News & Events Animal Welfare Awards Humane Award This award recognises a person or people who, in an isolated event or incident, demonstrated exceptional courage and bravery in rescuing an animal or animals. (Meet last year's recipients here). Criteria Available to one or more individuals over the age of 18 The individual(s) being nominated is from Western Australia The act/actions happened between 1 July 2020 to 30 July 2022 (Nominations for the 2022 RSPCA Animal Welfare Awards have now closed.) Go back to Award Categories