from their past experiences and be ready for a new loving home.This year, 255 animals were placed with foster carers to ensure they received the very best help and supervision of their individual recovery programs.

ZEUSZeus, a three year old American Bulldog cross was rescued by an RSPCA WA Inspector after a member of the public reported seeing a dog with “every bone in his body visable”.

His owners surrendered Zeus as they said they couldn’t afford to feed him or get him the vet care he desperately needed. They were unable to explain why he was chained up to a clothes hoist in the middle of their large fenced backyard without any shelter.

Our Inspector immediately took Zeus to the Animal Care Centre where our vet team found he had a severe iron deficiency, flea infestation, anaemia, skin issues and testicular cancer. Zeus also had upper airway problems that left him with breathing difficulties and at times even caused him to collapse due to lack of oxygen.

Zeus was indeed in a bad way.

Zeus’ treatment program lasted many months initially to resolve his skin issues and iron deficiency. Then thanks to specialists at the Rivergum Vet clinic, Zeus received surgery to correct his airway problems.

Despite all of his past health issues and neglect, Zeus made an amazing recovery and was a beautiful calm and well-mannered dog who once he was rehabilitated, found his new loving home very quickly.

HORSE REHABILITATIONIn April, we undertook a large horse rescue when 56 mostly unhandled horses, 20 of them near death, were found neglected and starving on a property north of Perth. The horses included stallions, pregnant mares and foals.

The owners agreed to surrender the horses to RSPCA WA and a massive rescue operation involving our Inspectors, vets, volunteer horse handlers and a convoy of horse transporters swung into action with more than a dozen severely injured and sick transported to the Animal Care Centre. Nine stallions were taken straight to the Gingin Vet Clinic for urgent treatment.

The complex rescue operation was carried out with support from veterinary clinics as well as professional horse handlers and trainers. Many of these horses were severely dehydrated and so malnourished that their hip bones, spines and ribs were clearly visible.

Rehabilitation of the horses required intensive veterinary care and individual feeding programs with very close monitoring, given their fragile condition. Our veterinary team worked round the clock to nurse the sickest of the horses back to health.

They all needed extensive care and patience from their carers in the following months. Most were fearful of people handling them or even getting close to them however slowly they began to respond to their new surroundings and medical treatment.

All the horses have since found happy homes.

It is thanks to the financial support of so many donors that RSPCA WA is able to rehabilitate so many animals to enable them to find out what it’s like to enjoy life with new caring owners.

Olaf receiving a lifesaving blood transfusion

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SKYLAWhoever put little puppy Skyla in an old black bag, dumped her in the bush on a vacant block in Collie and left her for dead has no heart.

How many days she was there alone, hurt, starving and terrified we will never know. At just nine weeks old, this is how Skyla’s short life almost ended in misery. But lady luck arrived just in time.

Having had her car broken into days earlier, a local woman was searching nearby for her stolen belongings when she noticed the bag lying in the dirt and peeked inside. She was shocked to see Skyla’s terrified little eyes looking out, her tiny body shivering and deathly thin. It was obvious she was seriously ill and needed immediate help.

Her rescuer made a desperate call to Collie rangers who called RSPCA WA. Skyla’s life hung in the balance and her survival depended on emergency care. We made the

decision to rush her to Collie vets to stabilise her before bringing her back to our Animal Care Centre in Malaga to continue treatment.

When Skyla first arrived at RSPCA WA she struggled to walk. Her crooked front legs showed signs of deformity, most likely caused by severe malnutrition stopping the bones developing correctly. Was that why she was dumped? Or was it the badly infected abscess behind her jaw? Or perhaps her infected eyes?

Skyla was put on a drip for dehydration and given antibiotics. After a few weeks on a proper nutritional program, she put on weight and started to walk better and even play.

Skyla eventually made a full recovery and found a new loving home with a young couple who are totally smitten with her.

CARACara the cat was found at an industrial site in an outer Perth suburb. She was brought into RSPCA WA by an Inspector and was found to be suffering from congenital eye deformities. Our veterinary team realised Cara was totally blind and was in pain.

To relieve her pain Cara needed to undergo surgery to remove both of her eyes. Amazingly although she is totally blind, she is full of life and has a very sweet, playful nature. Cara was quick to learn new things and soon showed that playing with toys that made a noise was something she especially enjoyed and she captured the hearts of everyone in the team at our Animal Care Centre.

And Cara captured many more hearts. A post about her on the RSPCA WA Facebook page created almost unprecedented interest. Cara was rehomed to a loving family, who later, sent us this lovely message and photo:

“Hi everyone! Here is our gorgeous little Cara, the beautiful blind kitty we adopted from RSPCA Malaga last year. She adores my son and he adores her. She is an amazing little feline who has given us so much

joy and love this past year. Her disability of being blind has not stopped her in any way.”

We are so happy that Cara is doing well in her new home after such a rough and lonely start in life.

On average our Animal Care Centre provides care for over 200 animals per day.The animals we cared for included, cats, dogs, puppies, kittens, chickens, ducks, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, horses, goats, pigs and sheep. With our committed team of veterinarians, experienced staff, volunteers and foster carers, we are able to provide essential care, ranging from much needed nutrition and shelter, to behaviour training and veterinary care. Our veterinary clinic carried out 6,763 procedures including, desexing operations, microchipping, surgeries, blood tests and vaccinations.

RUSTYRusty the 18 year old Silky terrier was living a very lonely life in a small courtyard at the side of his owner’s home. Rusty was desperately in need of clipping, his coat was matted and filthy, he was underweight did not have any shelter or bedding aside from a damp cardboard box lined with wet towels.

His owner told our Inspector that she loved Rusty so she was given two small dog coats, several weeks’ worth of premium dog food and instructions on how to care better for him including providing shelter and regular grooming.

But, Rusty continued to suffer and our Inspector seized him and brought him to our Animal Care Centre. At his age and being a ‘senior’ dog everyone was worried about how he would respond to proper feeding and treatment. There was no need to worry. Rusty showed he is a champion senior dog! Despite needing surgery to remove several bad teeth he ate well and very quickly put on weight and showed his full of life personality.

No one has told Rusty he is a senior dog who deserves a quiet life after what he’s been through. When he recovered fully and was placed in foster care, he stole the heart of his foster carers and they adopted him. Rusty is proving it’s never too late and he’s now living life to the full in his new home playing with his new mate Pixie.

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Cara going home with her new family

Cara 1 year after her adoption


RehomeA big part of the work we do at RSPCA WA involves finding loving homes for the many animals needing a second chance in life. During the year, we rehomed 751 animals who found their way into our care. Some animals find their new forever homes quickly. But some that have been abused, neglected or abandoned and have suffered physical or psychological damage as a result, face a long journey from when they come to us and when they leave with their new people to start their lives all over again.

It is thanks to our wonderful veterinary team, animal attendants and our dedicated volunteers, foster carers and donors who financially support these animals while they are in our care, that they get the chance of a new loving home. Here are some of their stories.

CANDYCandy the cat was picked up by an RSPCA WA Inspector as a stray. She was suffering from severe injuries including multiple lacerations, possibly the result of a dog attack. One 15cm wound on her chest was particularly painful and deep and took quite some time to heal.

