July 11, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Dog in Bundaberg Pound Killing, and then blaming the public for the killing, has become such an entrenched way of doing things in animal pounds in Australia, that sometimes the irony of their policies is lost on the staff who work there. Bundaberg Council Pound is open to the public for adoptions exactly zero […]
Continue readingJuly 7, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Sharni and Charlie A last-minute push by animal lovers saw a host of options become available to Frankston City Council in finding a solution to the case of Charlie and Sharni – two dogs alleged to have killed a neighbourhood cat. First, they had the most straight-forward option. They could have declared the dogs dangerous; […]
Continue readingJuly 7, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Lost child Photo: Getty Images In Australia ‘treating our pets like family’ is more than just a saying – we genuinely love our pets and treat them as family members. Our pets live indoors with us, in our lounge rooms and on our beds. We give them 21st century resources, behavioural and medical care, and […]
Continue readingJuly 4, 2014Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, No Kill
(Image: PCC 398, Female Smoochiepuss – available tomorrow 5.7.14) Hawkesbury Companion Animal Shelter have found the answer to shelter killing… doing things OTHER than killing pets. Returning pets direct to owner, rather than impounding them… Penrith council officers returned 340 animals before impoundment last year, said Noel Fuller, co-ordinator of the Penrith rangers and animal controllers. […]
Continue readingJune 28, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, other
Charlie, Sharni (front) and a family friend (back)… UPDATE – the case of Charlie and Sharni has now been reviewed by Frankston City Council. City officials have decided that despite the enormous community backlash, and their original effort to kill the dogs being rejected by the Supreme Court, that the City is still going to proceed with the […]
Continue readingMay 14, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Thieves have stolen three dogs from Cranbourne Lost Dogs Home (VIC); Two men have been caught on CCTV footage snooping around the Thompsons Rd pound for more than an hour, before jemmying the lock on the cage just after 11pm on May 3. The pair grabbed a six-month-old tan-and-white male american staffy mix, a […]
Continue readingMay 10, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Port Pirie Pound Hey you guys. Remember when Whyalla Council (SA) got busted back in 2010, for stuffing homeless pets into a carbon monoxide machine until they were dead? Well, they seem to have accidentally revealed that a sister Council is doing the same thing… According to Port Pirie Council records, they currently kill about […]
Continue readingMay 9, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
‘The Irrigator’ (the local newspaper for the Shire of Leeton), has secured a partial copy of the report into the death of ‘Indie’ – the dog shot rather than impounded, by a council officer. … the report found the act of destroying the dog so soon after seizing it to be considered “unnecessary” when other […]
Continue readingMay 9, 2014Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, RSPCA
Councillor Mike Hudson from Unley Council (SA) is pushing for mandatory cat registration and two-cat per household limits to be introduced in the city, to bring the district into line with its neighbour Mitcham. Now, Mitcham Council is a ‘funny’ demonstration of success. For starters, their Cat Management Officer didn’t know their impound stats […]
Continue readingMay 6, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Mike (eating a pig’s ear) Mike* was found wandering lost by a man walking his dog. The man’s dog unfortunately started a fight with Mike. The man was able to separate the dogs, and took Mike to the Wodonga City Pound. Mike was in a bad way. He had what appeared to be semi-healed […]
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