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December 21, 2023
Rescuing or rehoming?
December 6, 2023
How does PetRescue support community rescue groups
June 11, 2023
Pudge - seven failed adoptions, PetRescue's Home2Home
February 16, 2022
Dr Harry's feature on Woolworths Insurance says you should get a puppy from a pet store
November 15, 2021
Desexmas Fundraiser Update 2021
September 14, 2021
PetRescue saves Maggie... from PetRescue?
July 5, 2021
We rescued this pet and now PetRescue is using them to fundraise (Tax-Time 2021 edition)
March 3, 2021
90% of PetRescue's $1.8 million revenue went to own staff
January 2, 2021
Are you rescuing through the holidays?
December 21, 2020
PetRescue's fake rescue - Home2Home - produces the fundraising fodder they've always wished for
December 10, 2020
Pet Hack 2020 - the results
November 15, 2020
'Rehome' - the site that says it's the Airbnb of pet adoptions
September 17, 2020
Why fake rescuing lets pets and owners down
September 3, 2020
Dogs Refuge Home (WA) delete their PetRescue membership
August 21, 2020
Did Daisy really need rescuing from rescue?
August 18, 2020
PetRescue begins cherry picking surrenders; side-stepping rescue groups
July 19, 2020
Yeah, the AWL NSW sold Ingleside like everyone said they would
July 18, 2020
WA Cat Act Year 5 - well what did you THINK would happen if you gave councils more powers to impound cats?
June 5, 2020
Covid-19 shows us what we already knew; rescue groups cannot be expected to do more to help pets
May 5, 2020
PetRescue's Covid-19 boon
April 4, 2020
Rescue's biggest obstacle
January 24, 2020
Cats provide camouflage for Australia's failure to act on environmental destruction
December 29, 2019
A major WA rescue pulls the plug on PetRescue
December 28, 2019
Nearly 500 million animals killed in Australian bushfires - and something you can do to help
December 23, 2019
Merry Christmas from PetRescue
December 18, 2019
Despite spending millions, Baw Baw still doesn't have a proper pound
December 14, 2019
PetRescue responds to rescue groups
December 11, 2019
This is Fred
December 2, 2019
PetRescue's financials 2018/19; $1 million to own employees, $108 to rescue groups
November 25, 2019
PetRescue tests out the ethical limits of fundraising (xmas 2019 edition)
October 17, 2019
RSPCA WA adopts 387 dogs for the year - $1.8 million loss
May 22, 2019
Rescuers: do you rescue from Mornington Pound? Action required
May 21, 2019
Townsville kills 45% of impounded cats, one in four dogs
May 10, 2019
Is this $80,000 Gorman fundraiser actually going to help pets?
April 9, 2019
The RSPCA killed just 5,000 dogs last year - so why aren’t they celebrating?
April 5, 2019
The most dangerous thing that can happen to a puppy farm dog
April 2, 2019
The RSPCA on rescue groups: "... a way for people simply to legitimise hoarding behaviour"
March 22, 2019
PIAA to get yet another CEO
March 22, 2019
RSPCA receives over $2million dollars from pet industry
March 20, 2019
The RSPCA SA want to kill these border collies
March 6, 2019
This is what Fundraising and Philanthropy Magazine call a “perfect appeal”
February 18, 2019
Susan
February 15, 2019
How 'Desexmas' helped the rescue community
February 4, 2019
How following PetRescue's lead has taken PETstock Assist to a strategic dead-end
January 17, 2019
Should PetRescue be taking donations at all?
January 14, 2019
PetRescue vs rescue groups
December 23, 2018
The best pound reform media this year, and it might just get buried by Christmas
December 16, 2018
How PetRescue made $360,000 from a fundraiser (featuring a pet that got $0)
November 19, 2018
PIAA breeders eye Queensland as the new puppy farming hotspot
November 9, 2018
PETstock's "rescue" calendar fails to support rescue groups
November 7, 2018
How much longer is Blue Cross Animals Society going to be non-functioning?
