April 15, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, resistance
As anyone who opens their homes to a foster pet knows, community rescue and foster groups save lives. Effective shelters and pounds recognise this, developing relationships with community rescue to manage capacity and bring down kill rates. The belief that the community can be trusted with pets, and that pets are better off in homes [...]
Continue readingApril 9, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, resistance, shelter procedure
When a horse died on the first day of the Victorian jumps season, the RSPCA pronounced loudly that these animals deserved protection from those who cause them an unnecessary death. When the duck season started and the hunters opened fire, the RSPCA declared loudly that shooting animals was barbaric. When cats were injured last year [...]
Continue readingApril 7, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, marketing
A lot of shelters and rescue starting to put out web videos to promote the pets they have in care, which is of course AWESOME! And there are a few tips and tricks your group can be using to get the most out of your web videos. No one wants to make a video that [...]
Continue readingApril 2, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
There is just 30 days to comment on changes to the Code of Practice for the Management of Dogs and Cats in Shelters and Pounds. From the DPI e-Newsletter: Code of Practice (Revision Number 1) For your information – the Minister gave notice today 31 March 2011 of the proposal to make the Code of [...]
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