September 14, 2010Comments are closed.cats, resistance
In WA last year, new laws were drafted that would force WA cat owners to sterilise and microchip their pets. Which would have little effect the majority of WA’s cat owners, as they are overwhelmingly compliant already; RSPCA spokesman Richard Barry yesterday applauded the move. “In WA there are about 10,000 cats and kittens euthanased […]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Whyalla Council Pound in SA is under fire for using a gas chamber to kill the community’s stray pets; “A lot of people were upset when they heard that abandoned animals were euthanased via gassing chamber,” Mr Pollock said. … Senior legislation compliance officer Ronald Versteegh said three alternatives would be explored, including injection of […]
Continue readingSeptember 12, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure
Photo: The Daily Puppy If I were to start a charity to help homeless people, take donations from the public and purport to be a leader in welfare; and my organisation was called, The Foundation for the Charismatic, Good Looking, Healthy Homeless I think I’d have some explaining to do. Because everyone knows that it […]
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, resistance, shelter procedure
Prepping has begun to lower our expectations heading into ‘cat season’; Managing director of Cranbourne’s Lost Dogs Home and Cat Shelter, which services the area, Dr Graeme Smith, said stray cat numbers could be expected to increase soon with the new breeding season. “Collection of strays is something people need to discuss with Cardinia Council, […]
Continue readingSeptember 7, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, No Kill, shelter procedure
In 2007, Nevada Humane Society launched an ambitious no-kill initiative to make Washoe County, Nevada one of the safest communities in the United States for homeless animals. And we are succeeding. Despite a per capita intake rate higher than many communities nationwide, we were the safest community of our size for dogs in the United […]
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Animal management can be a huge asset to its community; working to keep its public safe, offering a service that protects people and their animals and leading the way in compassion. Or it can work against its public, seeing them as an enemy that needs to be coerced with more laws, more fines and expanded […]
Continue readingAugust 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats
It takes a big change in mindset for an organisation to stop blaming the public and waiting in their shelter for animals to be brought in to be killed, and instead get out into their community and start working on solutions. But that’s exactly what the Wellington SPCA has chosen to do with the growing […]
Continue readingJune 29, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, cats, council pound, customer service, RSPCA, shelter procedure
… that cats should be indoors, that cats should be registered and desexed by law and that free-roaming cats need to be trapped for their own good; then you can’t say ‘it’s not our job’ when they ask you for help. Sad abandoned cats cause concerns at Quakers Hill (Cat pic) It’s hard to imagine […]
Continue readingJune 24, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing, resistance, shelter procedure
Cat in a cage trap, QLD: Lonely Planet images Is anyone else seeing a trend? From Queensland last year; The Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 was passed on December 11 2008 and is designed to encourage responsible pet ownership by introducing compulsory registration and identification. The Act took effect throughout south-east Queensland councils […]
Continue readingJune 23, 2010Comments are closed.cats, resistance, shelter procedure
image mosippy’s photostream Question: How do laws that make free-roaming, unowned cats a target for impoundment, reduce shelter killing? Answer: They don’t City’s war on cats More than 270 cats found roaming within the City of Swan have been put down since new City bylaws were enacted. Statistics obtained by the Community Newspaper Group confirm […]
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