Once Candy’s physical injuries were dealt with and her beautiful Tortoiseshell coat regrew, we discovered her nature was to remain very aloof and reject our attempts to cuddle her. Candy was certainly no lap cat and refused to play with anyone who came to the cattery searching for their new feline friend. It was not that Candy was difficult, she just thought playing with people was beneath her.

We were certain that one day someone would fall in love with Candy as she was so beautiful and almost regal in her attitude. But months went by and visitors to the cattery preferred Candy’s shelter mates who played with them and purred lovingly in response to being stroked.

It took nine months, but we didn’t give up. Then one day, along came Carmel who saw in Candy what we had seen all this time, a beautiful proud creature. Carmel immediately fell in love with Candy and they became the purrrfect match. Candy settled in well with Carmel and even enjoys a belly rub and a purr on Carmel’s lap these days.

PENELOPEPenelope was brought in by a local Ranger, seemingly as a stray. We don’t know how she wound up alone, wandering the streets but she was heavily pregnant and clearing suffering from a nasty skin condition.

We were hopeful someone would be looking for this gorgeous mum to be but while we were waiting for her family to come forward, Penelope went into labour!

Our vet team were monitoring her closely but quickly determined she wasn’t going to be able to give birth naturally. They performed an emergency caesarean and she gave birth to four beautiful puppies. Sadly one was stillborn, but the surviving three pups were named Preston, Presley and Polly.

Penelope was later diagnosed with a skin condition called Demodex, which is caused by tiny mites under the skin. Many veterinarians believe all dogs have a small number of these mites residing in their skin but when immune related, nutritional, or environmental stresses are introduced, hair loss occurs causing the skin lesions from the mites to become visible.

Unfortunately Penelope couldn’t receive the necessary treatment for Dermodex while she was still feeding her puppies and as a result Preston, Presley and Polly all contracted the same condition.

As soon as the puppies were weaned, each one, including mum were placed in foster homes to start their recovery.

It took several months of dedication by their incredible foster carers before they were fully recovered and ready for rehoming.

Funnily enough Penelope and Polly never actually left their foster homes! Matthew and Amanda (pictured above) fell madly in love with Penelope’s sweet nature and had already decided they weren’t going to let her go! It was the same story with Lindy and Polly. Having raised Polly from just 8 weeks of age, she had already become a part of the family and her two dogs Bubba and Rosie were both happy to welcome their new sister.

And of course the boisterous boys of the litter also found wonderful new homes of their own.

SUNDAYWe rehome all kinds of animals and none are too great or too small to find a new life with caring people. That was the case with Sunday the pig who would have to be one of the luckiest pigs this side of Christmas.

Sunday the pig was surrendered to RSPCA WA Inspectors in January after being given to someone as a “Christmas joke.”

Sunday was in poor condition suffering from heat exposure, a bad skin problem and he had been fed an unsuitable diet of ice cream and water melon. Luckily for Sunday, the person who had received him as a joke decided he was better off with us.

We treated Sunday for his skin problems and made sure he had shelter from the heat and a suitable diet. After some months recovering he was ready to be rehomed. His fun loving nature ensured that a steady stream of potential new owners came to see him but most of the offers of a new home fell through due to difficulties getting local government approval to keep a pig.

In the end, Sunday’s saviour came in the form of a piglet called Monday who was found as a stray. Monday was much smaller than Sunday so we introduced them slowly and they quickly became the best of mates.

When the Good Samaritan who found Monday offered to adopt him we told him that the pair were inseparable and were now a package deal, so he took them both! They are now in piggie paradise on a rural property with their own brand new purpose built pigpen.


LUCKYIn November, a St James man pleaded guilty in Perth Magistrates Court to a charge of confining his dog Lucky in a manner likely to cause harm. Lucky, a 15 month old female Husky, was found in a metal crate so small that she was unable to raise her head or turn around. The crate was in the middle of the owner’s back yard and Lucky had no food, water or shelter.

Our Inspector had serious concerns about Lucky’s welfare and she was immediately seized. Lucky’s owner was fined $2,000 and prohibited from owning or being in contact with an animal for five years.

Lucky was renamed Miah when she was adopted in December 2015 and was invited to attend Million Paws Walk as our 2016 Hero dog.

While Lucky was indeed lucky and able be rehabilitated not all animals are so fortunate. Some, have simply suffered too much.

In one such case, RSPCA WA received a report of a very sick dog at a house in Bunbury. Upon arrival, our Inspector was dismayed to find a severely neglected and emaciated puppy covered in sores. The pup was seized and taken to a vet. After assessment it was found to be suffering not only from severe neglect but also serious genetic issues and unfortunately could not survive.

The owner was charged with animal cruelty and appeared in a Bunbury court where she received a fine of $6,000 and an order preventing her from owning an animal for ten years.

SMOKEY & TINYFortunately, there are many happy endings. And so it was the case with Smokey the cat and Tiny the Chihuahua. Our Inspector attended a property in Herne Hill after reports about a cat limping badly. The four month old kitten, named Smokey, was said by the owner to have fallen out of a tree a few days earlier and she was waiting to see if the leg got better by itself. Our Inspector was concerned about Smokey but the owner refused to take her to a vet and eventually agreed to surrender her to RSPCA WA.

While receiving vet treatment, it was found that Smokey had a break in her leg which was at least four weeks old.Because it had not been treated, the leg could not be repaired and had to be amputated.

A few months later, our Inspectors received another report about a dog at the same address with a similar leg issue. A Chihuahua puppy named Tiny was unable to put weight on his left hind leg and the owner said he had been hit by a car two weeks earlier. When our Inspector raised the issue of vet treatment for Tiny, the owner became aggressive and threatening. Police were called and Tiny was seized and taken to RSPCA WA for treatment.

The owner was charged with two counts of animal cruelty and fined a total of $8,000; $3,000 for each animal and a fine of $2,000 for threatening our Inspector. She is also prohibited from owning an animal for five years.

Both Smokey and Tiny recovered well and went on to find new loving homes.

JusticeDuring the year our Inspectors investigated 6,321 cruelty reports.Of those more than 2,000 reports involved livestock and over 4,000 included pets, injured wildlife, reptiles and animals in sport and recreation. Fortunately the overwhelming majority of cases were resolved through education and support of the owners to enable them to properly care for their animals.

In other cases where animal owners have been cruel to their animals it is necessary to prosecute them under the Animal Welfare Act 2002.

During the year, there were 16 successful prosecutions and civil forfeiture applications, two prosecutions which were partly successful and one unsuccessful prosecution. Three prosecutions were discontinued for a variety of reasons including successfully negotiating the surrender of the animals involved.

BUDDAHAn Inspector and a Ranger from the City of Wanneroo followed up a report to RSPCA WA about a dog being beaten severely. Three members of the public complained that they had heard shouts and screams from the house and cries of a dog in distress. One witness said they saw a dog being beaten with a large piece of metal.

When the Inspector and Ranger arrived at the property they saw a four year old Bulldog named Buddah in the backyard with visible injuries including fresh wounds. The owner at first denied beating the dog, saying Buddah had been hurt by falling glass and a plate.

Buddah had to be seized with the assistance of police as the owner began to behave very aggressively. Buddah was taken to RSPCA WA for treatment of his wounds.

The owner was prosecuted in the Joondalup Magistrates Court in July this year and he received a $2,000 fine and a five year prohibition order preventing him from coming into contact with any animal. His partner was also fined $2,000 for failing to take reasonable steps to alleviate harm to Buddah. They both had to pay vet costs for Buddah and legal costs which amounted to an additional $2,400 each.

