January 31, 2009Comments are closed.new media
Oh. Best blog ever. Someone Woke Up on the Wrong Side of the New Year And we know who, don’t we? Yes, Mr. Mike crankily head bobbed me the moment I walked into his room on 1 Jan. He has been ticked off at me most of the winter, due to my usual winter habit [...]
Continue readingJanuary 29, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
When I spend time on rescue forums, I’m always astounded and saddened by the vitriol aimed at pet owners either looking for support during a crisis, or who are looking for temporary care for their pets rather than resorting to leaving them at the pound. This lack of sensitivity and ‘holier than thou attitude’, although exciting [...]
Continue readingJanuary 28, 2009Comments are closed.mandatory desexing
I know we’ve been over this again and again and again, but once the animal welfare groups have been granted compulsory registration legislation and it not only fails, but increases killing, they can then force the governments hand to compulsory desexing. .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Queensland cat lovers will soon be forced to take responsibility for their moggies [...]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
The K9 Unit in Chicago has a pit bull problem. In a team which includes german shepherds and a blood hound, the pit bull is standing out as hard to train because they’re just too nice; A pit bull named Elliot Ness is anything but untouchable. Loving and friendly, these traits keep most pit bulls from being [...]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, mandatory desexing, shelter procedure
It seems like a solid argument; if we don’t stop the leak, then we’ll never be able to stop mopping the floor. And this is the justification used when animal welfare groups set about to develop regulations to help stamp out over-breeding by backyard breeders and puppy farms. Of course everyone wants to see an [...]
Continue readingJanuary 26, 2009Comments are closed.shel
There was a spider at the front of our house. Suspended between two trees I only started noticing her because she was big, and growing more enormous every day. Unlike other spiders, she was granted a protection order (ie. Andy, my partner, was under strict instructions not to knock her down) as I thought she looked [...]
Continue readingJanuary 23, 2009Comments are closed.marketing
One of the things we humans are loathe to do, is turn away from a good old fashion flame war. Gathering up all our indignation and spittle, we fly in the face of anyone who dares mention us online in anything but a glowing fashion. But does our tendency to take things personally, interfere with [...]
Continue readingJanuary 22, 2009Comments are closed.mandatory desexing
After concerns by the RSPCA that compulsory registration would see 70% of cats killed in Alice Springs, it seems today that even those driving the new legislation admit that it’s not actually able to get people to be more responsible. Mammoth fail! .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Just two dozen cats have been registered and tagged under the Alice [...]
Continue readingJanuary 21, 2009Comments are closed.cats
This months PetRescue newsletter was the most fun I’ve ever had… We got to make our very own lol cats —-> We got to talk about things that make a cat happy and cat foster caring. But the coolest thing? Getting to write about TNR in a this is the greatest thing ever!!! kinda way; [...]
Continue readingJanuary 20, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
An article on dog attacks which actually contains information from a dog behaviour expert looks like this: Dogs that attack people should not necessarily be euthanased, a Sydney animal behaviour expert says. Commenting on a dog attack that killed a young girl in a small town in southern New South Wales, Kirsty Seksel from the [...]
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