March 30, 2012Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Nathan Winograd’s ‘Redemption’ details the great betrayal of animals which took place in the early 20th century when the ASPCA, lured by the promise of regular income, abandoned their traditional platforms of advocacy and cruelty prosecutions in favour of running animal pounds on behalf of cities. This compromise of principals (moving from animal protection, to [...]
Continue readingMarch 28, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, attitude
Rescued With Love nails it; Speaking to the members of the public about what we do, I have not met ONE person or child who does not want an animal saved if it is treatable and rehomeable. So where is the problem? Read the rest of the post here.
Continue readingMarch 26, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, shelter procedure
I’ve been trying to find a spare moment to blog out this presentation since it ran back in January, because it was simply awesome. Do you want to stop the tragic deaths of shelter cats, and cut your shelter’s cat intake dramatically and almost overnight? Maddie’s Institute presents Shelter Crowd Control: Keeping Community Cats Out [...]
Continue readingMarch 23, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Toby – is available for adoption at the Rutherford (Newcastle) shelter. While an incredibly unflattering shot, he is one of the few animals who actually *has* a photo. …………….. Back in February the Land and Environment Court dismissed the Society of Companion Animal Rescuers (SoCares) appeal against Cessnock Council’s decision to outsource its animal pound [...]
Continue readingMarch 16, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, resistance
“Learn about pet care” Mayor Anoulack Chanthivong feels the community is to blame for Campbelltown pound’s enormously high kill rate. Campbelltown pound is failing pets. A staggering 2,366 of their 2,593 unclaimed pets at its pound ended up dead last year. They have limited opening hours, refuse to work with rescue and release undesexed pets [...]
Continue readingMarch 15, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, resistance
A blue heeler pup at Broken Hill Vet Clinic/pound Broken Hill, you have a problem. In 2006/07 you made the ‘worst of the worst’ list for NSW, killing 651 pets (or 75%) and appallingly you killed every single impounded cat. In 2007/08 you disgraced yourself again, killing even more animals – with 720 pets losing [...]
Continue readingMarch 6, 2012Comments are closed.cats, pet shops/puppy farming
“I wake up every morning and I do what I’d do if I had $30 million. I’m a lucky man.” There are two scenarios with this picture; – either it was taken on mainland Australia, where the killing of cats is ineffective in the medium or long term, and the eradication of cats is unrealistic… [...]
Continue readingMarch 6, 2012Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
Post first published January 28th, 2011 Reprinted as this appalling idea is again being promoted in the media. With a last ditch attempt to make their members seem like something other than profit motivated puppy peddlers, the Pet Industry Association of Australia boss Roger Perkins has proposed their new policy – unwanted pets should be [...]
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