It is thanks to members of the public all over Western Australia who report incidents of cruelty and neglect to RSPCA WA that we are able to save so many animals from terrible situations and give many of them a second chance.

Lucky confined to her tiny cage

Buddah celebrating with his legal team

Lucky (now Miah) on stage at Million Paws Walk

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ProsecutionsDate &Magistrates Court

Name Charge details Sentence

6/07/2015Bunbury

Riki Dana Reeves Caused unnecessary harm $6,000 fine + 10 year prohibition + $798.95 costs.

7/07/2015Mandurah

Saleisha Jayne Hayman Failed to take steps to alleviate harm Intensive supervision order (programme + supervision) + community service 120 hours + 20 year prohibition + $2098.25 vet costs + $175.46 costs

7/07/2015Bunbury

Sally Louise Huber Maliciously beat $2,000 fine + $94.30 costs

13/07/2015Midland

Ling Liu Providing misleading information to an inspector

$500 fine + $127.30 costs

14/08/2015Perth

Basil Embry Maliciously beat $2,000 fine + 3 year prohibition + $186.60 costs +forfeiture of animal to the Crown

17/08/2015Midland

Luke Roger Toy Failing to provide proper and sufficient food and water + abandonment

$5,000 fine +10 year prohibition + $392.35 costs

17/08/2015Midland

Sheree Marion MacKay Failed to take steps to alleviate harm +abandoned

$5,000 fine + 10 year prohibition + $392.35 costs

7/09/2015Midland

Tanya Rose Ryder Failed to take steps to alleviate harm + obstructing an officer

$8,000 fine + 5 year prohibition + $1,737.30 vet costs + forfeiture of dog to the Crown + $108.60 costs

25/09/2015Armadale

Justin Whitwell Failure to comply with a prohibition order

$250 fine + order to re-home dog within 14 days

2/11/2015Perth

Kevin (Nan) Zhao Caused unnecessary harm $2,000 + 5 year prohibition

4/11/2015Joondalup

Leslie Johnston Caused unnecessary harm $2,500 + 12 month prohibition + $1,300 costs

6/11/2015Bunbury

Carissa Bonn Causing unnecessary harm Not guilty

21/12/2015Fremantle

Michael Cunningham Maliciously beat $3,000 fine + $2,778.05 costs Section 77(a) charge discontinued

24/03/2016Joondalup

Joshua David Rona Maliciously beat, obstruction of inspector

$2,000 fine + 5 year prohibition + $1236.10 vet costs + $1169 costs. $200 fine for obstruction charge + forfeiture of animal to the Crown

24/03/2016Joondalup

Shannon Bosenberg Failed to take steps to alleviate harm $2,000 +$1236.10 vet costs + $1169.10 costs

1/04/2016Kununurra

Nicolaas Francois Botha Caused unnecessary harm $2,000 fine + spent conviction (1 charge successful, 4 charges unsuccessful). Decision in relation to costs pending. Appeal against conviction commenced by Mr Botha

1/04/2016Kununurra

SAWA Pty Ltd Caused unnecessary harm $12,000 fine (1 charge successful, 4 charges unsuccessful). Decision in relation to costs pending. Appeal against conviction commenced by SAWA Pty Ltd

20/04/2016Perth

Flavia Egan Welfare, safety and health of the animal compromised

Dog was forfeited to the Crown + $3,521.08 costs

30/06/2016Perth

Jordan Vendy Welfare, safety and health of the animal compromised

Dog was forfeited to the Crown

Engaging with the community


Fundraising & EventsAs an independent charity, it is thanks to the generosity of the community who share our passion for animals and their welfare that thousands of animals in our State will be protected and cared for.

RSPCA WA receives a small grant from the State Government which partly contributes to the cost of our inspectorate work. However, it is through our donors, bequests and fundraising events that we raise more than 90% of the funds required to meet the demands of our animal protection work.

Our annual Million Paws Walk in May was the 20th anniversary of the event in Western Australia with over 12,000 people and their pets stepping out at various locations across the State. Together over $300,000 was raised to help animals less fortunate. The flagship event at Sir James Mitchell Park in South Perth was packed with 9,000 people and over 5,000 dogs enjoying the better weather than the torrential rain last year.

The majority of our funds, apart from bequests, are raised via appeals and it’s the people who give so generously when we ask who are making sure that every day the doors of our Animal Care Centre are open and that our Inspectors are out and about saving animals from cruelty and neglect.

In January, following the wildfire that destroyed Yarloop, an appeal was hosted by Pet Barn stores to help the many animals that were injured, lost, separated from their owners or trapped in the fire zone with or without their owners.

The funds raised helped to ensure a team of our Inspectors were working in the area for over a week, working to supply food and water to stranded animals and reunite animals separated from their owners. The Inspectors were even able to offer a thirsty and somewhat dishevelled emu a much needed drink. They later discovered it was in fact a pet emu that had become separated from its people but was later reunited with them.

In May we reached out to the community for support when over 50 very thin and neglected horses located at a property 200km north of Perth needed urgent help. This was the biggest horse rescue we had ever undertaken and involved a massive convoy of horse transporters and people to bring the worst affected horses to safety. When the horses arrived at our Animal Care Centre, joining the 200 plus animals already in our care, they needed round

the clock treatment and support. It’s thanks to everyone who supported the appeal to help the horses that the care they needed was available and after a lengthy rehabilitation period all found loving new homes.

Just who are these wonderful people who support RSPCA WA? They are from all walks of life, young and old and living in Perth or in regional areas of the State. And we never cease to be impressed with the boundless energy and creativity of our supporters. They are always finding new ways to raise much needed funds be it via more conventional morning teas and quiz nights or more adventurous head shaves, fun runs and special themed events.

One of those special events was a Save the Horses Fashion Parade organised by supporter Felicity Kermode. She and friend Melissa Cooney organised a cocktail party and fashion show in a Dalkeith backyard to raise funds to support the big number of horses rescued by RSPCA WA. The fashion show featured beautiful creations by local designer Natalie Donovan and Wembley’s Three Bears. A white horse called Wally was the centre of attention courtesy of his owners, a Claremont therapeutic riding centre.

Over 70 fashion conscious ladies attended the upmarket event where they sipped champagne and heard a talk about the horse rescue by RSPCA WA Education Inspector Natalie Foster.

“I’m a monthly donor to the RSPCA” said Felicity. “Lots of my friends have horses so I decided to do

something to help.”Felicity’s event raised almost $8,000 towards the care and re-homing of the horses rescued by RSPCA WA.

Over the past few years, Michelle Gaynor has supported RSPCA WA by holding annual fundraising events and this year she took her support to a whole new level. Michelle adopted her much loved bull-terrier cross Billie Boo Bear, known as Boo, from us four years ago. Boo was rescued from a home where she was neglected and after vet treatment and training to overcome her anxiety, we found her a forever home with Michelle.

It was to say thanks for Boo and to help other animals in need that Michelle took the foam and razor to her hair to shave her head and with the support of family and friends, who may not have believed she would actually do it, Michelle raised almost $3,000 for animals in need.

