July 20, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Once above scrutiny and allowed to hide behind a plethora of excuses for poor performance, today’s pounds and shelters are being held accountable to provide the community’s pets a healthy animal management system. This new level of answerability is never more evident than when animal lovers join together to develop solutions for their local companion […]
Continue readingJuly 7, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about my time off (apart from the sweet, sweet smell of baby neck!) is getting to watch the snowballing of compassion, as pet lovers and animal welfare advocates join forces like never before. Where the voices speaking up for the rights of shelter pets were once only a […]
Continue readingApril 7, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, marketing
A lot of shelters and rescue starting to put out web videos to promote the pets they have in care, which is of course AWESOME! And there are a few tips and tricks your group can be using to get the most out of your web videos. No one wants to make a video that […]
Continue readingMarch 24, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
This article is out today, but could have just as easily been written a decade ago, and is the epitome of the ‘bad, naughty public’ rescue media release; Fewer people are able to give a dog a home More abandoned dogs and cats are going without a home now than at any other time in […]
Continue readingMarch 18, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, resistance
Truth is an important and rarely used tool. Secrets are usually good indicators that foul work is afoot. Exposing the truth is like letting the sunlight in. I realise most people don’t share my love of truth an openness. That’s OK. They can go fuck themselves. My favourite quote of the day – anon Displeased […]
Continue readingMarch 14, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, mandatory desexing, No Kill, resistance
Animal advocates are rumbling about the new ‘Greens supported’ companion animal welfare laws in the ACT as being some of the most important in the country. Those who dare question it, they say, are simply against good animal welfare policy, or are in league with the puppy farmers, or just want to see pets to […]
Continue readingMarch 8, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, council pound, customer service, No Kill, shelter procedure
I am going to blog out some of the cool webinars and interviews I’ve heard lately. This is from a series of No Kill webinars available for a subscription fee, that is well worth the spend if you are doing any animal advocacy in your community. ‘Getting to No Kill as an animal control center’ […]
Continue readingFebruary 21, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, marketing
Two cat groups in different states had adoption events this weekend in the form of ‘Open Days’ with usual opening hours and their usual prices; one rehomed 11 cats for the whole weekend, the other rehomed 12 in a day. While they declared these events a ‘success’, unfortunately when you’re taking in 20, 30, 40 […]
Continue readingJanuary 11, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, No Kill, shelter procedure
I saw Mitch Schneider speak last year – he wasn’t a ‘rescuer’, but the upper management of animal control. He had realised that treating the community like the enemy and blocking rescue was leaving his pound full. He said “what kind of crap boss am I, if I’m forcing my staff to kill pets, be […]
Continue readingJanuary 4, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, customer service, dogs, No Kill, resistance
With the dawning of a new year, we have the chance to reflect on the ideas of the past and take a serious look at what has worked and what hasn’t. It makes sense that things that aren’t working get ditched – though this is often easier said than done. Some of our most unhelpful […]
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