Recommended wording You may decide to leave your bequest as a specific amount, percentage or part of your estate, or the residue of your estate. We have provided our recommended wording for your Will for your convenience: After payment of all my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses and all duties, taxes and charges payable on my Estate at my death, I give to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Victoria) (“RSPCA”): On behalf of ‘all creatures great and small’ we thank you for considering making a difference to animal welfare in Victoria. (a) the sum of $<amount>; (b) <percentage> of my estate; (c) The residue of my estate; for the general purposes of the RSPCA. I declare that the receipt of the treasurer or other proper officer of the RSPCA will be sufficient discharge for my Trustees. To find out more, please contact: RSPCA (Victoria) 3 Burwood Hwy Burwood East VIC 3151 P 03 9224 2238 Ebequests@rspcavic.org.au Wrspcavic.org.au ABN 56 749 449 191 ACN 131 965 761 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Victoria). Leaving a Bequest LEAVE A LASTING FOOTPRINT ON ANIMAL WELFARE IN VICTORIA About the RSPCA The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Victoria) is a non-government, community based charity that works to prevent cruelty to animals and provide vital animal welfare services throughout Victoria. We have been working tirelessly to care for and protect animals since 1871 and in this time we have become Australia’s leading animal welfare organisation. As a not-for-profit organisation, the RSPCA relies on community support to care for ‘all creatures great and small’. More than 90% of the RSPCA’s funding is due to the generous support of the Victorian community. Our work Five Freedoms SHELTERS RSPCA Victoria is the trusted advocate for animals and leads social change so that all animals live according to the Five Freedoms. The RSPCA operates animal welfare shelters across Victoria providing thousands of stray and abandoned animals each year with a second chance at happiness. INSPECTORATE Our team of RSPCA Inspectors works to protect animals from cruelty, investigate complaints, prosecute offenders and rescue animals from dangerous situations. • Freedom from hunger and thirst • Freedom from discomfort • Freedom from pain, injury and disease • Freedom to express normal behaviour • Freedom from fear and distress. EDUCATION “Saving an animal won’t change the world, but it will surely change the world for that one animal” Our staff and volunteers work to influence and educate members of the community with the aim of preventing animal cruelty and neglect before it even happens. CAMPAIGNING We work continually to harness community support and advocate for legislation and policy change. Your generous support will enable the RSPCA to plan for the future and ensure that vulnerable animals are cared for and protected for generations to come.
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