“The absolute joy Boo brings to us is unexplainable. She is loving, gentle and sweet 100% of the time, I would not swap her, although many times I have

wished that we had found her as a puppy and that she had never experienced the life she had that has made her the silly dog she is. She is a ‘problem dog’ by most people’s standards, but we adore her and our lives are

richer for having her with us.” says Michelle.

Thank youTo each and every one of our

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Marketing & CommunicationsKeeping supporters and the general public informed and up to date is a daily priority as we work together to prevent cruelty.We use all types of media including newspapers, radio, TV and social media channels to keep you up to date on what we are achieving for animal welfare.

We know that many people use RSPCA WA’s website and Facebook to check what’s happening in the world of animal welfare and this year we devoted considerable time redesigning the website (see below) to make it more user friendly and easier for you to find the information you want.

We’ve been excited by the positive response with an average of 30,893 hits a month since it launched in March. This is a big increase in traffic and we are delighted that more people are utilising the site. A big thank you from us to CVW Creative Design who helped us create the new site.

During the year, we took steps to improve our photography which helped to improve the success of all our communications including our website and Facebook posts.

We’ve also been overwhelmed by the response and support for our posts with RSPCA WA’s Facebook page attracting over 9,000 new fans during the year surpassing 43,000 fans in total and still climbing.

Facebook proves a cost effective method for reaching people on a raft of animal welfare issues, activities and actions. On average posts reached 25,000 people with some reaching over 100,000 and 200,000. The most successful post was about Cara the blind cat which reached 222,903 people and she was adopted immediately the next day. Cara is just one of many animals who found their new loving homes through RSPCA WA’s Facebook page.

While social media went gangbusters in reaching out to the community, we also increased our communication with West Australians via mainstream media. Our horse rescue operation in mid-April achieved huge coverage across all newspapers, news websites and on radio resulting in almost all the horses being rehomed. And, we would like to once again thank Michael Schultz from Network Ten for his ongoing fortnightly live weather reports featuring an animal available for adoption.

In December a local campaign to raise awareness about not leaving dogs in hots cars was undertaken including volunteers hitting the streets and beaches to spread the message about the dangers and seek the community to pledge online to never leave a dog in a hot car and distribute bumper stickers to get this critical summer message circulating around our streets.

Michael Schultz from Network Ten


Our volunteers donate so much of their time to carry out many different tasks that underpin all aspects of our work.

They help to care for animals in our shelter, foster animals in their own homes, help to organise fundraising events and are there on event days to make sure everything runs smoothly. Without our volunteers we just couldn’t help as many animals as we currently do and to all our volunteers throughout the State, we say a very big thank you!

Over the past year, more than 600 hours have been donated by more than 500 volunteers at our Animal Care Centre. Their work ensures the animals’ lives are enriched by taking them for walks, playing with them and cleaning their shelters.

Many of our volunteers willingly donate their professional skills to us. Many support our administration sharing their knowledge in software development, videography, photography, website development, IT, bookkeeping, human resources, event organising and data capture, to name just a few skills required to run an organisation as large as RSPCA WA.

We also received 960 hours of support from corporate groups who provided gardening and maintenance at our

Animal Care Centre, as well as providing support at our fundraising events.

Our network of 70 foster carers allows us to help many more animals than we can keep at the Animal Care Centre and we are always looking for more people willing to take animals into their homes as foster carers.

The Board members of RSPCA WA also volunteer their time donating their skills, knowledge and expertise of steering large and complex organisations like ours by monthly Board meetings. They work with our staff to ensure RSPCA WA operates efficiently and they oversee the development of strategic plans to expand our capacity to help even more animals in future.

We also have an expert group of legal advisers who work pro bono for countless hours donating their professional expertise to help us seek justice for abused and neglected animals through prosecutions.

Our Op Shops depend on 63 volunteers to work an average of 350 to 400 hours each month to keep the doors open with all proceeds from the Op Shops going to RSPCA WA

In October, on Happy Tails Day, over 100 volunteers and their pets joined in to shake tins on the streets of Perth

to raise funds. Our volunteers are happy to help out whenever and wherever they can and thanks to them a partnership with commercial event organisers Tri-Events has proved to be a worthwhile fundraiser with Tri-Events donating to RSPCA WA for every one of our volunteers who volunteered at their events during the year.

Volunteering to help with fundraising events grew with over 2,000 hours donated for Million Paws Walk with 70 people helping with the setup and 200 helping things run smoothly on the day.

Our volunteers also raised money for us, shaking tins at bars and pubs owned by the ALH Group. More than 50 helped make a variety of community events happen including sausage sizzles, Doggies Days Out, community fun days, cupcake days, shopping centre stalls and corporate presentations.

They not only helped us raise funds but they enabled us to greatly increase our engagement with the Western Australian community. Volunteering efforts in regional areas are coordinated by our regional Auxiliaries in Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany and York.

In Geraldton, the highlight of the year was the Million Paws Walk in which around 40 volunteers donated 320 hours of their time to make the event happen and raise much needed funds for the local branch.

A huge success for the Kalgoorlie Auxiliary was the group’s first horse rescue. The horse spent nine months being cared for by volunteers before being adopted to a wonderful property in Harvey where he’ll continue his life as a show jumper. Overall, more than 260 animals were rescued and rehomed by the Kalgoorlie Auxiliary during the past year and while the vet bill amounted to over $100,000, this was paid thanks to adoption fees, fundraising activities and donations.

The Albany Auxiliary had great success raising funds via their Op Shop and rehoming dogs during the year. Some have found very interesting homes. From five litters of Kelpie cross pups, two now live in New Zealand, some on farms between Esperance, Hyden and Busselton and yet another is being trained as a companion to the elderly. One is even enjoying the sun in Exmouth and a Dingo cross has gone to live with a pure Alpine Dingo house mate.

Meanwhile, in York, nine dedicated women volunteer between three and ten hours every week to keep the Op Shop running six days a week to raise funds for animals.

The Perth Auxiliary held various events including sausage sizzles, movie nights, support to the Million Paws Walk and Doggies Days Out at Whiteman Park which all helped to support animals at the Animal Care Centre.

Volunteers & AuxilariesIt would be impossible to do what we do to help so many animals without such wonderfully dedicated volunteers.

“I really enjoy volunteering at the shelter, I love spending time with the small animals

in particular, whether its dogs, cats or rabbits. Volunteering is so rewarding, and it gives me immense inner peace when I

see their joy and gratitude.“

Nigel D’Cruz (pictured left) RSPCA WA events and shelter volunteer

Thank youTo all our amazing volunteers,

Thank you for your passion and dedication to our animals

throughout the year.

We couldn’t do it without you!




Bequests

Donations from RSPCA WA supporters are also invested to ensure that our facilities at our Animal Care Centre are modern and safe and that we are placed to help as many animals as possible now and in the future. So, it was with great excitement that construction of our new cattery, which commenced last year, was completed and the new facility was opened in November by the Minister for Local Government and Communities.

The new state of the art building was purpose built to cater for up to 66 cats at any one time, all housed in individual quarters with creature comforts including ventilation and optimal hygiene standards. The facility has its own self-contained vet clinic with an isolation room for sick cats, an arrival room, mothers and kittens’ room, a holding section for cats receiving vet treatment and rehabilitation and a meet and greet area where the cats can meet their prospective new owners.

