November 12, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
An update re: the Melbourne City Council/LDH pound tender. Thanks to public criticism of their high kill rates, the The Lost Dogs’ Home have lost the tender (even though the organisations sits within the Melbourne council boundary). It is an embarrassment for an organisations which defends killing and a win for the pets. From Rescued […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, RSPCA
There should be celebrations at the RSPCA NSW, but as yet I’ve not seen the media release go out. 13,000 less pet intakes in a single year! That’s around 30% less pets. Or over 1,000 pets each month that the organisation didn’t need to process. Would this leave more resources to be put towards pet […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound
Further to my post yesterday, below is the latest available figures from NSW pounds, this time for cats; NSW Council Pound Intakes & Release Rates 2010/11 – CATS The pounds below didn’t take in any cats, which when outcomes are generally so bad, is actually a very good thing; How does your local pound perform […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, council pound
The NSW government have since 2005, collected data on intakes and outcomes for pets entering their pound system. The latest available figures were recently released in a report, Analysis of Council Data Collection System for Seizures of Cats and Dogs 2010/2011. Animal advocates have long maintained that ‘overpopulation’ is the reason shelters kill. For that […]
Continue readingOctober 19, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
There is a call for rescue groups and animal advocates to stop critiquing the appallingly high kill rates at certain shelters, and to instead to try work collaboratively with them. The great irony being that community groups have often been frustrated for years by high kill shelters who resist any dialogue or outside influence, and […]
Continue readingOctober 12, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, dogs
The RSPCA has informed Gloucester Shire Council that there is no animal welfare case to answer following the shooting of 11 dogs (including 5 puppies), leaving their bodies unburied at the rubbish tip in July. “RSPCA NSW inspectors have concluded their inquiries in relation to the complaint regarding the euthanasia of dogs at the local […]
Continue readingOctober 10, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, council pound, dogs, RSPCA, shelter procedure
The RSPCA NSW killed 8,209 of the 20,959 dogs (~40%) it took in in the 2010/11 year. It also killed 13,031 of the 20,703 cats (~60%). They assure us, they ‘had’ to be killed. From their Twitter; @RSPCANSW we r failing 2 put dangerous dogs out into the community & failing 2 put other dogs […]
Continue readingOctober 8, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Australian animal lovers are often berated with the idea that people in the United Kingdom are more ‘responsible’ and that we Aussies are all to be blamed for our high pound kill rates. It is also often purported that the pet industry in the UK is less ‘saturated’ and that thanks to their more ‘responsible’ […]
Continue readingSeptember 30, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, No Kill
August 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. […]
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