October 14, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing, resistance
Kingston in Victoria has been held up by cat welfare advocates as one of the ‘good guys’ introducing in 2008 compulsory registration of pets over 3 months old and the requirement that all pets be desexed before registration… or mandatory desexing by stealth. Did Kingston have a cat ‘problem’? Well according to their Domestic Animal […]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Warning readers; this made my bile rise so you might want to go grab a cup of tea before you get reading. For the past 19 years, Whyalla Council has killed animals via carbon monoxide from an old Holden motor. Prior to the gassing, Council killed dogs by shooting them in the head and cats, […]
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 readingAugust 21, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, council pound, No Kill, shelter procedure
According to their website, the Cooma-Monaro Shire Council is based in the country town of Cooma, New South Wales, perfectly situated only one hour from the Mountains, Canberra and the Coast, and only 4 hours to Sydney. A regional location, it has a population of 6,587 people and a small animal pound. It would be […]
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 readingMay 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, NSW Taskforce, RSPCA
Rescue news from around Australia… Dogs Ipswich (QLD) – Confirming that dog attacks often happen in the home, a blue heeler has bitten the nine-year-old girl on the lip. Thankfully, although police were called, the girl’s injuries weren’t life threatening. Health and Regulation Committee chairman Councillor Andrew Antoniolli said the incident highlighted the importance of […]
Continue readingFebruary 15, 2010Comments are closed.council pound
Slashdot is arguably one of the world’s most famous websites. As a provider of news for nerds and the intellectual set, Australia doesn’t rate a mention very often, but we got a mention with this: Australian Farmers Told To Dynamite Rabbits The South Australian Environment Department has told farmers that they should use poison gas […]
Continue readingJanuary 25, 2010Comments are closed.council pound
When I say it, please understand it’s wild speculation. When they say it; there’s you know, science and shit. Major cruelty to myna pests They’re territorial pests who threaten native wildlife, but Indian myna birds are being shot, electrocuted and tortured by those who refuse to use baited traps. More than 100,000 Indian mynas have […]
Continue readingJanuary 16, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Thanks to feral thoughts for the tip; A resident of the town of Orange is speaking out for the much maligned Myna bird. A proposal to cull local myna bird populations goes against the natural pecking order for one Orange resident. After working with wildlife in Africa and Canada for several years, Terese Kerr says […]
Continue readingJanuary 5, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, council pound, resistance
… because it’s not fair to put anyone through this. From Post Secret.
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