May 29, 2012Comments are closed.cats, WA Cat Laws
Since 2010, the 140 local governments and 11 regional councils in WA have been able to create their own cat laws. Just 19 have decided to implement them. Why would only 19 out of more than 150 councils choose to have these kinds of laws if they’re supposedly so great? Because the adminstration of these [...]
Continue readingMay 28, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound
While cat welfare groups celebrate, the finer details of the new Western Australian Cat Act are appearing in the public space. Western Australian Cat Act 2011 An Act to — • provide for the control and management of cats; and • promote and encourage the responsible ownership of cats, and for related matters. – Cats [...]
Continue readingMay 23, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
From the Melbourne Weekly… I’ve always loved animals but when I did a stint at the Lost Dogs’ Home I was astounded. I was asked if I could handle seeing dead dogs. I went through a door and saw a one-tonne ute of dogs that had been put down and another with twice as many [...]
Continue readingMay 21, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
Over the weekend Newcastle Herald columnist Jeff Corbett floated the idea that Labradors are retrievers, so they all like the water – Border Collies working breeds, so they all herd – Beagles are scent-hounds, so they all like to track – and that bull-breeds like the American Staffordshire terrier are ‘fighting’ breeds, so they all [...]
Continue readingMay 13, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Up until just recently, a council could seize a dog it deemed to be a ‘pit bull’, take him to the pound who would then kill him, and only his owner would feel the pain of losing a family member. Today social media allows us powerful and immediate connection, so we ALL feel the pain [...]
Continue readingMay 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, Lost Dogs Home, resistance, RSPCA
One of the things we need to decide as a community is just how much killing we’re willing to accept from our pounds and shelters. Because of the enormous diversity in how these organisations operate, we have shelters who choose to kill very few animals (either low kill, or No Kill shelters) and those who [...]
Continue readingMay 7, 2012Comments are closed.cats, dogs, No Kill
Back in August 2011, the NSW Government announced the creation of the state’s first Companion Animals Taskforce. Gathering together vet and Member for Charlestown, Mr Andrew Cornwell MP and representatives from the Animal Welfare League NSW, Australian Companion Animal Council, Australian Institute of Local Government Rangers, Australian Veterinary Association, Cat Protection Society of NSW, Local [...]
Continue readingMay 4, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Facebook debates and online discussions. Here are snippets of information that don’t fit anywhere else, but that could be useful when you’re out there championing life saving programs. Some of it is mine – some of it is unattributed (email me if you see your words and want to be quoted). Feel free to use [...]
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