March 12, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill, resistance
Everything is conspiring against you. Your public is unappreciative; in fact many you deal with are genuine scumbags. Your community is demanding, telling you how to do your job. The rescue groups in your area aren’t perfect and some are downright painful. People you’ve relied on in the past have let you down. Your volunteers […]
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 readingFebruary 23, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill, resistance
The community is realising that there are many skills needed in driving change for animals. The contribution of a marketer, or a researcher, or a foster carer or political advocate, can be just as vital as that made by someone who works directly with animals in the shelter, or a shelter CEO. We all have […]
Continue readingFebruary 8, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill, resistance
Two years ago, a major animal welfare group could put out a piece in the media stating “we have massive irresponsibility in our community and we need X law” (insert mandatory desexing, pet owner licencing, cat curfews etc) and pet lovers, who believed everything they’d been told by these animal welfare leaders without question, would […]
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 readingJanuary 4, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, mandatory desexing, No Kill, resistance
From Canada’s International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies…
Continue readingDecember 16, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, No Kill, resistance
Image: Lovemeow.com Why haven’t major national animal welfare groups championed the myriad of studies showing that cats in urban areas are a very tiny, manageable pressure amongst many enormous pressures on native animals? Why do national animal welfare groups continue to align themselves with cat haters and cat trappers in the community, promoting cat ‘removal’ […]
Continue readingDecember 10, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, resistance
I just caught the “Animal Wise Radio” interview with Nathan Winograd on the subject on TNR. I just plinked out some notes, but it’s really worth a listen (I’ll put links at the end). ……………………………………………………………………………………….. TNR, Feral Cats and Community Cats Back in the 1980’s TNR was a controversial issue. Seminars were held where most […]
Continue readingDecember 1, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing, resistance, shelter procedure
Many cat ‘welfare’ campaigners advocate for things that are counterintuitive to improving cat welfare. For example, supporting Councils efforts to round up and kill free-roaming cats. Or advocating to punish disadvantaged pet owners and see their cats impounded, rather than the services to help them become compliant. The kinds of things which increase intakes and […]
Continue readingNovember 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 […]
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