December 18, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs
The RSPCA Peninsula (VIC) have lost the tender to the City of Casey’s pound services after a 15 year relationship; RSPCA state chief executive officer Maria Mercurio confirmed its tender was unsuccessful. “What we don’t know yet is why we lost it, nor do we have any idea when the new tender will take over, […]
Continue readingNovember 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure, volunteers
We all know community foster care and rescue groups make a vital contribution to animal welfare across the country. Thousands of pets every year owe their lives to volunteer pet-lovers who give up their time to save the lives of needy animals. Rescue and foster groups involve the whole community to bring about life saving […]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
It gets worse. From the Lost Dogs Home 2009/10 Annual Report, for the 24,426 cats and dogs impounded, the outcomes were as follows; 3,101 adopted 13,594 killed (3,242 dogs, 10,352 cats) 7,645 returned to owner They also recorded “Revenue from continuing operations” as $11,854,916. We will no longer stand by quietly while pets are killed […]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Circle of Blame Step 1. Have your community alert you to unacceptably high cat kill rates. Step 2. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the numbers Step 2. Provide cat traps Step 3. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the surge in impounds Step 4. Send cats to pounds with a 90%+ kill rate Step 5. Blame […]
Continue readingNovember 17, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
One of the stated outcomes of the Hobson’s Bay Domestic Animal Management Plan is to: Address any over-population and high euthanasia rates for dogs and cats. From 1st September last year, council moved its animal control and after hours service in house, and its impounds to the Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne. Their impound […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
In his paper ‘Temperament Testing in the Age of No Kill’ for Best Friends Animal Society, Nathan Winograd discussed the limitations of temperament testing in the US, namely that it wasn’t very scientific; Temperament testing is a series of exercises designed to evaluate whether an animal is aggressive. Because dog behavior is highly specific to […]
Continue readingNovember 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Imagine if a major animal welfare group wanted to ban pet ownership. They came out and said; “we want to ban pet ownership outright… some exceptions granted where we deem appropriate, but overall we don’t think people should be allowed free ownership of pets.” Would you support their initiative? My guess is that if you’re […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2010Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, resistance
In April last year the courts in Victoria were hearing a case of two dogs who were known roamers, breaking into the yard of another owner and killing the five resident miniature dogs. The Lost Dogs Home used this as an opportunity to rail against ‘evil’ pit bulls (even though the dogs in question were […]
Continue readingNovember 2, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, shelter procedure
If you follow the Victorian news, you’ll know that there has been an ongoing push by animal welfare groups in the state for compulsory desexing. Ignoring evidence that the majority of owned cats are already desexed, they worship ‘mandatory desexing’ as the holy grail of cat management. One by one councils give it to the […]
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 […]
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