February 27, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
Wagging the dog Date: 25/02/2012 Sydney Morning Herald – Good Weekend Unpredictably vicious and a potential killer, or man’s misunderstood best friend? Whatever the case, it’s not the best time to be a pit bull in Australia – or to own one. By Joel Meares. Harnessed at the end of her hot-pink leash, Princess Dahlia [...]
Continue readingFebruary 26, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, resistance
The City of Campbelltown has a population of 150,000 and a council run animal shelter which takes in about 3,600 pets a year. They were the focus of some understandably negative publicity, when council revealed in it’s 2009/10 annual report that it killed 2,269 of the 2,728 unclaimed pets at its pound. But it took [...]
Continue readingFebruary 23, 2012Comments are closed.cats, dogs
‘Pets Family’ Cavoodles How much money should a reputable animal welfare organisation take from a live-puppy-sales pet shop? I’m sure you’ll agree that the answer is none. Any reputable animal welfare organisation would recognise that a pet store which sold puppies – likely the offspring of puppy farm mothers – is the antithesis of their [...]
Continue readingFebruary 21, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs
Kooda is one of two Cobram dogs that will be put down if its owners lose their case. In 2008, the Victorian government had a problem. The Bureau of Animal Welfare (BAW) Restricted Breed Panel was overturning two out of every three council decisions to seize (and seek approval to destroy) dogs. Of the 34 [...]
Continue readingFebruary 17, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, resistance
Anyone who’s followed this blog knows the enormous disaster the ‘Who’s for Cats’ program has been for cats in the state of Victoria. Not only seeing a 50% increase in complaints about cats, and encouraging violence against them, but surging cat impoundments to record levels requiring millions of dollars worth of new infrastructure to ‘process’ [...]
Continue readingFebruary 10, 2012Comments are closed.attitude, dogs
In 2009 Buckley, an 8 week old puppy, was the victim of a cruel attack. Someone cut off his ears and tail with a pair of scissors, then dumped him. Luckily, Buckley was rescued and taken to The Lost Dogs’ Home where nursed back to health. He was given an operation to mend his ear [...]
Continue readingFebruary 7, 2012Comments are closed.cats
Link to article: Feral cats on the march in Ingleburn (they made a joke here, which has since been removed – I think they thought I was laughing with them) ……… …. I’ve still not heard anything. Look, I realise I’m probably just busting the balls of some PR/marketing person who know jack all about [...]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
Individuals and community groups taking an interest in, and if required challenging, the action of local councils in regards to their companion animal management is vital in our drive to a No Kill Australia. Today, the Society of Companion Animal Rescuers (SoCares) is in court, objecting to their council’s decision to award the low kill [...]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
It’s hard to imagine that just five months has passed, since the community of Geelong demanded the killing end at their local pound, the Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS). The organisation had been defending killing for decades, citing that they couldn’t stop killing animals because they were simply not savable, they were unsocialised puppies, there [...]
Continue readingFebruary 3, 2012Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, Secret Cat
Just after the new year, a little scrawny cat started appearing around our place. He took off like a shot whenever we went out the front door, but I noticed that unlike the other cats in the neighbourhood, Secret Cat was happy to have him around. I felt I needed to take some action on [...]
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