The facility would not have been possible without the generous support of RSPCA WA donors and the Department of Local Government and Communities. More than 700 donors brought a brick paver to support the construction of the cattery and this contributed more than $250,000. The personally engraved pavers were installed in front of the cattery. Since it opened, the brand new cattery has enabled us to help three times as many cats as we were able to help before.

Also during the year, some of our existing animal facilities were upgraded and enhanced. This included the provision of new shade sails for dog exercise areas to improve the well-being of the dogs and their handlers and new fencing for livestock such as horses, sheep and pigs. The new paddock fencing was timely as it was completed just in time for the horses rescued from the large horse rescue operation.

Gone but not forgotten. We remember our benevolent supporters with heartfelt gratitude.

Every person who leaves a bequest to RSPCA WA has their own story and connection to animals. Each of their gifts, no matter the size, makes a real difference to animals in need. We respect these people for their foresight, compassion and love of animals.

This year we were incredibly fortunate to receive more than $2.6 million from bequests and trusts. This significant contribution will make a lasting positive impact on the lives of hundreds of abused, neglected and abandoned animals.

Bequests allow us to provide the ongoing critical care and rehabilitation for all kinds of animals, improvements to our facilities and the advancements in animal welfare that we strive for.

PET BEQUEST PROGRAMFor most of us, animals play a special role in our lives giving to us their unconditional love and trusting companionship. We know that pets are family and so making provision for them is important. Through registering pets in our Pet Bequest Program owners have peace of mind that we can care for their pets after they’ve gone, if their family or friends aren’t able to.

Over this last year, we have cared for and rehomed two cats and two dogs, treasured pets of our bequestors, into loving new homes. One such dog who lost her loving owner was Patches (pictured above). After initial care by the RSPCA WA team, Patches was carefully matched to a new loving home with a senior gentleman named Jim. Jim reports he and Patches couldn’t be a better match, providing both companionship for each other and giving each other a new lease on life with their daily walks.

People & Facilities

We would like to sincerely thank these kind-hearted people who have ensured many more animals will have a bright new future.

Bette Allison, Coral Ballantyne, Pamela Bates, Louise Beer, Barbara Bennetts, Elisabeth Budge, Sheila Carron, Margaret Campbell, Helen Campbell, Verena Chylek, Pauline Cowan, Peter Davy, Robert Downie, Barbara Dunn, Norma Fielder, Patricia Gallaher, Joyce Grant, Joan Greenough, Frederick Hale, Mabel Hill, Suzanne Hutton, Joy Jowett, Ingo Krug, William Lavelle, Graeme Lay, Verna Marshall, Wally McCabe, Vera McCartney, Shirley Miller, Stephen Orner, John Pennington, Leonard Poultney, Elizabeth Reid, Brian Robinson, Dorit Russell, Chad Ruthven, Joyce Shepherd, Doreen Sullivan, Joseph Thomas, Reginald Westergaard, Christina White

We are also most grateful to receive ongoing funds from trusts and foundations created in memory of special people who wanted their love for animals to live on, for years to come.

Elizabeth Stamos Trust, Doris Janet Frith Charitable Trust, A M Jones Trust, Margaret Harper Trust, Jean Balston Trust, The Girls Trust (in memory of Gwendoline Alice Vardy) and Jean Bladen Foundation.



Financial StatementsThe Royal Society For Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Western Australia Inc. for the year ended 30 June 2016.

General information

The financial statements cover RSPCA WA Inc. as an individual entity. The financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, which is RSPCA WA Inc.’s functional and presentation currency.

The financial statements were authorised for issue on 24 September 2015.”

Independant Auditor’s Report 31

Statement by the Board of Directors 32

Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 33

Statement of Financial Position 34

Statement of Changes in Equity 35

Statement of Cash Flows 36

Notes to the Financial Statements 37-47

To the Members of the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Western Australia Inc.

We have audited the accompanying financial report, being a special purpose financial report, of The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Western Australia Incorporated (“RSPCA WA Inc.”), which comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2016, the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the statement by the Board of Directors.

Director’s Responsibility for the Financial Report

The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial report, and have determined that the basis of preparation described in Note 1, is appropriate to meet the requirements of the Australian Accounting Standards and the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia and is appropriate to meet the needs of the members. The Director’s responsibility also includes such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of a financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Independence

In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Australian professional accounting bodies.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RSPCA WA Inc. as of 30 June 2016 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia.

Basis of accounting

Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 to the financial report, which describes the basis of accounting. The financial report has been prepared to assist RSPCA WA Inc. to meet the requirements of Australian Accounting Standards and the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia. As a result, the financial report may not be suitable for another purpose.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

TO THE MEMBERS OF

THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC

We have audited the accompanying financial report, being a special purpose financial report, of The Royal Society For

Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Western Australia Incorporated (“RSPCA WA Inc.”) , which comprises the statement

of financial position as at 30 June 2016, the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity

and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies

and other explanatory information, and the statement by the Board of Directors.

Director’s Responsibility for the Financial Report

The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial report, and have determined that the basis of

preparation described in Note 1, is appropriate to meet the requirements of the Australian Accounting Standards and

the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia and is appropriate to meet the needs of the members. The

Director’s responsibility also includes such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the

preparation of a financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit in

accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical

requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free

from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial

report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material

misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor

considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to

design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on

the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting

policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Directors, as well as evaluating the overall

presentation of the financial report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Independence

In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Australian professional

accounting bodies.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RSPCA WA Inc. as of

30 June 2016 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Australian

Accounting Standards and the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia.

Basis of accounting

Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 to the financial report, which describes the basis of

accounting. The financial report has been prepared to assist RSPCA WA Inc. to meet the requirements of Australian

Accounting Standards and the Charitable Collections Act 1946 of Western Australia. As a result, the financial

report may not be suitable for another purpose.

RSM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Perth, WA ALASDAIR WHYTE Dated: 30 September 2016 Director



In the Board’s opinion:

• RSPCA WA Inc. is not a reporting entity because there are no users dependent on general purpose financial statements. Accordingly, as described in note 1 to the financial statements, the attached special purpose financial statements have been prepared for the purposes of complying with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012, Charitable Collections Act 1946 (WA) and associated regulations;

• the attached financial statements and notes comply with the Accounting Standards as described in note 1 to the financial statements;

• the attached financial statements and notes give a true and fair view of RSPCA WA Inc’s financial position as at 30 June 2016 and of its performance for the financial year ended on that date; and

• there are reasonable grounds to believe that RSPCA WA Inc. will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the RSPCA WA Inc. Board of directors and is signed for and on behalf of the Board by:

Statement by the Board of Directors

Graeme Boden Chair - Audit and Risk Committee

29 September 2016

Lynne Bradshaw President

29 September 2016

Note 2016 2015

$ $

Revenue From Continuing Operations 2 8,681,532 8,957,640

Expenses:

Employee Expense (5,503,271) (4,752,154)

Depreciation Expense (381,099) (364,061)

Operating Lease Expense (210,359) (165,515)

Other Operating Costs 3 (2,941,633) (2,753,274)

Finance and Investment Costs 11 (58,776) (61,806)

Assets Written Off - (16,406)

(Deficit)/Surplus before income tax expense (413,606) 844,424

Income Tax Expense - -

(Deficit)/Surplus after income tax expense (413,606) 844,424

Other Comprehensive Income

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Changes in the Fair Value of Financial Assets (178,279) (136,041)

