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The Lost Dogs Home have three requests of their public; they should value their pets, be more responsible and donate to “give abandoned and unwanted dogs a second chance in life”. In Australia the great news is, animal welfare groups advocating for companion animal care, plus changes in family demographics and wealth has seen huge […]

The nature of the new world means there’s no longer a ‘secret back room’ where you can kill pets, and dispose of them without people asking questions. Transparency of performance of Australian pounds is no longer ‘optional extra’, but a community expectation. We demand that people who are dynamic, proactive and compassionate be at the […]

Make no mistake about it, it was the biggest deception in Australian animal rescue history. A high kill pound that portrayed itself as a sanctuary, who shut out rescue groups and turned the institutionalised killing of homeless pets into a multi-million dollar business. While other animal organisations around the country developed life affirming policies, reached […]

In response to public outcry over its high euthanasia rates The Lost Dogs Home proposes it will drop its kill rate by 2% and start calling itself ‘low kill’. Yes you read that right. They’re planning to take themselves from a high kill pound to a ‘low kill’ pound; not by changing policies, significantly increasing […]

  When pet lovers heard about a tortured puppy whose ears and tail were cut off with scissors in a brutal attack, they were horrified. The public outcry created a media storm across Victoria, Australia and then the world.  And people flocked with donations and supplies to help ‘Buckley’ get a second chance at a […]

One of the interesting things about kill rates is that they don’t correlate in any way with a shelter’s budget. While some groups do amazing things on a shoe-string, others acquire enormous wealth while supporting policies and procedures that unnecessarily cost pets their lives. Unlike the RSPCA, which releases its intake, rehoming and kill rate […]

I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with a group who is by all accounts, made up of very smart eggs. The problem they’re facing however, is that while they obviously have a lot to offer others in the rescue field, their message is being constantly met with resistance. Why? They’ve asked. Does no one look […]