November 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure, volunteers
We all know community foster care and rescue groups make a vital contribution to animal welfare across the country. Thousands of pets every year owe their lives to volunteer pet-lovers who give up their time to save the lives of needy animals. Rescue and foster groups involve the whole community to bring about life saving […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
In his paper ‘Temperament Testing in the Age of No Kill’ for Best Friends Animal Society, Nathan Winograd discussed the limitations of temperament testing in the US, namely that it wasn’t very scientific; Temperament testing is a series of exercises designed to evaluate whether an animal is aggressive. Because dog behavior is highly specific to […]
Continue readingNovember 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Imagine if a major animal welfare group wanted to ban pet ownership. They came out and said; “we want to ban pet ownership outright… some exceptions granted where we deem appropriate, but overall we don’t think people should be allowed free ownership of pets.” Would you support their initiative? My guess is that if you’re […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2010Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, resistance
In April last year the courts in Victoria were hearing a case of two dogs who were known roamers, breaking into the yard of another owner and killing the five resident miniature dogs. The Lost Dogs Home used this as an opportunity to rail against ‘evil’ pit bulls (even though the dogs in question were […]
Continue readingOctober 27, 2010Comments are closed.dogs, shelter procedure
As the owner of a couple of small breeds, meeting a savage dog (or dogs) when I’m out walking is something that plays often in my nightmares. Surely to watch your small dog, a loved family member, be hurt or killed in a dog attack must be one of the worst things a dog lover […]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Warning readers; this made my bile rise so you might want to go grab a cup of tea before you get reading. For the past 19 years, Whyalla Council has killed animals via carbon monoxide from an old Holden motor. Prior to the gassing, Council killed dogs by shooting them in the head and cats, […]
Continue readingSeptember 16, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, mandatory desexing, No Kill, resistance
A regional scheme provided pensioners and low-income earners with assistance to get their animals desexed. Guess what happened next? No really. Guess what happened. A dramatic decline in the number of animals being impounded. Here’s the article because it’s just so good: Scheme helping animals In conjunction with the Walgett Veterinary Clinic and the Walgett […]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Whyalla Council Pound in SA is under fire for using a gas chamber to kill the community’s stray pets; “A lot of people were upset when they heard that abandoned animals were euthanased via gassing chamber,” Mr Pollock said. … Senior legislation compliance officer Ronald Versteegh said three alternatives would be explored, including injection of […]
Continue readingSeptember 12, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure
Photo: The Daily Puppy If I were to start a charity to help homeless people, take donations from the public and purport to be a leader in welfare; and my organisation was called, The Foundation for the Charismatic, Good Looking, Healthy Homeless I think I’d have some explaining to do. Because everyone knows that it […]
Continue readingSeptember 10, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, dogs, shelter procedure, volunteers
This is just fantastic; More than 100 dogs per year will be given a second lease at life thanks to inmates at the John Morony Correctional Complex. NSW Minister for Corrective Services, Phillip Costa, joined Londonderry MP, Allan Shearan, to launch the initiative last week, which will see selected John Morony inmates assist in the […]
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