Total comprehensive (loss) / income for the year (591,885) 708,383

The above Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes

Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

Financial Statements


Statement of Financial Position

Note 2016 2015

Current Assets $ $

Cash and other equivalents 4 2,699,353 875,820

Trade and Other Receivables 5 906,017 558,586

Inventory 6 58,382 55,141

Financial Assets 7 98,541 2,735,044

Assets classified as held for sale 8 168,403 -

Total Current Assets 3,930,696 4,224,591

Non Current Assets

Financial Assets 7 5,026,206 5,251,225

Property Plant and Equipment 8 3,373,278 3,648,859

Intangible Assets 8.1 14,030 35,634

Total Non Current Assets 8,413,514 8,935,718

TOTAL ASSETS 12,344,210 13,160,309

Current Liabilities

Trade and Other Payables 9 641,939 837,069

Employee Provisions 10 250,408 275,781

Total Current Liabilities 892,347 1,112,850

Non Current Liabilities

Employee Provisions 10 13,948 17,659

Total Non Current Liabilities 13,948 17,659

TOTAL LIABILITIES 906,295 1,130,509

NET ASSETS 11,437,915 12,029,800

EQUITY

Retained Surplus 12 11,054,009 11,467,615

Financial Assets Reserve 12 383,906 562,185

TOTAL EQUITY 11,437,915 12,029,800

Retained Surpluses

Financial Assets Reserve Total Equity

$ $ $

Balance at 1 July 2015 10,623,191 698,226 11,321,417

Surplus for the year 844,424 - 844,424

Financial Assets Revaluation - (136,041) (136,041)

Total Comprehensive Income 2015 844,424 (136,041) 708,383

Balance at 30 June 2015 11,467,615 562,185 12,029,800

Balance at 1 July 2015 11,467,615 562,185 12,029,800

Deficit for the year (413,606) - (413,606)

Financial Assets Revaluation - (178,279) (178,279)

Total Comprehensive Loss 2016 (413,606) (178,279) (591,885)

Balance at 30 June 2016 11,054,009 383,906 11,437,915

Statement of Changes in Equity

The above Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notesThe above Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes

Financial Statements


Statement of Cash Flows

Note 2016 2015

$ $

Cash Flows from operating activities

Receipts from donors and other services provided 4,915,265 5,515,311

Legacies and bequest (including trust interest) 2,652,260 2,778,730

Grant receipts 500,000 559,335

Payment to suppliers and employees (8,882,718) (7,568,277)

Franking credits received 81,480 66,116

Interest paid (58,776) (61,806)

Interest received 185,096 132,994

Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities 16 (607,393) 1,422,403

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of plant and equipment (244,437) (813,178)

Proceeds from the sale of financial assets 3,337,471 1,535,863

Purchase of financial assets (662,108) (1,517,152)

Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities 2,430,926 (794,467)

Cash flows from financing activities

Payment of borrowings - (23,427)

Net cash used in financing activities - (23,427)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 1,823,533 604,509

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 875,820 271,311

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 4 2,699,353 875,820

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below.

These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

New, revised or amending Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

The incorporated association has adopted all of the new, revised or amending Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (‘AASB’) that are mandatory for the current reporting period.

Any new, revised or amending Accounting Standards or Interpretations that are not yet mandatory have not been early adopted.

Basis of preparation

In the directors’ opinion, the incorporated association is not a reporting entity because there are no users dependent on general purpose financial statements.

These are special purpose financial statements that have been prepared for the purposes of complying with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cwth), Charitable Collections Act 1946 (WA) and associated regulations. The Directors have determined that the accounting policies adopted are appropriate to meet the needs of the members of RSPCA WA Inc.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement requirements specified by the Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (‘AASB’) and the disclosure requirements of AASB 101 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’, AASB 107 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’, AASB 108 ‘Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors’, AASB 1048 ‘Interpretation of Standards’ and AASB 1054 ‘Australian Additional Disclosures’, as appropriate for not-for-profit oriented entities.

Historical cost convention

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Critical accounting estimates

The preparation of the financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the incorporated association’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in note 1(q).

(a) Income Tax

The Association is exempt from income under Section 50-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

(b) Inventories

Inventories for sale are measured at the lower of cost and net releasable value. Inventories not for resale or use with no recharge are valued at fair value. Donated inventories which are not able to be valued are carried at nil value in the Statement of Financial Position.

(c) Property, Plant and Equipment

Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items. Items of plant and equipment are depreciated over their estimated useful lives to their estimated residual value on a diminishing value or straight line basis so as to write off their value progressively over their estimated useful lives commencing from the time the asset is ready for use.

The following depreciation rates are used;

Buildings 15 to 40 years straight line based on the effective life of the asset.

Motor Vehicles 4 to 8 years diminutive based on the effective life of the asset

Plant and Equipment 1 to 8 years diminutive and straight line based on the effective life of the asset

Infrastructure & Outbuildings 5 to 30 years straight line based on the effective life of the asset.

Intangible Assets 0 to 3 years diminutive based on the effective life of the asset

The residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each reporting

date. An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised upon disposal or when there is no future economic benefit to the incorporated association.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds to the carrying amount of the asset. These are included in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income.

(d) Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for doubtful debts and impairment.

Collectability of trade receivables is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectable are written off by reducing the carrying amount directly. An allowance account (provision for bad debts) is used when there is objective evidence that the Association will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of receivables. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganisation, and default or delinquency in payments (more than 30 days overdue) are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired. The amount of impairment allowance is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original effective interest rate. Cash flows relating to short term receivables are not discounted if the effect of discounting is immaterial.

The amount of the impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income within other expenses. When a trade receivable for which an impairment allowance had been recognised becomes uncollectable in a subsequent period, it is written off against the allowance account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against other expenses in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income.

(e) Investments and Other Financial Assets

Classification

The Association classifies its financial assets in the following measurement

Note 1: Statement of Significant Accounting Policies

Notes to the Financial StatementsFinancial Statements

The above Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes


categories: those to be measured subsequently at fair value and those to be measured at amortised cost. The classification depends on the Association’s plan for managing the financial assets and the contractual terms of the cash flows.

(1) Equity investments – at fair value

At initial recognition the Association may make an irrevocable election to recognise the change in fair value in equity instruments in other comprehensive income. This election is permitted for equity instruments that are not held for short-term trading purposes.

(2) Financial investments – at amortised cost

A financial asset is measured at amortised cost if the following conditions are met:

(a) the objective of the Association’s in relation to those instruments is to hold the asset to collect the contractual cash flows; and

(b) the contractual cash flows give rise on specific dates, to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding.

Measurement

At initial recognition, the group measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset. Transaction costs of financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are expensed in profit or loss. A gain or loss on a debt investment that is subsequently measured at amortised cost and is not part of a hedging relationship is recognised in profit or loss when the financial asset is derecognised or impaired and through the amortisation process using the effective interest rate method. The Association subsequently measures all equity instruments at fair value. Subsequent to initial recognition, they are measured at fair value and changes therein are recognised in other comprehensive income and presented within equity in the financial assets reserve. When an instrument is derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss is not transferred out of other comprehensive income and therefore not recognised in profit or loss. Dividends or other distributions received from these investments are still recognised in profit or loss as part of finance income.

