June 29, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, cats, council pound, customer service, RSPCA, shelter procedure
… that cats should be indoors, that cats should be registered and desexed by law and that free-roaming cats need to be trapped for their own good; then you can’t say ‘it’s not our job’ when they ask you for help. Sad abandoned cats cause concerns at Quakers Hill (Cat pic) It’s hard to imagine […]
Continue readingMay 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, NSW Taskforce, RSPCA
Rescue news from around Australia… Dogs Ipswich (QLD) – Confirming that dog attacks often happen in the home, a blue heeler has bitten the nine-year-old girl on the lip. Thankfully, although police were called, the girl’s injuries weren’t life threatening. Health and Regulation Committee chairman Councillor Andrew Antoniolli said the incident highlighted the importance of […]
Continue readingApril 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home, mandatory desexing, pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
I liked this idea when I saw it done on KC Dog blog and since I’ve recently installed Google analytics, I can now present… Saving Pets top five posts for March! 5) Mandatory desexing: why Victoria has it all wrong 4) Three simple actions that will change people’s perceptions of rescue dogs 3) Cats, the […]
Continue readingOctober 22, 2009Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, RSPCA
Saving lives in the ACT RSPCA ACT has used Facebook to blast for foster carers ahead of kitten season (smart! smart! smart!) Do you want to help save lives? We are gearing up for summer: We are on the look out for people wanting to help us with our kitten foster care program. We fill […]
Continue readingSeptember 15, 2009Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
Now I don’t normally put the call out, but this guy has captured my heart. I fall in love a couple times a year. Last one was a singing malamute called Catalina and this time… … meet Squidly His photos don’t do him justice; he is super cute. His voice is croaky now from being […]
Continue readingFebruary 17, 2009Comments are closed.RSPCA
Good oh! The RSPCA Victoria have realised that it’s going to be impossible to reunite bushfire pets with their families within current deadlines and have started lobbying government to have the state’s nonsensical, pet-killing legislation changed; Call to ease rules on the killing of lost pets The RSPCA has called for the easing of regulations […]
Continue readingFebruary 10, 2009Comments are closed.RSPCA
… just when we thought it couldn’t get any more depressing. It does. .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. After fire such as we have experienced in Victoria, people ask will they need vets. This is unlikely due to the very low survival rate of stock and wildlife. ref .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Sad days indeed.
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2008Comments are closed.council pound, No Kill, PetRescue, RSPCA, shel
The Australian Animal Welfare Strategy or AAWS (pronounced ‘aws’) is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, with input from state and territory governments, industry and community. The AAWS and has the goal for producing a national strategy for animal welfare in Australia. Today was the first day of their […]
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