November 8, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
The faceless dog “The Lost Dogs’ Home has had quite a high number of dogs arrive at the shelter over the long weekend, especially after the storms yesterday! If you have lost your dog and think they may have been brought to The Lost Dogs’ Home, please come to the shelter and take a look, […]
Continue readingNovember 5, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs
Further community anger at the RSPCA NSW, this time for taking credit for placing pets in homes, whom it actually killed; Mr Twining said the two dogs that he knew about, Reg and Max, had been put down in May. “When the RSPCA (Nowra) published this on Facebook saying these dogs had found their forever […]
Continue readingOctober 31, 2012Comments are closed.dogs
Reporting on dog attacks is my least favourite thing to post about, but as ‘dangerous dogs’ are big news today, I feel compelled to discuss. Firstly, let me start by saying the dogs we share our lives with are remarkably safe. In the state of NSW – where there a smidge over 1 million dogs […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
… just a coincidence. More on this topic soon. A quick note: These dogs haven’t been PTS – these are the ones who have been able to stay with their families. The ones who have been ID’ed after the amnesty ended, or whose owners didn’t want the expense of complying, or who have wound up […]
Continue readingOctober 12, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, dogs
The RSPCA has informed Gloucester Shire Council that there is no animal welfare case to answer following the shooting of 11 dogs (including 5 puppies), leaving their bodies unburied at the rubbish tip in July. “RSPCA NSW inspectors have concluded their inquiries in relation to the complaint regarding the euthanasia of dogs at the local […]
Continue readingOctober 11, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, dogs, No Kill, RSPCA
From the Canberra Times today; The ACT branch of the RSPCA has sought to distance itself from its NSW counterpart by showing it is euthanasing a far smaller percentage of dogs. The latest figures show that the RSPCA in the ACT had to put down 6.5 per cent of all dogs received by it last […]
Continue readingOctober 10, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, council pound, dogs, RSPCA, shelter procedure
The RSPCA NSW killed 8,209 of the 20,959 dogs (~40%) it took in in the 2010/11 year. It also killed 13,031 of the 20,703 cats (~60%). They assure us, they ‘had’ to be killed. From their Twitter; @RSPCANSW we r failing 2 put dangerous dogs out into the community & failing 2 put other dogs […]
Continue readingOctober 8, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Australian animal lovers are often berated with the idea that people in the United Kingdom are more ‘responsible’ and that we Aussies are all to be blamed for our high pound kill rates. It is also often purported that the pet industry in the UK is less ‘saturated’ and that thanks to their more ‘responsible’ […]
Continue readingAugust 30, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Can we change the world for dogs and cats? The No Kill Revolution in America from No Kill Advocacy Center on Vimeo.
Continue readingAugust 27, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Doug was recently found to be a ‘pit bull’ and impounded by Moonee Valley City Council. He was just six months old when he was taken from his home. He was held and assessed a couple of months later when he was around 9 months old. His owner is currently seeking to take his case […]
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