Recognition and de-recognition

Regular purchases of financial assets are recognised on trade date – the date on which the Association commits to purchase or sell the asset. Investments are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have been transferred and the Association has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership.

Investments Held-to-maturity

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets that have fixed maturities and fixed or determinable payments, and it is the company’s intention to hold these investments to maturity. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Impairment

Amortised cost is measured using the effective interest rate method and amortised cost assets must be assessed for impairment losses. Equity instruments fair valued through other comprehensive income are no longer required to be assessed for impairment. The Association assesses at each balance date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired.

(f) Financial Liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised where they relate to obligations either discharged, cancelled or expired. The difference between the carrying value of the financial liability extinguished or transferred to another party at fair value of consideration paid, including the transfer of non-cash assets or liabilities assumed is recognised in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income.

(g) Impairment of Assets

At each reporting date, the Association reviews the carrying value of its definite useful life tangible and intangible assets to determine if whether there is any indication that those assets have been impaired. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, being higher of the asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use, is compared to the asset’s carrying value. Any excess of the asset’s

carrying value over its recoverable amount is expensed in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income. Intangible Assets that have an indefinite useful life are assessed for impairment annually as required by the standard. The assessment process is the same as definite useful life assets where an indication of impairment exists.

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Association estimates the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs.

(h) Employee Benefits

Short term Employee Benefits

Short term employee benefits are employee benefits (other than termination benefits) which fall due wholly within 12 months after the end of period in which those services were rendered. They comprise wages, salaries and short-term compensation absences payable within 12 months and non mandatory benefits such as salary continuance and permanent and temporary insurance benefits.

Other Long Term Employee Benefits (Provisions)

Other long term employee benefits include long service leave payable 12 months or more after the end of the period in which employee services are rendered. Recognition of long service leave commences when the employee has reached 5 years of service and under legislation can be paid out after 7 years of service.

Defined contribution superannuation expense

Contributions to defined contribution superannuation plans are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

(i) Cash and Cash Equivalent

Cash and cash equivalents which include cash on hand, cash held at call with banks and other short term highly liquid investments.

(j) Revenue Recognition

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when control has passed to the purchaser.

Revenue from the rendering of a service is recognised upon delivery of the service to

the customer.

Revenue from grants is recognised when control of monies is obtained and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably.

Short term interest and managed funds distributions are recognised when the right of payment is established.

Donations and bequests are recognised upon receipt.

Material donations of goods in kind are recognised as income at the fair net value of the underlying asset received.

Revenue from the recovery of court awarded costs in relation to prosecutions are recognised upon receipt.

(k) GST

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST included is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office. In these circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the item of the expense. Receivable and payables in the Statement of Financial Position are shown inclusive of GST.

(l) Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

(m) Comparative Figures

When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current financial year.

(n) Investment Properties

Investment property, principally comprising freehold buildings, is held for long term rental yields and is not occupied by the Association. Investment property is carried at cost and depreciated at a rate of 5% straight line based on the effective life of the asset.

(o) Trade and Other Payables

These amounts represents liabilities for goods and services provided to the Association prior to the end of financial year which are unpaid. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.

(p) Non-current assets classified as held for sale

Non-current assets are classified as held for sale if their carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continued use. They are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs of disposal. For non-current assets to be classified as held for sale, they must be available for immediate sale in their present condition and their sale must be highly probable.

Non-current assets are not depreciated or amortised while they are classified as held for sale.

Non-current assets classified as held for sale are presented separately on the face of the statement of financial position, in current assets.

(q) Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements

The preparation of the financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the incorporated association’s accounting policies. The Association evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated into the Financial Statement based on historical knowledge and best available current information.

Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data.

Key Estimates – Impairment

The Association assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the Association that may lead to impairment. Where impairment triggers exist, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined. Value in use calculations performed in assessing recoverable amounts incorporate a number of key elements.

Long service leave provision

As discussed in note 1(h), the liability for long service leave is recognised and measured at the present value of the estimated future cash flows to be made in respect of all employees at the reporting date. In determining the present value of the liability, estimates of attrition rates and pay increases through promotion and inflation

have been taken into account.

(r) Current and non-current classification

Assets and liabilities are presented in the statement of financial position based on current and non-current classification.

An asset is current when: it is expected to be realised or intended to be sold or consumed in normal operating cycle; it is held primarily for the purpose of trading; it is expected to be realised within twelve months after the reporting period; or the asset is cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period. All other assets are classified as non-current.

A liability is current when: it is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle; it is held primarily for the purpose of trading; it is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; or there is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period. All other liabilities are classified as noncurrent.

(s) Fair value measurement

When an asset or liability, financial or non-financial, is measured at fair value for recognition or disclosure purposes, the fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; and assumes that the transaction will take place either: in the principle market; or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market.

Fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming they act in their economic best interest. For non-financial assets, the fair value measurement is based on its highest and best use. Valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, are used, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs.

Note 1: Statement of Significant Accounting Policies

Notes to the Financial Statements


Note 2: Income

Income 2016 2015

$ $

Donations 725,901 891,065

Legacies and Bequests 2,652,260 2,778,730

Fundraising Activities 2,460,892 2,478,105

Services - Dog Training 293,680 291,788

Services - Inspectorate 93,219 111,092

Services - Shelter 453,525 350,308

Goods Sold - Shelter 80,146 85,006

Goods Sold - Stores 826,546 814,329

Goods Sold - Auxiliaries 152,934 138,001

Grants - Government 500,000 500,000

Grants - Other - 59,335

Dividends 244,965 317,446

Investment Income 185,096 132,994

Membership Subscriptions 12,368 9,441

8,681,532 8,957,640

Note 3: Other Operating Cost


Other Operating Cost 2016 2015

$ $

AGM & Board Expenses 12,175 14,553

Animal Welfare direct costs 907,773 764,346

Dog training expenses 124,362 110,953

Membership Costs 853 2,862

Fundraising Costs 374,520 536,416

Inventory Purchased - Shelter 54,369 54,495

Retail Expenses 13,407 21,455

Administrative costs 1,119,529 914,714

Motor vehicle expense/lease 112,331 111,892

Subscription to the National Body 222,314 221,588

Total other costs 2,941,633 2,753,274

Auditor Remuneration 2016 2015

During the year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by the auditor for Auditing or reviewing the Financial Statements $ $

- RSM Australia 23,000 21,000

Total 23,000 21,000

Note 4: Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents 2016 2015

$ $

Cash at Bank 2,690,395 865,041

Cash on Hand 8,958 10,779

Total 2,699,353 875,820


Note 5: Trade and Other Receivables

Note 6: Inventories

Trade and Other Receivables 2016 2015

$ $

Trade

Receivables 674,801 269,824

Subtotal 674,801 269,824

Other Receivables

Prepayments 145,576 207,282

Franking credits receivables 85,640 81,480

Subtotal 231,216 288,762

Total 906,017 558,586

Inventories 2016 2015

$ $

Goods for resale - at cost 33,207 27,616

Goods not for resale - net realisable value 31,662 27,525

Provision for Obsolesence (6,487) -

Total 58,382 55,141

Note 7: Financial Assets

Note 8: Property, Plant and Equipment


Financial Assets 2016 2015

$ $

Current

Financial assets - Held to maturity * 98,541 2,735,044

Non-Current

Financial assets available for sale 5,026,206 5,251,225

Total 5,124,747 7,986,269

* Held to maturity financial assets represents term deposits with maturities of greater than 3 months

