April 30, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
A loose dog has injured a ranger in Mandurah, WA; A City of Mandurah spokesperson confirmed the attack which happened on Mistral Street about 3.30pm Monday and said the ranger was now recovering from his injuries. … According to neighbours, two dogs escaped from their backyard and ran loose on the street, aggressively barking at […]
Continue readingApril 27, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
You may remember the story of ‘Buddy’*, a dog collected by a Leeton Council Officer who instead of impounding the dog and allowing the owner a chance to claim him, drove the dog to the tip and shot him in the head. Leeton Council has now completed the report into why Buddy was not held […]
Continue readingApril 25, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Last Thursday evening, a young family returned home to find their two dogs Bruce and Narla missing, and a card from the local ranger on their door. They phoned that same evening to claim their pets. Narla, the older dog, was microchipped and registered. However as Bruce the pup was not, the ranger advised that there […]
Continue readingApril 23, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
“Small room sizes, Besser block construction, chain wire, “hotboxes” and problems with disease control…” and according to the RSPCA, when it comes to council pounds, the animals impounded at the run down Sippy Creek (QLD) Tanawh facility are some of the lucky ones! Council officers warn the Sippy Creek facility and the Landsborough compounds “have now […]
Continue readingApril 23, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Berrigan Shire is one of those little on-the-border of Victoria towns, which are closer to Melbourne than Sydney. The Shire has a human population of less than 10,000 and includes the towns of Barooga, Berrigan, Finley and Tocumwal. According to their Annual Reports, they pay nearly $80,000 a year on “Companion Animal and Livestock Impounding – […]
Continue readingApril 17, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
Given we are right on the cusp of Easter, want to share a story from last year, which detailed the actions of an organisation ‘Save the Bilby’. Last year the ‘Save the Bilby’ organisation had found they had a problem – a fence had been damaged by flood and they needed to find an alternative […]
Continue readingApril 13, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
When you first hear about our nation’s failing pound system (read ‘part 1’ here), one of the most common responses is, ‘I don’t believe it’. Because it is unbelievable. In 2014, with the enormous advances in treatment of pets and with the majority of pet owners considering their pets as an invaluable extension of their […]
Continue readingApril 12, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
I’m going to tell you something shocking. Your pet is not safe. If your fence blows over, and your dog wanders off, or if someone leaves your front door unlatched, and your cat escapes. If something spooks your dog at the park and he takes off, or if some half-wit opens your gate. Your pets are not safe. As pet […]
Continue readingMarch 28, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, NSW Taskforce
Please note: the discussion below is about purposefully and accidentally bred animals, where a human owner is in charge of the animal. It does not include free-roaming and unowned cats, as this is a separate issue, I’ve written about here and here. This month the Centre for Veterinary Education, at the University of Sydney, […]
Continue readingMarch 19, 2014Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Yarra Ranges Council (Victoria) has ruled that cats will have to be kept on private properties at all times… Residents have accused Yarra Ranges Council of not consulting properly with the community after a 24-hour cat curfew was approved for the region last week. The curfew, which means residents have to contain their cat […]
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