January 8, 2013Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, cats, No Kill
Open admission, No Kill shelters in the US have a problem – they’ve run out of cats! So now they’re pulling cats from other communities. This week, KCPP hit another milestone. Due to adoption numbers and help from local area groups, we were able to pull cats for adoption from another local shelter! Yesterday, we […]
Continue readingJanuary 6, 2013Comments are closed.adoptions, Lost Dogs Home, resistance
The Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne are currently running a ‘half-price’ adoption promotion. It has also been the Christmas school holidays – the busiest time in rescue for stray collections, surrenders and adoptions. Since Monday 24th December (Christmas eve), for two weeks, until Sunday 6th Jan (14 days) the following ‘bully breed’ dogs have […]
Continue readingJanuary 2, 2013Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, new media
Try and tell me that this doesn’t make you want to rush down and help these guys out. No berating the irresponsible masses, no hand-wringing or threats to kill pets. Lots of cute animal action. Totally upfront and honest about the situation (it’s the holidays – we’re busy!), with a clear call to action for […]
Continue readingDecember 28, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, marketing
The colour of a cat’s coat has been traditionally linked to its personality. Studies on whether these cat-colour-personality assertions are accurate have been mixed, but a study of 130 adoptable cats in a shelter in Florida, on their responses to being handled by strangers, found no significant difference between any of the coat colours (Munera […]
Continue readingDecember 23, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, RSPCA
Unfortunately for our nations pets, even our major shelters still aren’t able to recognise the difference between a public shaming and an adoption drive. Public shamings are, in theory, suppose to make those people who are shit pet owners, feel bad. Or something. An adoption drive is exactly that. A drive to encourage people to […]
Continue readingNovember 17, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
This time from Maddie’s Fund; Do free adoptions increase the risk of poor care and abandonment? Results from a recent study conducted by researchers at Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida say no. A survey of all 1,928 pet adopters from the fee-waived 2011 Maddie’s® Matchmaker Adoptathon compared caregiver characteristics and pet […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, RSPCA
There should be celebrations at the RSPCA NSW, but as yet I’ve not seen the media release go out. 13,000 less pet intakes in a single year! That’s around 30% less pets. Or over 1,000 pets each month that the organisation didn’t need to process. Would this leave more resources to be put towards pet […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, cats
‘Open Admission’ pounds achieving amazing things in NSW (kill rates as a percentage) Cooma-Monaro – 0% for dogs, 0% for cats Manly Council – 2% for dogs, 0% for cats Mosman (Cremorne Veterinary Hospital) – 2% for dogs, 0% for cats North Sydney (North Shore Vet Hopital) – 0% for dogs, 0% for cats Sutherland […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound
Further to my post yesterday, below is the latest available figures from NSW pounds, this time for cats; NSW Council Pound Intakes & Release Rates 2010/11 – CATS The pounds below didn’t take in any cats, which when outcomes are generally so bad, is actually a very good thing; How does your local pound perform […]
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