2016 2015

$ $

Land and Buildings at cost 3,700,998 4,053,734

Less Accumulated Depreciation (1,426,381) (1,426,381)

2,274,617 2,627,353

Software, Plant and Equipment 1,182,002 1,128,572

Less Accumulated Depreciation (937,664) (813,218)

244,338 315,354

Infrastructure 739,993 586,422


654,591 477,685

Motor vehicles 756,324 728,953


199,732 228,467

Total Property Plant and Equipment 3,373,278 3,648,859


Note 8: Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 8.1: Intangible Assets

Land and Buildings

Motor Vehicles

Plant and Equipment

Infrastructure & Outbuildings

Property, Plant & Equipment

Intangible Assets

Movements in Carrying Amounts $ $ $ $ $ $

Opening balance at 1 July 2014 2,033,859 294,941 460,084 422,163 3,211,047 40,735

Additions for Year 696,039 - 24,156 92,983 813,178 -

Disposals for the year - - (16,406) - (16,406) -

Depreciation expense (102,545) (66,474) (152,480) (37,461) (358,960) (5,101)

Closing balance at 30 June 2015 2,627,353 228,467 315,354 477,685 3,648,859 35,634

Opening balance at 1 July 2015 2,627,353 228,467 315,354 477,685 3,648,859 35,634

Additions for Year 116,196 27,771 37,122 63,348 244,437 7,880

Transfers between assets (185,129) - 16,308 168,821 - -

Reclassified - Available for sale asset (168,403) - - - (168,403) -

Depreciation expense (115,400) (56,506) (124,446) (55,263) (351,615) (29,484)

Closing balance at 30 June 2016 2,274,617 199,732 244,338 654,591 3,373,278 14,030

Land and Buildings included an amount of $2,274,617 (2015: $2,453,727) representing the carrying value at its building at the Malaga site. The Malaga buildings and grounds are situated on Crown Land, held as a reserve under a management order with the Association as the primary interest holder, which states that the land must be used for the purpose of an approved activity. In the event that the usage of the site no longer complies with its restricted use, the Governor of the State of Western Australia has the power to cancel the management order, in which case the value of the buildings improvements thereon may be forfeited.

Intangible assets 2016 2015

$ $

Web development and other intangibles 61,220 53,340

Less Amortisation (47,190) (17,706)

14,030 35,634

Assets available for sale 2016 2015

$ $

Cost of the Palmyra property 288,211 288,211

Accumulated depreciation (119,808) (114,586)

Net book amount 168,403 173,625

Note 9: Trade and Other Payables


Trade and other payables 2016 2015

$ $

Trade and other payables 615,571 810,718

Revenue received in advance 26,368 26,351

641,939 837,069

There are no amounts expected to be settled greater than 12 months.

Note 10: Employee Provisions

Financial Assets 2016 2015

$ $

Current

Provision for Annual Leave 210,056 226,220

Provision for Long Service Leave 40,352 49,561

Non Current

Provision for Long Service Leave 13,948 17,659

Total 264,356 293,440

Note 11: Finance and Investment Costs

Finance and Investment Costs 2016 2015

$ $

Interest - Loan - 639

Investment management fees 58,776 61,167

58,776 61,806


Note 12: Equity

Note 13: Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets

Note 14: Events after the Reporting Date

Equity 2016 2015

$ $

Reserves

Financial assets revaluation 383,906 562,185

Movements

Financial assets reserve

Balance 1 July 562,185 698,226

Movement during the year (178,279) (136,041)

Balance 30 June 383,906 562,185

Retained surplus

Balance 1 July 11,467,615 10,623,191

Surplus for the year (413,606) 844,424

Balance 30 June 11,054,009 11,467,615

Financial assets reserve

The financial reserve records revaluation of available for sale financial assets to reconcile the value with the current market price.

As explained in note 1(e), the Association has elected to recognise changes in the fair value of certain investments in equity securities in other comprehensive income. These changes are accumulated in a separate reserve within equity. The entity does not have any policy on transferring amounts from this reserve to another reserve or to retained earnings when the relevant equity securities are sold.

The incorporated association had no contingent liabilities and assets as at 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2015.

No matter or circumstance has arisen since 30 June 2016 that has significantly affected, or may significantly affect the incorporated association’s operations, the results of those operations, or the incorporated association’s state of affairs in future financial years.

Note 15: Related Parties and Key Management Personnel

Transactions entered into during the year with Directors, their firms and associated entities are within normal customer relationships on terms and conditions no more favourable to those available to other members and customers. This includes the payment of usual members’ subscription and receipt of normal benefits of membership.

As a special purpose financial report, the financial statements do not apply to the disclosure requirement of all Australian Accounting Standards including AASB 124 (Related Party transactions). However the Association considers it appropriate to disclose the following;

Transactions with related parties

a) Directors - Transactions entered into during the year with Directors, their firms and associated entities are within normal customer relationships on terms and conditions no more favourable to those available to other members and customers. This includes the payment of usual members’ subscription and receipt of normal benefits of membership.

b) Key Management Personal – relates to the sole remuneration as employees of the Association.

Receivables from and payable to related parties

There were no trade receivables from or trade payables to related parties at the current and previous reporting date.

Loans to/from related parties

There were no loans to or from related parties at the current and previous reporting date.

Note 16: Reconciliation of Net Cash (used in) / provided by Operating Activities to Surplus

2016 2015

$ $

(Deficit) / Surplus for the year (413,606) 844,424

Non Cash Items in surplus

Depreciation & Amortisation 381,099 364,061

Impairment and write-off expense - 16,406

Changes in assets & liabilities net

(Increase) / Decrease in debtors (347,431) 94,846

(Decrease) / Increase in creditors (195,130) 122,934

(Increase) / Decrease in inventories (3,241) 8,225

Decrease in provisions (29,084) (28,493)

Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities (607,393) 1,422,403


Above: Presley, Penelope, Preston and Polly all recoveredPhoto © Houndstooth Studio

Acknowledgements

RSPCA WA would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our pro bono lawyers and barristers.

Law firms: Bradley and Bayley, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, DLA Piper, EMS Legal, Herbert Smith Freehills, Jackson McDonald, King Wood & Mallesons, Lavan Legal, Minter Ellison, Murfett Legal, Squire Patton Boggs and SRB Legal.

Barristers: Sam Van Dongen SC, Paul Yovich SC, Linda Black, Natasha Breach, Simon Freitag, David Garnsworthy, Edward Greaves, Eric Heenan, Robert Lombardi, Emma Luck, Neil Morrissey, Sarah Oliver, James Scovell and Lisa Tovey and Ian Weldon.

108 Malaga Drive, Malaga WA 6090 PO Box 3147, Malaga WA 6945

P (08) 9209 9300 F (08) 9248 3144 E [email protected]

www.rspcawa.asn.au

ABN 77 620 418 137

Hill’s has supported the RSPCA for over 10 years. As well as sponsoring the annual Million Paws Walk event, the company provides Hill’s Science Diet to feed animals in every RSPCA shelter throughout the year.

Thanks also to our pro bono advertising agency Adcorp for their ongoing support.

We would like to thank Alex Cearns from Houndstooth Studio for her professional photography services and acknowledge her images used throughout this report.

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