May 13, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Up until just recently, a council could seize a dog it deemed to be a ‘pit bull’, take him to the pound who would then kill him, and only his owner would feel the pain of losing a family member. Today social media allows us powerful and immediate connection, so we ALL feel the pain […]
Continue readingMay 7, 2012Comments are closed.cats, dogs, No Kill
Back in August 2011, the NSW Government announced the creation of the state’s first Companion Animals Taskforce. Gathering together vet and Member for Charlestown, Mr Andrew Cornwell MP and representatives from the Animal Welfare League NSW, Australian Companion Animal Council, Australian Institute of Local Government Rangers, Australian Veterinary Association, Cat Protection Society of NSW, Local […]
Continue readingMarch 16, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, resistance
“Learn about pet care” Mayor Anoulack Chanthivong feels the community is to blame for Campbelltown pound’s enormously high kill rate. Campbelltown pound is failing pets. A staggering 2,366 of their 2,593 unclaimed pets at its pound ended up dead last year. They have limited opening hours, refuse to work with rescue and release undesexed pets […]
Continue readingMarch 15, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, resistance
A blue heeler pup at Broken Hill Vet Clinic/pound Broken Hill, you have a problem. In 2006/07 you made the ‘worst of the worst’ list for NSW, killing 651 pets (or 75%) and appallingly you killed every single impounded cat. In 2007/08 you disgraced yourself again, killing even more animals – with 720 pets losing […]
Continue readingFebruary 27, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
Wagging the dog Date: 25/02/2012 Sydney Morning Herald – Good Weekend Unpredictably vicious and a potential killer, or man’s misunderstood best friend? Whatever the case, it’s not the best time to be a pit bull in Australia – or to own one. By Joel Meares. Harnessed at the end of her hot-pink leash, Princess Dahlia […]
Continue readingFebruary 26, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, resistance
The City of Campbelltown has a population of 150,000 and a council run animal shelter which takes in about 3,600 pets a year. They were the focus of some understandably negative publicity, when council revealed in it’s 2009/10 annual report that it killed 2,269 of the 2,728 unclaimed pets at its pound. But it took […]
Continue readingFebruary 23, 2012Comments are closed.cats, dogs
‘Pets Family’ Cavoodles How much money should a reputable animal welfare organisation take from a live-puppy-sales pet shop? I’m sure you’ll agree that the answer is none. Any reputable animal welfare organisation would recognise that a pet store which sold puppies – likely the offspring of puppy farm mothers – is the antithesis of their […]
Continue readingFebruary 21, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs
Kooda is one of two Cobram dogs that will be put down if its owners lose their case. In 2008, the Victorian government had a problem. The Bureau of Animal Welfare (BAW) Restricted Breed Panel was overturning two out of every three council decisions to seize (and seek approval to destroy) dogs. Of the 34 […]
Continue readingFebruary 10, 2012Comments are closed.attitude, dogs
In 2009 Buckley, an 8 week old puppy, was the victim of a cruel attack. Someone cut off his ears and tail with a pair of scissors, then dumped him. Luckily, Buckley was rescued and taken to The Lost Dogs’ Home where nursed back to health. He was given an operation to mend his ear […]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
It’s hard to imagine that just five months has passed, since the community of Geelong demanded the killing end at their local pound, the Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS). The organisation had been defending killing for decades, citing that they couldn’t stop killing animals because they were simply not savable, they were unsocialised puppies, there […]
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