Report animal cruelty

Do you have a report of cruelty you need our Inspectors to investigate?
If you suspect cruelty in the state of Victoria, please complete the form below. If your report is related to suspected cruelty in another state, please contact the RSPCA in the state where the alleged offence occurred.

What can RSPCA Inspectors investigate?
RSPCA Inspectors investigate complaints involving all kinds of animals, in all kinds of situations. Last year, our Inspectors investigated 8,509 cases of reported cruelty. The most common complaints are failure to provide adequate food, water, shelter and veterinary treatment. RSPCA Inspectors do not have the legal powers to help with stray, wandering or nuisance animals or noise complaints (eg. barking dogs). If your report relates to these issues, please contact your local council.

Are my details confidential?
To investigate a cruelty complaint, RSPCA Inspectors require reasonable grounds to suspect that an animal cruelty offence has been committed. It is essential that you provide contact details so our Inspectors can gather more information if needed such as further directions if the property or animal is difficult to locate. It also permits you to obtain the outcome of an inspection. Any personal information provided remains strictly confidential and is protected by the Privacy Act 2000.

Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

• 1.
• Your details

First name*:		Surname:
Phone number*:		Email:

• 2.
• Complaint details

Type of Animal*:	Dog Cat Rabbit or Guinea Pig Horse or Pony Cattle Sheep Goat Other; please describe.
Animal Colour*:
Description of alleged cruelty*:
Date animal(s) last seen*:	Open the calendar
Did you personally witness this incident?*:	Yes No

• 3.
• Condition of animal(s)

Are hip bones visible?*:	Yes No
Are rib bones visible?*:	Yes No
Is the spine visible?*:	Yes No
Does the animal have adequate food?*:	Yes No Unknown
Does the animal have adequate water?*:	Yes No Unknown
Does the animal have adequate shelter?*:	Yes No Unknown
Is the animal injured?*:	Yes No
Does the animal require urgent vet treatment?*:	Yes No

• 4.
• Location of animal(s)

Type of location*:	Residential Commercial Retail Rural Vehicle Other
Street address*:
Town/suburb*:
Directions to property if complete street address is unknown. Please try and include distances and landmarks if possible, e.g. 400m past the bridge over Stony Creek on the left hand side.

• 5.
• Animal owner/person of interest details

Name of animal owner/person of interest:
Street address:
Town/suburb:
Contact number:
Is the owner or any persons living at the premises likely to be violent, drunk or drug affected?*:	Yes No
If yes, please provide further details**:

• 6.
• Images/videos

If you have any images or videos of the animals involved and/or the alleged cruelty offence being committed, please upload them here. If the files are larger than 2MB, please email them to inspector@rspcavic.org.au with your name and contact number so we can match them to your case. We accept the following file types: .jpg, .png, .mov, .3gp, .mp4

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