April 19, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, shelter procedure
… in a lovely visual format. Almost makes you forget for a moment, that the graphs are showing the end of almost 100,000 lives. Our priority, as the leading animal welfare organisation in the country, is to ensure that we provide stray and abandoned cats with the highest level of care (ref). As you can […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2010Comments are closed.cats
A follow on from my piece earlier in the week, which explains the difference between what mandatory desexing advocates say it will do, and what is actually does – some examples where it not only doesn’t help cats, but actually impedes programs that would; Taking the food right out of their mouths The crew from […]
Continue readingApril 16, 2010Comments are closed.cats
It’s easy to get caught in the hype of mandatory desexing; what we’ll do is bring in a law, that will make all the irresponsible owners desex their cats, and volia! problem solved. And it seems like a good deal. Even falling within how laws should be designed. Cultural change takes place (eg. we all […]
Continue readingApril 15, 2010Comments are closed.cats, Secret Cat
Apart from the big storm a couple of weeks ago, yesterday was the first really cold, wet night. While Secret Cat has plastic box to sleep in, I’d been worried that it’s neither warm enough, nor weatherproof enough to keep her comfortable through winter. So I’ve got her a dog kennel! Or is that a […]
Continue readingApril 11, 2010Comments are closed.cats
Proving that Australia has an awfully long way to go, to match the compassion of the United States, Best Friends are this week reporting on their newest TNR program – and the big surprise is that they’ve expanded beyond the traditional ‘cat’ program! The phrase ‘it takes a village’ took on new meaning at Long […]
Continue readingApril 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home, mandatory desexing, pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
I liked this idea when I saw it done on KC Dog blog and since I’ve recently installed Google analytics, I can now present… Saving Pets top five posts for March! 5) Mandatory desexing: why Victoria has it all wrong 4) Three simple actions that will change people’s perceptions of rescue dogs 3) Cats, the […]
Continue readingMarch 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
I’ve been asked by the Cat Protection Society to review the document that’s driving a lot of the cat welfare law changes in Victoria. The document ‘The Cat Crisis Coalition – who are we, what do we want and why‘ is used as a handout for councils and the public to show just exactly why […]
Continue readingMarch 30, 2010Comments are closed.cats, resistance
Mitcham Council’s cat bylaw was passed by a 9-4 vote this week. The bylaw “aims to reduce feral cat numbers” and requires cats to be microchipped and registered, and introduces a two cat limit. So again for clarity; the bylaw aims to reduce feral cat numbers… … by targeting owned cats. I’m sorry, wha? As […]
Continue readingMarch 22, 2010Comments are closed.cats
—- 2007 ——————————————— Dec 6, 2007 – ‘Who’s for Cats’ campaign launches at the Lost Dogs Home The Minister for Agriculture, Joe Helper joined the Cat Protection Society’s Dr Carol Webb at the Lost Dogs Home animal shelter to jointly launch what was lauded to be an innovative public awareness campaign. The $5 million dollar […]
Continue readingMarch 14, 2010Comments are closed.cats
Sawadee ka! For those who follow my Twitter, you’ll know I’ve been away on honeymoon. My husband and I spent the last thirteen days exploring Thailand, mainly central and outer Bangkok, the former capital Ayuthaya and (of course) a few days by the pool in Phuket :) Many domestic animals in Thailand, suburban and rural, […]
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