August 30, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Can we change the world for dogs and cats? The No Kill Revolution in America from No Kill Advocacy Center on Vimeo.
Continue readingAugust 26, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Unless you’re in a state with lifetime registration, each year you are expected to pay your council an amount to register your dog/s (and sometimes cat/s). However, our Councils are largely misusing these funds. – Money is being added to overall council coffers, rather than spent on proactive programs to keep pets out of pounds. […]
Continue readingAugust 7, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Some people who call themselves animal lovers claim that they want to see the end of killing in shelters, but still support laws which target ‘pit bulls’ and ‘pit bull type’ dogs just for being the breed they are. Just to be clear, these two positions are in direct conflict with each other. We will […]
Continue readingJuly 31, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, No Kill
– – – – – – – It has come to my attention that this link is being used to promote a petition for mandatory desexing in QLD. I just need to make it clear that mandatory desexing is an INCREDIBLY bad idea. If you’re trying to reduce the kill rate in a high-kill system, […]
Continue readingJuly 11, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, resistance
Animal advocate: “250,000 dogs and cats are euthanised in Australia every year, and animal overpopulation is to blame.” We’ve all heard it before. A quarter of a million pets are killed every year in pounds and shelters across Australia. That’s a lot of pets. And it’s happening because of ‘overpopulation’, greedy breeders and irresponsible people […]
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 readingMarch 28, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, attitude
Rescued With Love nails it; Speaking to the members of the public about what we do, I have not met ONE person or child who does not want an animal saved if it is treatable and rehomeable. So where is the problem? Read the rest of the post here.
Continue readingMarch 26, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, shelter procedure
I’ve been trying to find a spare moment to blog out this presentation since it ran back in January, because it was simply awesome. Do you want to stop the tragic deaths of shelter cats, and cut your shelter’s cat intake dramatically and almost overnight? Maddie’s Institute presents Shelter Crowd Control: Keeping Community Cats Out […]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
Individuals and community groups taking an interest in, and if required challenging, the action of local councils in regards to their companion animal management is vital in our drive to a No Kill Australia. Today, the Society of Companion Animal Rescuers (SoCares) is in court, objecting to their council’s decision to award the low kill […]
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 […]
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