December 1, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, attitude, mandatory desexing
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ~Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride Animal welfare groups often talk about using ‘incentives’ to change owner behaviour and improve the situation for pets. And used correctly, incentives do have a powerful effect on human behaviour. But often we mix […]
Continue readingNovember 30, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, marketing
The San Francisco SPCA have begun featuring adoptable dogs and cats at Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square as part of the 24th annual Macy’s Holiday Windows, which will run through to the new year. The pet display has been a winter staple since 1987. During that time, more than 2,000 animals have been adopted […]
Continue readingNovember 19, 2010Comments are closed.attitude
As Seth Godin once said, “The best way to keep your bank from getting robbed is to not open a bank.” If you open a shelter to take the public’s unwanted pets – you guessed it – people are going to bring pets to you. And given we chose to offer this service/ work in […]
Continue readingNovember 16, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill
An update on the RSPCA Victoria ‘adoption fee waived’ cat promotion. Between Thursday 11 and Saturday 13 November, 110 cats found new homes. “That’s a freaking lot”, I hear you say; “but why didn’t they adopt more?” Because they ran out of cats. The revolving doors of the RSPCA almost stopped spinning at the weekend […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, marketing
The big fun guide to saving cats this summer is now a pdf that can be distributed to any cat group who needs a hand pulling themselves out of a rut of killing. Download for free here
Continue readingNovember 11, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, marketing
Someone has had a breakthrough at the RSPCA Victoria. Even though their kill rate is already leaving other major welfare groups the Lost Dogs Home, and Cat Protection Society in their dust, with 17,265 cats admitted and 9801 killed, or 56% (vs 93% and 90% respectively), they have taken the lead in offering Australia’s first […]
Continue readingOctober 31, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill, resistance
From Ryan Clinton; ‘While We Argued, Queenie Died’ Surprisingly for most outside the movement, and unsurprisingly for all inside the movement, we are fought. We are fought more than we ever could have imagined. We are fought by powerful aides of politicians who prefer the comfort of a known death to the prospect of a […]
Continue readingOctober 30, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill, resistance
As No Kill animal sheltering gains momentum across the globe and more people realise that the tools and programs that have had success elsewhere not only work in Australia, but can work in their own communities, advocates are going to find themselves more and more often facing a situation of resistance. Resistance is how a […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, cats, council pound, shelter procedure
What happens to the performance of an organisation when the culture is not one of hope and potential, but the absolute conviction that failure is the only option? ‘We know we can’t succeed.’ What if your role in the community is one where lives depend on you – like a nurse, or a policeman, or […]
Continue readingOctober 8, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, marketing
The RSPCA Million Paws Walk has been crowned the winner of the Best Charity or Cause Related Event at the Australian Event Awards 2010; The Million Paws Walk is Australia’s premier pet event and the RSPCA’s major national fundraiser. The event started in Queensland in 1994 and in 2010 over 80,000 people and 45,000 dogs […]
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