May 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, NSW Taskforce, RSPCA
Rescue news from around Australia… Dogs Ipswich (QLD) – Confirming that dog attacks often happen in the home, a blue heeler has bitten the nine-year-old girl on the lip. Thankfully, although police were called, the girl’s injuries weren’t life threatening. Health and Regulation Committee chairman Councillor Andrew Antoniolli said the incident highlighted the importance of [...]
Continue readingMay 29, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats
The April/June edition of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science ‘Factors Relevant to Adoption of Cats in an Animal Shelter‘ researched the effects of toys, cage location, and cat characteristics (activity level, age, sex and coat colour) on the adoptions of 111 cats available in an animal shelter. Results showed that “active cats were [...]
Continue readingMay 29, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, marketing
Another pound using the media to get the word out about their available pets; While I’m not a fan of the associated article that details how awfully irresponsible their community is, at least these guys are trying to get the word out about the pets they have in their pound. Maybe, just like in the [...]
Continue readingMay 27, 2010Comments are closed.marketing, new media
I work part-time for a large, bureaucratic animal welfare group. They were a bit baffled by ‘The Facebook’, and knowing I’d been using the accounts since I started here, they asked me to explain how they were set up. They have one ‘personal’ profile called, let’s say… ‘Fluffy Pets Rescue’ Which, once it was created, [...]
Continue readingMay 27, 2010Comments are closed.cats, resistance, shelter procedure
Bendigo was one of the first Victorian councils to introduce cat management laws. In the 2002/03 period the council impounded 534 cats, killing 338 of them. In 2004, they introduced a cat curfew, using the cat haters in the community to ‘teach cat owners a lesson’: 06 July 2004 – Residents will be on the [...]
Continue readingMay 26, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure
Why do pets die in shelters? I no longer believe in the ‘too many pets, not enough homes’ reasoning because I can’t make the math of hundreds of pets being sold by pet shops, in the newspaper and on the internet each day, gel with the idea that no one wants the pets we have. [...]
Continue readingMay 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, dogs, marketing, new media
Get ready to find out! ————————– Pedigree teams up with PetRescue SYDNEY: Pet brand Pedigree is set to launch a $4 million campaign for its 2010 Pedigree Adoption Drive in partnership with rescue organisation PetRescue. Designed to pull on the emotional heartstrings of all Australians, the campaign takes in TV, print, online, digital, PR, and [...]
Continue readingMay 24, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing, new media, No Kill, shelter procedure
A man walks into your shelter and drops off a canary in a box. Do you a) recognise that you don’t have any aviary facilities, so do the ‘kindest thing’ and kill the bird. The man should have been a more responsible owner! or b) post the bird to your Facebook fan page of over [...]
Continue readingMay 23, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, customer service, dogs, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure, volunteers
The New Zealanders might have just overtaken Australia in the race to modernised animal sheltering industry. Over 125 years ago, New Zealand opened its first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or SPCA. Today, proving that even an ‘old’ organisation can lead the way in modern thinking, they have pledged their dedication to [...]
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