January 24, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, attitude, resistance
“… of a radical or a revolutionary is not the willingness to confront the orthodoxy and arrogance of the rulers but the readiness to contest illusions and falsehoods among close friends and allies.” ~ Christopher Hitchens
Continue readingJanuary 20, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, resistance
In the field of animal protection, with large, national organizations taking in the lion’s share of resources for the stated purpose of helping animals even as they use that money and influence to undermine the No Kill cause – the need for the public and activists to become more savvy – to learn to read [...]
Continue readingJanuary 18, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, resistance
Photo: BBC News The RSPCA UK message about free-roaming cats is simple; if it’s happy, leave it be. If the stray cat is not friendly, it may be feral or semi-feral. Feral and semi-feral cats are able to look after themselves and, so long as the feral cat is healthy, leaving it alone may be [...]
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs
As seen on Twitter, a graphical representation of the problems at the LDH. Is this the ‘animal welfare’ system we’re happy to have?
Continue readingJanuary 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Image – The Newcastle Herald The RSPCA Rutherford shelter has for several years managed pound services for the suburbs of Maitland, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle (NSW). The pound had long been criticised by animal advocates for refusing to release animals to community rescue, for working to overturn minimum impound periods making it easier to kill [...]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Like all councils in Victoria, Kingston has had compulsory pet microchipping and registration since 2007. In 2008/09 Council had 6,529 registered cats in their area and were impounding less than one cat a day (266). Despite the low number of cats ending up in the pound, cat welfare groups pressured the council to look at [...]
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