August 12, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill
Up until just a couple of years ago, pounds were able to explain away poor performance simply by saying their community was ‘irresponsible’; that they were bad pet owners, that they were buying the wrong pets on impulse, that they were not desexing their pets, that they were giving up and abandoning pets too easily, […]
Continue readingJuly 30, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, council pound, dogs, No Kill
Earlier in the year I wrote about the stats coming out of NSW, which showed that not only does dog ‘overpopulation’ not exist in the state, but that small changes in council policy could see shelter killing eliminated overnight. However, the figures I was quoting were being collated by independent groups which can sometimes mean […]
Continue readingJuly 20, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Once above scrutiny and allowed to hide behind a plethora of excuses for poor performance, today’s pounds and shelters are being held accountable to provide the community’s pets a healthy animal management system. This new level of answerability is never more evident than when animal lovers join together to develop solutions for their local companion […]
Continue readingMarch 1, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs, resistance
From the comments: I have to question your figure: “85% of dogs entering shelters in Australia are entering as strays”** Here are the ACTUAL 08_09 and 9_10 NSW Council Stats: YEAR COMPARISONS COUNCILS NSW 08_09 09_10 CHANGE Total dogs arriving in Pounds H Transfered to Pound 33,886 31,164 -2,722 J Surrendered Dogs 6,649 6,401 -248 […]
Continue readingJanuary 6, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, dogs
A lot of time is spent lamenting the ‘overbreeding’ of dogs in Australia and its implications to shelter and pound intakes. “Irresponsible pet owners access puppies too easily and then abandon them” the theory goes, “if we could restrict the number of puppies bred each year, less would end up in shelters.” Anyone who reads […]
Continue readingJanuary 4, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, customer service, dogs, No Kill, resistance
With the dawning of a new year, we have the chance to reflect on the ideas of the past and take a serious look at what has worked and what hasn’t. It makes sense that things that aren’t working get ditched – though this is often easier said than done. Some of our most unhelpful […]
Continue readingDecember 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill
Dog Days Photo Blog This is a combination of both my favourite posts, and some of the animal rescue news items for 2010. I hope you enjoy! First, my favourites If I were to start a charity to help homeless people, take donations from the public and my organisation was called, The Foundation for the […]
Continue readingDecember 26, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs
When we work with pet owners, we implore them to only take on as many animals as they have the physical and financial resource to care for. If a pet owner does make the mistake of taking on too many, we ask that they seek help from friends, their community and rescue and shelters to […]
Continue readingDecember 18, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs
The RSPCA Peninsula (VIC) have lost the tender to the City of Casey’s pound services after a 15 year relationship; RSPCA state chief executive officer Maria Mercurio confirmed its tender was unsuccessful. “What we don’t know yet is why we lost it, nor do we have any idea when the new tender will take over, […]
Continue readingNovember 30, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, marketing
The San Francisco SPCA have begun featuring adoptable dogs and cats at Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square as part of the 24th annual Macy’s Holiday Windows, which will run through to the new year. The pet display has been a winter staple since 1987. During that time, more than 2,000 animals have been adopted […]
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