November 27, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
The backlash from rescuers to our xmas adoption campaign wasn’t entirely unexpected; it seems some old ideas die hard. There’s no way I’ll be fielding calls at xmas; I don’t want anyone getting one of my dogs as a present. Pets bought at xmas just end up surrendered. You’re encouraging people to be irresponsible. People […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2008Comments are closed.shelter procedure
Victoria’s animal welfare organisations top the states in hard-line campaigning for increasingly powerful animal welfare legislation, under the guise of keeping pets safe from ‘irresponsible owners’. So when asked why they are killing tens of thousands of pets annually, they always have plenty of reasons on hand to blame ‘an irresponsible public’. In 2001, the […]
Continue readingNovember 2, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Price is a signal, a story, a situational decision that is never absolute. It’s just part of what goes into making a decision, no matter what we’re buying. Seth Godin I’ve written before about why I think ‘bargain’ rescue pets are a bad idea, but today over at the No Kill Nation blog respected rescuer […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Considering the limited revenue available to non-profits and the incredibly limited resources available to animal rescue groups, should the many independent rescuers be working to consolidate their efforts and would we be more effective if we merged our operations? Less groups = less duplication of services + less overheads and stronger organisations with conceivably more […]
Continue readingOctober 23, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
This is great! Check out the way this RSPCA is working in conjunction with a primary school to care for orphaned puppies… watch?v=QB8trkyKxfA
Continue readingOctober 17, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
I adopted a gorgeous labrador cross to a family two months ago only to receive a phone call today from the local pound informing us that the new owners had surrendered her. The family presented themselves as nice professional people. They already had a dog who got along with this new girl and all in […]
Continue readingSeptember 27, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
You need to choose… … to be a customer focussed organisation. Or not. … to be a organisation whose absolute priority is rehoming animals. Or not. … to be a group that promotes going the extra mile for your adopters. Or not. And it’s fine to choose either, but realise the choices you make here […]
Continue readingSeptember 17, 2008Comments are closed.shelter procedure
When we talk about pets being killed in pounds around Australia, we tend to gloss over the detail by saying it’s a ‘humane death’ or that ‘we’re putting them to sleep’, which of course is to make everyone feel better about the situation. But while we use euphemisms to describe the act of euthanasia everyone […]
Continue readingSeptember 14, 2008Comments are closed.marketing, shelter procedure
Earlier this year Petfinder and Maddie’s Fund announced the winners of a competition they members to find effective marketing strategies for adopting hard to place dogs and cats. The results have now been made into a library of great ideas to help those pets often seen as unadoptable. Check them out here: Top Prize Winners […]
Continue readingSeptember 13, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Some rescue groups consider themselves the ‘garbage collectors’ cleaning up after a careless community and judging the people who drop their pets off as irresponsible and unwilling to work on a solution. Nearly always I’d suggest, it’s because the relinquishing owners that come to them are unreachable – they’ve already made up their minds and […]
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