March 29, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, Lost Dogs Home, RSPCA, shelter procedure
In the late 1970′s in Victoria, debate raged over the killing of pound animals using a machine known as a ‘Lethanair’ chamber. The ‘Lethanair’ machine was a decompression chamber, which allowed the bulk killing of dogs. Today, we consider decompression as an unacceptable method of euthanasia, as these chambers were designed to produce decompression [...]
Continue readingMarch 19, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, Victorian Dog Laws
Born in September 2009, pup Bobo was a surprise gift to his owner, from his girlfriend. Bobo’s father was an American Staffordshire Terrier and mum was a Johnson’s Bulldog. In his short life, his owner loved and took care of him. He went to the vet. He had never strayed or become lost. And he [...]
Continue readingMarch 18, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
We know the Victorian government are big on seizing pets. Whether it’s ‘pit bull’ types, or community cats; any program which increases the numbers of animals impounded (and inevitably killed), seems to get the nod. But the Victorian government is no longer happy simply to pick off certain profiled pets – they want to expand their net [...]
Continue readingMarch 15, 2013Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, Lost Dogs Home, resistance
The LDH let us know exactly where they stand yesterday. In case anyone was still hanging on to the naive hope that they might evolve to become a compassionate reflection of our pet-loving community – we now know that’s not in their plans. Onwards. Dr Graeme Smith, General Manager of the Lost Dogs Home discussed [...]
Continue readingMarch 3, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, Lost Dogs Home
When you treat the pet loving public like the enemy, and defend high kill rates in the face of alternatives, you put yourself at odds with the very community you are meant to be serving. You may be able to dodge and dive, and threaten, and send in the lawyers and delete comments and ban and [...]
Continue readingMarch 1, 2013Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
Image: Opening celebrations: onlookers being shown the lethal chamber by Mr W Kendall, honorary veterinary surgeon to the Home. 28 February 1913. The Argus newspaper reported in 1914 that, in its first year of operation, 906 dogs that were not reclaimed by their owners, or were hopelessly sick or injured, were killed in the lethal [...]
Continue readingFebruary 28, 2013Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
February 22, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, Lost Dogs Home
Saturday the 15th of October 2011 marked a historic event for pets in Australia. It was the day when the first community – the community of Geelong in Victoria – stood up and said enough to the unnecessary killing of pets. Their local council pound, the Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) had been defending killing [...]
Continue readingFebruary 15, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, Lost Dogs Home
On March 3rd the Lost Dogs Home Pet Fest invites pet lovers to celebrate the organsation’s 100th birthday Obviously, I was all like, OMG you guys! and wanted to take the time to celebrate with them. Here are a few milestones of note from the team at the Lost Dogs Home; The New ‘Lost Cats’ [...]
Continue readingFebruary 13, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, Victorian Dog Laws
Chevy’s relieved to be back home after four months of stressful detention In can be nearly impossible to get animal welfare and dog trainers to agree on anything. However, after the death of Ayen Chol, animal experts came forward to advise the Victorian government on problems with their proposed, knee-jerk legislation targeting ‘pit bulls’. Astoundingly [...]
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