October 30, 2018
How PetRescue weaponised adoption applications to steal rescue group's resources
October 10, 2018
Should our rescue group be part of 'The Adoptables'?
September 29, 2018
The future of rescue... according to the RSPCA
September 20, 2018
QLD animal welfare groups open their arms wide, welcoming commercial dog breeders to their state
September 13, 2018
Ritchie - how PetRescue turned a workplace foster dog into $100,000
September 10, 2018
PetRescue's 'Desexmas' - where did the campaign funds go?
August 21, 2018
A brief history of the first year of PetRescue
June 28, 2018
PetRescue tests out the ethical limits of fundraising. Again. (And again).
June 24, 2018
The email PetRescue sent your supporters this morning...
June 18, 2018
Animal Welfare League SA pushes rescue groups out of PETstock statewide
June 10, 2018
Pet industry looks to connect with the public to cement the rights of commercial puppy breeders
September 7, 2020
What rescue groups are saying about PetRescue
May 25, 2018
Let them eat chow!
May 23, 2018
Ranger, vet confirm; cat 'temperament testing' can't tell a feral cat from a pet one.
May 18, 2018
Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who?
May 10, 2018
PIAA looking for friends, fans, relevance
May 3, 2018
PetRescue addresses the concerns of rescue groups
April 30, 2018
The Animal Welfare League NSW has gone rogue in supporting commercial pet breeding
April 24, 2018
Minutes from the AWL NSW Annual General Meeting (Saturday 21st of April 2018)
April 18, 2018
How PetRescue uses adopter applications to redirect rescue's donations to themselves (redux)
April 13, 2018
It is not an overstatement to say that pet foster care and community rescue in Victoria is kaput.
April 5, 2018
The RSPCA almost certainly has a new national position on pound services
April 4, 2018
AWL NSW branch statement supports Kellyville Pets
March 31, 2018
Want to know what rescue groups are saying about PetRescue, and the implications this has for your organisation?
March 30, 2018
Happy Easter from PetRescue
March 24, 2018
Kellyville Pets' anti-cats-as-pets segment; suggests reptiles (we sell them too!)
March 22, 2018
RSPCA QLD gets a big, new shelter in Ipswich (and a boarding kennel too!)
March 4, 2018
How PetRescue responds to criticism is becoming a problem
February 27, 2018
Dr Harry, the PIAA and PetRescue
February 22, 2018
Where puppies will come from in the future in Australia
February 12, 2018
Council plumber inspected AWL Ingleside, found no issue - so why is the shelter closed?
February 6, 2014
RSPCA WA Gingin raid - reference page #4
June 27, 2018
RSPCA WA Gingin raid, following animal outcomes
February 6, 2014
RSPCA WA Gingin raid - reference page #3
February 6, 2014
RSPCA WA Gingin raid - reference page #2
February 6, 2014
RSPCA WA Gingin raid - reference page #1
February 1, 2018
Petbarn give rescues over a million bucks for adopting through their stores
January 29, 2018
The real story of Benny; 'saving a loveable three-legged wriggle bottom'
January 10, 2018
The Guardian newspaper article; "NSW animal welfare inspector accepted $35,000 from puppy retailer it audits"
January 3, 2018
Animal Welfare League NSW betrays pets, joins puppy farmers
December 29, 2017
A new year's resolution for savvy rescue groups
December 22, 2017
PetRescue is a very good website
December 17, 2017
Dear PetRescue, your problem isn’t me. Your problem is you can’t be trusted.
December 9, 2017
PetRescue tests out the ethical limits of fundraising. Again
November 29, 2017
It's the middle of kitten season and there's two adoptable cats at the RSPCA WA
November 24, 2017
Tweed pound is treating pets like garbage
November 13, 2017
RSPCA Queensland gets into the dead pet business
November 8, 2017
Did the RSPCA WA spend $1.6 million on fundraising and make a loss?
October 29, 2017
Who is the Pet Industry Association of Australia (PIAA)?
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