September 29, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill, PetRescue
The PetRescue team is in Surfers Paradise ready and excited to attend the 2009 3rd National Summit to End Companion Animal Overpopulation, tomorrow. If you’re a twitterer, follow: http://twitter.com/Desexing We look forward to meeting everyone there! :)shel
Continue readingSeptember 20, 2009Comments are closed.shelter procedure
Thanks to Kae for the tip! While low cost pet desexing programs are a vital part of effective animal management, they are often seen as expensive and are overlooked in favour of laws which punish pet lovers and create more problems than they solve. But the ‘holy grail’ of animal sheltering; a cheap, non-surgical desexing [...]
Continue readingSeptember 16, 2009Comments are closed.customer service, marketing
You’ve seen Macy, a black Labrador, on the web after trawling for possible candidates to join your family. You send an email letting the group know you think you’re a great adoption prospect, you’re keen to meet Macy and you’d like to find out how to proceed. Which would you like to get back as [...]
Continue readingSeptember 15, 2009Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
Now I don’t normally put the call out, but this guy has captured my heart. I fall in love a couple times a year. Last one was a singing malamute called Catalina and this time… … meet Squidly His photos don’t do him justice; he is super cute. His voice is croaky now from being [...]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2009Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
From the ACT Office of Regulatory Services ‘Scam Alert’ service: The Acting Commissioner for Fair Trading, Danielle Krajina, is warning consumers to be wary of a scam found on-line or in the classified column, that has resurfaced in Canberra. The scam targets animal lovers by advertising puppies and kittens that will be delivered to a [...]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude
Shelter animals already face formidable obstacles to getting out alive: they can get sick in a shelter, customer service is often poor, a shelter’s location may be remote, adoption hours may be limited, policies may limit the number of days they are held, some may view the animals as “damaged†goods when the reason they [...]
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2009Comments are closed.cats
From the HSUS, a great new poster on feral cat care. Unlike our local campaigns which focus on a delusional premise that if we wish hard enough we can turn nature back 200+ years to a time when there were no stray cats; it recognises that these cats need and deserve our support and are [...]
Continue readingSeptember 8, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill, shelter procedure
From the latest Pet Rescuer newsletter… Letter from the editor It’s not often that you get to be a part of history, but on the 30th of September every rescuer in the country has a chance to get involved in a grassroots revolution set to change the face of animal rescue in Australia. There are [...]
Continue readingSeptember 7, 2009Comments are closed.attitude
I just think people should exhaust all options before giving up their pets and its generally clear when they haven’t, so I have no sympathy for those people. I’ve had enough animals surrendered to me personally that I’ve heard all the excuses. When I was in my early twenties, I was a caregiver to my [...]
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