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Can you identify a ‘pit bull’

December 21, 2014Comments are closed.dogs

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Charlie and Sharni will be killed

June 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 […]

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Australian rescue news

May 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 […]

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Remembering Bob

April 22, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA

  In April 2012 a dog (nicknamed ‘Bob’ by his rescuers) was found nearly starved, and left for dead in bushland with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Bob was brought into Donnybrook Animal Health Center by the local ranger. Veterinarians and staff didn’t think he would survive; “He was unable to stand, he had […]

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VIC spends hundreds of thousands of $ to kill innocent pets

April 21, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws

Kerser – a victim of Victoria’s breed specific laws, currently on ‘death row’ as his owner fights to save his life.   As dog and law experts predicted, Victorian Local Councils are struggling with enforcing their badly designed, hysteria-driven dog laws; Councils are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending court cases brought by dog owners […]

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A case study in media bias

March 31, 2014Comments are closed.dogs

  If you ever needed evidence of the bias of the media in Australia against pit bulls, then this is it. While the ‘Studio Ten’ introductory piece on the details of dog attacks in Australia seemed to have been well-researched, unfortunately from there, the show began to circle the drain. The show’s panel was outrageous […]

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Clifford – ten years on

March 25, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA

(Warning, this story contains images some Saving Pets friends may find distressing)   On the 15th September 2004, a small, pale yellow dog was found stumbling along a road in Ramsgate, a southern suburb of Sydney. He weighed a tiny 8 kgs. On his starving frame, sunken skin dipped around his protruding hip and rib […]

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Zeus is free

March 23, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home

Image: Ruthless Photos and Team Dog    After an enormous hoo-ha, including an “unprecedented” number of comments on the Brisbane City Council Facebook page and multiple articles in major newspapers – not to mention a staggering fight from his owner and animal advocacy groups – the little red dog, Zeus, is free after 203 days impoundment at […]

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The terrible, awful, heartbreaking story of Zeus

January 18, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home

One of the criticisms thrown at people who find themselves affected by Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), is ‘why get a pit bull dog if you weren’t looking for trouble?’ Only bad people, the thinking goes – would ever own one of ‘these’ dogs. In stark contrast to this platitude, last February Jennifer and her family […]

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Bill Bruce discusses the Calgary Model

January 15, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, shelter procedure

In case you weren’t able to attend, you can now watch the Bill Bruce lecture series on the Calgary model. Many thanks to the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel

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