November 30, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, marketing
The San Francisco SPCA have begun featuring adoptable dogs and cats at Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square as part of the 24th annual Macy’s Holiday Windows, which will run through to the new year. The pet display has been a winter staple since 1987. During that time, more than 2,000 animals have been adopted [...]
Continue readingNovember 28, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
At this time of year, many animal lovers will be considering where to make their holiday donation. With so much talk of under-performing pounds and a new wave of animal rescue groups saving lives, it can be hard for those outside the industry to keep up. How can you tell the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’? [...]
Continue readingNovember 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure, volunteers
We all know community foster care and rescue groups make a vital contribution to animal welfare across the country. Thousands of pets every year owe their lives to volunteer pet-lovers who give up their time to save the lives of needy animals. Rescue and foster groups involve the whole community to bring about life saving [...]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
It gets worse. From the Lost Dogs Home 2009/10 Annual Report, for the 24,426 cats and dogs impounded, the outcomes were as follows; 3,101 adopted 13,594 killed (3,242 dogs, 10,352 cats) 7,645 returned to owner They also recorded “Revenue from continuing operations” as $11,854,916. We will no longer stand by quietly while pets are killed [...]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Circle of Blame Step 1. Have your community alert you to unacceptably high cat kill rates. Step 2. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the numbers Step 2. Provide cat traps Step 3. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the surge in impounds Step 4. Send cats to pounds with a 90%+ kill rate Step 5. Blame [...]
Continue readingNovember 22, 2010Comments are closed.No Kill, resistance, volunteers
A recent puppy farm awareness effort estimates that over a hundred thousand puppies and kittens are sold from pet stores each year. And yet we often hear there aren’t enough people who want to bring a pet into their families. Australian’s are spending more than ever on gourmet foods, treats, toys, bedding and grooming, pampering [...]
Continue readingNovember 19, 2010Comments are closed.attitude
As Seth Godin once said, “The best way to keep your bank from getting robbed is to not open a bank.” If you open a shelter to take the public’s unwanted pets – you guessed it – people are going to bring pets to you. And given we chose to offer this service/ work in [...]
Continue readingNovember 17, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
One of the stated outcomes of the Hobson’s Bay Domestic Animal Management Plan is to: Address any over-population and high euthanasia rates for dogs and cats. From 1st September last year, council moved its animal control and after hours service in house, and its impounds to the Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne. Their impound [...]
Continue readingNovember 16, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill
An update on the RSPCA Victoria ‘adoption fee waived’ cat promotion. Between Thursday 11 and Saturday 13 November, 110 cats found new homes. “That’s a freaking lot”, I hear you say; “but why didn’t they adopt more?” Because they ran out of cats. The revolving doors of the RSPCA almost stopped spinning at the weekend [...]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
In his paper ‘Temperament Testing in the Age of No Kill’ for Best Friends Animal Society, Nathan Winograd discussed the limitations of temperament testing in the US, namely that it wasn’t very scientific; Temperament testing is a series of exercises designed to evaluate whether an animal is aggressive. Because dog behavior is highly specific to [...]
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