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January 2014

No safety for Kiki

January 8, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA

Early on the 5th September, Peter Giotto, a businessman and animal rescuer from Sydney, found a dog. The 1 year old German Shepherd pup dubbed ‘Kiki’ was collected from the side of the road after being hit by a car and suffering a broken leg. Peter was able to lift the pup from the ground […]

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Business as usual

January 7, 2014Comments are closed.council pound

The first media reported oopsie kill of 2014… Tara, a five-year-old German Shepherd, escaped from the backyard of Tania’s Scarness home along with the family’s other dog, Diesel. As sometimes happens when dogs get loose, Tara got into trouble with the neighbours – allegedly having an altercation with another dog. She was taken to the […]

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Homeless animals without a hope in Orange

January 6, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA

Boo boo – available for adoption at the RSPCA Orange shelter The RSPCA NSW took in $28 million in revenue last financial year. In the same year, Orange local council spent more than half a million dollars on “companion animal management and activities”, contracting shelter and rehoming of unclaimed animals to the RSPCA. Today, The […]

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Sacrificed on the altar of temperament testing

January 5, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Temperament testing

A dog being tested with a ‘toddler doll’ Practically all animal shelters in Australia administer some kind of ‘temperament test’ to pets in an effort to determine their suitability for rehoming. In the in case of dogs, these tests are purported to be able to reveal dogs who are aggressive and a potential danger to […]

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Welcoming 2014

January 2, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill

Happy New Year! What an extraordinary year 2013 has been. Never has the contrast between those who are working to save each and every life, and those happy to continue to profit from catching, impounding and killing pets been more stark. Our friends in the US have seen an extraordinary 231 communities achieve No Kill. […]

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