September 29, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy
There is a difference between advocacy and adoptions, and understanding this key to an effective message. If a person is considering adopting a pet, what they need is support, encouragement and praise for their decision (positive) Yet, often when people come to rescue to adopt, via our websites or facebook pages, we present them with [...]
Continue readingSeptember 23, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill, shelter procedure
Widely celebrated as Australia’s answer to the No Kill movement of the US, the ‘Getting to Zero’ (G2Z) program has been, being developed by the Animal Welfare League of Queensland and claims to “detail the principles, structures and strategies for achieving zero killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs”. The AWLQ seems like an [...]
Continue readingSeptember 22, 2011Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
How do you enforce cat laws? You can’t ask a cat if it is desexed, so do you check the ear of the cat for a tattoo? Check the undercarriage for harblz? Well, often you won’t be able to catch said cat, so you’ll just have to start heavying people you suspect may be the [...]
Continue readingSeptember 19, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, council pound, No Kill
ABC’s 7.30 Report…
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude
Richard Avanzino, President Maddie’s Fund USA – Building collaborative effort and the importance of reporting
Continue readingSeptember 8, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, shelter procedure
Mitch Schneider, Director Washoe County Animal Management Services USA Getting to Zero through Proactive Animal Management Programs – a Win-Win Approach to Animal Control
Continue readingSeptember 7, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, No Kill, shelter procedure
Robyn Kippenberger, Richard Avanzino & Joy Verrinder NDN Opening – G2Z elements
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2011Comments are closed.dogs, shelter procedure
“The head is proportionate to the dog. Viewed from above, the general shape of the head is that of a blunt wedge, large and broad.” “Viewed from the side, the skull and muzzle are on parallel plains separated by a moderately deep stop. Arches over the eyes are well defined but not pronounced.” “Muzzle: Slightly [...]
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs
The Australia media’s representation of a ‘pit bull’. I was contacted behind the scenes and asked to remove the photo of a ‘pit bull cross’ from my post about the new Victorian legislation; the justification being, that if the ‘authorities’ saw the dog, they’d then they’d be more likely to target dogs who looked like [...]
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