October 7, 2009Comments are closed.resistance
Just when you think ‘jeepers, they churn animals quick’ – pounds find a way to churn them even faster… Lake Macquarie’s new policy on feral animals Feral and infant companion animals that council rangers pick up in Lake Macquarie will be euthanised quicker, under a new policy aimed at saving money and reducing stress on […]
Continue readingMarch 6, 2009Comments are closed.council pound, resistance
Q: What education campaign for children are these the images for? a) A promotion for responsible pet ownership? b) Lessons on the appropriate care of pocket pets? c) A drive to improve rabbit adoptions? If you answered ‘none of the above’ and instead said this was an in-school campaign to teach kids about methods used […]
Continue readingFebruary 17, 2009Comments are closed.council pound, No Kill, resistance
Nathan’s all feisty today. And very relevant given we’re all watching Victoria realise that it’s going to be impossible to reunite bushfire pets with their families within current deadlines and start lobbying government to have the state’s nonsensical, pet-killing legislation changed. Well, there is good legislation that could overnight, overhaul Victoria’s crippled animal welfare system. […]
Continue readingDecember 16, 2008Comments are closed.No Kill, PetRescue, resistance
My response to a DOL thread where someone posed the question; With the term PTS (‘Put to sleep’) I think we actually inadvertently sanitise/minimise what actually happens to hundreds of thousands of perfectly healthy rehomable dogs in pounds around Australia each year. They aren’t ‘sleeping’. Wouldn’t it be more helpful and accurate in relation to […]
Continue readingDecember 14, 2008Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home, resistance
As rescues across the country brace for the xmas rush, one metropolitan council has taken the perverse step of reducing their communities capacity to save the lives of dogs and cats by enforcing a law previously ignored for 75 years. Council pounces, stripping Lort Smith of its pound status Victoria’s largest animal hospital has been […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, mandatory desexing, resistance, WA Cat Laws
Good reasons to bring in a law; It’ll work. It doesn’t disadvantage poor people. It’ll work. Bad reasons to bring in a law; You’re angry at your community. There is easily manipulated hatred of animals to fuel your campaign. It’s easy to slide by the people in power who don’t know any better. Bad law […]
Continue readingAugust 6, 2008Comments are closed.council pound, resistance
Animal management in Queensland is the talk of the town today – but is it good news about effective and compassionate animal welfare initiatives? Hardly. Instead try pounds that kill pets, support for new laws that bully owners and the demonisation of dogs – and you have a recipe that puts animal welfare completely at odds with […]
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