June 30, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Secret Cat
Three Christmases ago my now husband Andy and I (and our three dogs) moved into a new house. Since then I’ve quit shelter work to ‘officially’ work on PetRescue, Andy and I have got married, gotten pregnant and had our first baby. Lots of exciting change. And while all that has been happening, we’ve enjoyed [...]
Continue readingJune 25, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
Animal ‘ambulances’ are a modern rebrand of the dog-catchers van, and are used by animal control officers to impound stray and unowned animals. Contrary to the popular notion that shelters are full of surrendered (dumped) animals, 90% of shelter animals are actually brought in by the shelter themselves, (including untame, unowned cats who are then [...]
Continue readingJune 18, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
The story of Bear and Kooda has gained a lot of exposure in the days since these healthy, friendly dogs were killed. And there has been many people asking – were they pit bulls or not? The truth is, under the current Victorian laws, it doesn’t actually matter. The government has told councils that DNA [...]
Continue readingJune 14, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Thanks to an ignorant state government, and relentless lobbying and scare-mongering by the Lost Dogs Home Victoria, Bear and Kooda lost their lives today. Two young pups – who’d never done anything wrong – were gently hugged by their owners, then lifted onto a veterinarian’s table, and under direction of the government, they were injected [...]
Continue readingJune 14, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
While the news that Lennox’s owners have lost their appeal causes an enormous worldwide outcry, a more local but no less unjust murder is happening right here, right now in Australia. In early 2011, dog owner Nathan Laffan bought two dogs and named them Kooda and Bear. They were purchased from a byb as ‘American [...]
Continue readingJune 12, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, resistance
Each year about 12,000 dogs enter the Lost Dogs Home Melbourne. About 7,000 will be collected by their owners, leaving about 5,000 unclaimed dogs needing protection. Allowing for the few days a year the Home closes, this is about 15 dogs per day. The Queen’s Birthday long weekend would be expected to be a busy [...]
Continue readingJune 6, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
This is Ace Just before Christmas last year, Ace got lost and was impounded by Banyule City Council. Shortly after he was collected, his owner contacted council looking for him. Council advised her that they believed him to be of ‘pit bull type’ and that since his registration had lapsed, they intended to declare him [...]
Continue readingJune 5, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
This is Tonka. On Feb 17th of this year, Tonka was seized by Kingston Council under the Victorian Government’s new ‘seize and destroy’ laws for unregistered dogs suspected to be of ‘pit bull type’. Tonka was loved. He was desexed, had not roamed or caused a problem in his community and by all accounts was [...]
Continue readingJune 3, 2012Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
