July 10, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, dogs
Kennel cough is a contagious respiratory disease among dogs. It infects a very high percentage of dogs at least once during their lifetime and treatment is often to simply allow the disease to run its course, just like the common cold in humans. At Campbelltown Pound however, having kennel cough is a death sentence; We […]
Continue readingMay 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, Lost Dogs Home, resistance, RSPCA
One of the things we need to decide as a community is just how much killing we’re willing to accept from our pounds and shelters. Because of the enormous diversity in how these organisations operate, we have shelters who choose to kill very few animals (either low kill, or No Kill shelters) and those who […]
Continue readingApril 27, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
There is a pervasive and popular belief in Australian shelters that people don’t ‘like’ cats – that Australian’s are ‘anti-cat’ – or that people have no interest in their welfare. This thankfully, is nearly entirely incorrect. Not only do we know people have compassion for Community Cats, they love their pet cats too. And they […]
Continue readingApril 13, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, new media
There was huge news this week when Facebook bought the app Instagram for one billion dollars. I’d been meaning to blog about the potential for rescue groups to use this tool, so with this news now seems like as good a time as any. One of the best things about getting a professional photographer in, […]
Continue readingMarch 16, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, resistance
“Learn about pet care” Mayor Anoulack Chanthivong feels the community is to blame for Campbelltown pound’s enormously high kill rate. Campbelltown pound is failing pets. A staggering 2,366 of their 2,593 unclaimed pets at its pound ended up dead last year. They have limited opening hours, refuse to work with rescue and release undesexed pets […]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
It’s hard to imagine that just five months has passed, since the community of Geelong demanded the killing end at their local pound, the Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS). The organisation had been defending killing for decades, citing that they couldn’t stop killing animals because they were simply not savable, they were unsocialised puppies, there […]
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs
As seen on Twitter, a graphical representation of the problems at the LDH. Is this the ‘animal welfare’ system we’re happy to have?
Continue readingJanuary 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Image – The Newcastle Herald The RSPCA Rutherford shelter has for several years managed pound services for the suburbs of Maitland, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle (NSW). The pound had long been criticised by animal advocates for refusing to release animals to community rescue, for working to overturn minimum impound periods making it easier to kill […]
Continue readingDecember 29, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, resistance
Image: The Lost Dogs Home – The Herald Sun How many pets would you expect to see saved in a year with a budget of over $12 million dollars? $12 million dollars is a veritable fortune in animal welfare circles. From the tiniest rescue group working on a shoestring, through to the grandest private shelter; […]
Continue readingDecember 12, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats
Below is the script from the presentation I gave at the WA Cat Welfare Symposium last month. :) The awesomeness of cats Hi and thanks so much for the opportunity to present here today! I’m Shel and I’m the Top Dog at PetRescue. PetRescue is a not-for-profit organisation that supports more than 1,000 Australian pounds, […]
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