November 30, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing, shelter procedure
Rescue groups are realising that to be effective in their life saving mission, they must a adopt a client focussed mentality and implement programs and policies which encourage adoptions. One of the most effective ways to make it easy for people to choose rescue, is to open at times that are convenient to the average [...]
Continue readingNovember 27, 2009Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
The AWL QLD’s photographer – try not to want to adopt these guys. No really.
Continue readingNovember 27, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill
Good science on how to take your community to No Kill from Maddies Fund: On October 23 and 24, 2009, The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine hosted the second annual Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Conference in Gainesville, Florida. The sold-out conference brought more than 200 veterinarians and shelter leaders from 22 states. The first [...]
Continue readingNovember 26, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill
Imagine if you told pounds and shelters tomorrow that they couldn’t kill a pet that a rescue group was willing to take? Imagine if, instead of being able to gag rescue groups with threats to cut off their ability to rescue when they try and speak out about inhumane treatment of animals, pounds were forced [...]
Continue readingNovember 25, 2009Comments are closed.attitude
Gapingvoid.com
Continue readingNovember 25, 2009Comments are closed.cats
The killing of six cats by Mildura Council using a firearm, when they had an available vet to administer lethal injections, has caused cat-lover outrage both nationally and internationally. However, the council remains unrepentant. Mayor Glenn Milne released a statement saying the officer acted lawfully. ”Whilst destruction of animals via gunshot is not normally the [...]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill, resistance
The Lost Dogs Home Managing Director, Graeme Smith has today claimed he’s aiming for… … a zero euthanasia rate, with as many animals claimed and re-housed as possible So if he’s truly interested in techniques that work to save the lives of pets and isn’t just paying lip service to the language of No Kill, [...]
Continue readingNovember 22, 2009Comments are closed.cats, Secret Cat
Today, at my shelter’s open day, I got suitably baked under the clear blue skies of Perth. (I took a photo because it looked so much like a computer screensaver – how geeky is that!) When I came home, I sat on the steps with my secret cat. What’s that you said? I didn’t know [...]
Continue readingNovember 20, 2009Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
Proponents of mandatory desexing legislation seem to be of the opinion that anyone who opposes it must be somehow disconnected from animal sheltering, an animal hater or just plain ignorant. So Dr Harry Corbett got referred to as all of these things when he pointed out to Melton compulsory desexing supporters, that applying laws to [...]
Continue readingNovember 18, 2009Comments are closed.dogs
Story of hope from the RSPCA QLD and ABC Brisbane 147 poodles (11 still need homes) Remember all those poodles that the RSPCA found two years ago? Over 100 dogs were found in filthy conditions at a site in Waterford. It’s taken two years, multiple court appearances and more than one million dollars in veterinary [...]
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