October 6, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, volunteers
In the often under-resourced area of community services, having a select few industry ‘professionals’ exclusively hoarding power, resources and knowledge is outdated and inefficient. Across many different areas, these kinds of paternal approaches are widely being replaced with projects which teach the community how to manage their own issues; harnessing the capabilities and expertise of […]
Continue readingSeptember 23, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill, shelter procedure
Widely celebrated as Australia’s answer to the No Kill movement of the US, the ‘Getting to Zero’ (G2Z) program has been, being developed by the Animal Welfare League of Queensland and claims to “detail the principles, structures and strategies for achieving zero killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs”. The AWLQ seems like an […]
Continue readingSeptember 19, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, council pound, No Kill
ABC’s 7.30 Report…
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude
Richard Avanzino, President Maddie’s Fund USA – Building collaborative effort and the importance of reporting
Continue readingSeptember 8, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, shelter procedure
Mitch Schneider, Director Washoe County Animal Management Services USA Getting to Zero through Proactive Animal Management Programs – a Win-Win Approach to Animal Control
Continue readingAugust 14, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance
August 13, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, No Kill, volunteers
August 12, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill
Up until just a couple of years ago, pounds were able to explain away poor performance simply by saying their community was ‘irresponsible’; that they were bad pet owners, that they were buying the wrong pets on impulse, that they were not desexing their pets, that they were giving up and abandoning pets too easily, […]
Continue readingJuly 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 […]
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