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 4, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, cats
Sometimes really useful debates happen, but then get lost on Facebook. Here is a good one I had yesterday; “What we have now is a problem where because humans neglected that duty to their pets and let the animal run wild because we didn’t give a damn about them. The problem with cats eating wildlife […]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Just when you think they’ve got all the cake, they go and take some more. The Lost Dogs Home are celebrating some bully breed owners. No really… Louise and Kane had been thinking of getting a second dog for a little while. They already had a lovely brindle Staffy called Martha, and thought that she […]
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 31, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
There are some who would zealously defend that in Australia we have dog and cat overpopulation. “250,000 pets are killed each year in shelters, therefore we have overpopulation” And others who would repeat the popular mantra ‘don’t breed or buy while shelter pets die’, which implies at its core that all the while shelter pets […]
Continue readingNovember 17, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
More from Maddie’s Fund – and this one we should all be taking note of… A recent survey ‘Common Elements of No-Kill Success’, asked No Kill communities (that is, areas that community-wide are saving more than 90% of animal intakes) which programs were most important to saving the lives of their shelter animals. Now Australia […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
An update re: the Melbourne City Council/LDH pound tender. Thanks to public criticism of their high kill rates, the The Lost Dogs’ Home have lost the tender (even though the organisations sits within the Melbourne council boundary). It is an embarrassment for an organisations which defends killing and a win for the pets. From Rescued […]
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 readingOctober 19, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
There is a call for rescue groups and animal advocates to stop critiquing the appallingly high kill rates at certain shelters, and to instead to try work collaboratively with them. The great irony being that community groups have often been frustrated for years by high kill shelters who resist any dialogue or outside influence, and […]
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