April 28, 2008Comments are closed.shelter procedure
A glimpse into the future from Dolitter: Sign-overs occur when clients bring you pets they can no longer care for or whose treatment they cannot afford. Hospitals have the option of drafting a document that allows us to take over ownership of the pet to do as we like with them. Though sign-overs are a [...]
Continue readingApril 25, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
The March/April issue of Animal Sheltering Magazine, “What Happens After Happily Ever After” argues; that the real measure of a successful rescue isn’t the number of pets saved, but the number of successful placements. So what defines a successful placement? If your client is happy with their pet; if the pet lives as family member, [...]
Continue readingApril 24, 2008Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
Dear the PIAA, You should change your policies and get live pets out of your stores. Not because there aren’t statistics that make you look less accountable. Or because of any new laws that might be brought in to force you to stop. But because the key to the PIAA’s success lies in being an [...]
Continue readingApril 24, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
From a pound worker from the outer regions of NSW (about 7hrs out of Sydney).  “The work I mainly do now is 90% full time impounding dogs and trapping cats. So far since 1st June 2007, 1024 dogs and cats have passed through the small animal shelter, all bar 17 have been destroyed. You [...]
Continue readingApril 23, 2008Comments are closed.shelter procedure
Last month, a small WA city council voted to give the responsibility for investigating and prosecuting animal cruelty to a independant, volunteer run, non-profit organisation, rather than appoint an RSPCA inspector.  Seems great doesn’t it? A rescue initiative based on goodwill that disbands the monopoly on council tenders held by the RSPCA and puts animal welfare firmly in the [...]
Continue readingApril 11, 2008Comments are closed.PetRescue, shel
Hey guys, Sorry I’ve not been around – have started a new job and so have been flat out! Good news is, it’s for a PR company so I’m hoping I can share lots of what I’m doing here… And, do you know what the most excruitating thing in the world is? Sitting and pressing [...]
Continue readingApril 4, 2008Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
From her show on puppy mills today “The fact is, what they’re doing is not illegal,” Lisa says. “But the objective I think here is to raise awareness. People go into the pet stores, and they see these cute little puppies not knowing where they come from and what they go through.”
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