March 10, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
“Whereas 12 years ago we had not a single No Kill community, today we have over 90 communities representing about 300 cities and towns nationwide saving between 90 and 99% of all animals. And this success comes in spite of the best efforts of these groups to stem that tide, to undermine No Kill reform […]
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 readingFebruary 26, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
The City of Austin is currently the largest No Kill city in the United States. From Ryan Clinton, attorney, animal advocate and founder of Fix Austin, the organisation who helped drive the change: In 2007, there were three known U.S. communities saving 90% or more of sheltered animals. Now there are nearly 100. We are […]
Continue readingFebruary 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 20, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
I blog because I get delighted, or outraged, or astounded, or sweary. I blog for the pets. I blog because often the things I hear our animal welfare leaders say, don’t correspond with the actual figures or the truth and this makes me cross. And I blog to stand up for the majority of pet […]
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 9, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy
From a Victoria Local Council Councillor on Facebook; Almost all councils across Victoria will be releasing their “Animal management plan” for community consultation before its finalised by first week of March. Please call your councils and request for a copy to be sent to your email, and then write to the councillors/concerned department about what […]
Continue readingFebruary 8, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs
I’m sitting in Ian Dunbar’s ‘In Oz’ conference eating peanuts and he’s talking about lots of fascinating dog training tidbits; – Becoming wary is normal behaviour. A dog from about five months on, will only NOT be wary of things and people that are familiar to it. An undersocialised dog will likely become wary of […]
Continue readingFebruary 5, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs
From Fetching Dogs… Two Hearts Beat The Same. For so long, many have fought for equality. Whether it be about race, gender, sexual orientation, and a myriad of other ignorant reasons. But so many still aren’t aware that some breeds of dogs are often seized, impounded, and killed… based only on their appearance. In Australia, […]
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