Don’t know what promotion your group should do this xmas?
My advice; doing anything is better than doing nothing. Don’t over think it, just ask yourself question; how can we get people into our shelter this holiday season?
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Pets Haven Animal Shelter in Woodend, Victoria is open until 10pm tonight. Talk about going above and beyond to get pets into new homes!
See details on their Facebook page.
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The Animal Welfare League Queensland are the masters of off-site adoption. They have joined forces with pet and pet supply shops, rehoming cats and dogs to new, loving homes.
There are currently nine stores (seven Gold Coast, two Brisbane) helping – not only making more room at the shelter, but helping spread the word about responsible pet care issues like desexing. In-store programs also give those animals who don’t cope well in a shelter environment a better chance at adoption, while also reaching more potential new owners – particularly those people who don’t like the idea of a ‘shelter’.
Click here to see the full list of rehoming centres.
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RSPCA’s NSW’s New Animal Care Centre opens tomorrow! From their media release;
On Friday 11 December 2009, the RSPCA Care Centre is being officially opened. Each year thousands of animals end up at RSPCA Shelters, and in order to rehome even more, another facility needed to be built.
Rather than build another shelter, the RSPCA designed a shelter outreach facility. Called the Care Centre, it’s the first of its kind in Australia and includes:
– Animal Adoptions
– Veterinary Outpatients Clinic
– Retail Products
– A Pet Advisory Service
– Community Education and
– EventsThe aim of the RSPCA Care Centre is to rehome more animals in a welfare friendly environment, decrease euthanasia rates and educate the community about responsible pet ownership. Staffed by RSPCA trained animal wellbeing attendants and vets, Rouse Hill celebrates responsible pet ownership and represents the future of the RSPCA in NSW.
A huge round of applause to the RSPCA NSW Team for such a great initiative!
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The RSPCA in Queensland are again running their ‘save a kitten from liquidation sale’. Rather than sit on their hands and wait for the rush of kitten killing, they’ve been honest with their public, stepped up and asked them for help. They’re even promoting their CATCHOO (cat flu) kittens.
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Also getting a jump on the cat rush, the Cat Haven in Perth are profiling 12 older cats to give them an extra chance of finding a new home.
Staying with the Christmas theme the cats are named Holly, Rudolf, Twinkle, Sparkle, Santa, Snowflake, Stardust, Elfie, Jingles, Bell, Tinsel and The Grinch.
But the real kicker? All cats that the Cat Haven adopt over Christmas would be sold ‘free to a good home’, but “only on the condition that owners bought an adoption package that start at $125 which includes essential services such as sterilisation that owners would need to purchase anyway to take care of the cat.”
What a great way to show exactly where the cost of an adopted pet comes from and to put value to the service they provide.
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And finally, JB from PetRescue has turned on a new social networking feature on the site, making it easier than ever to get your pets featuring on Facebook and Twitter. The new ‘Twitter a Critter’ feature, gives every animal listed on the site a Twitter and Facebook icon on their listing.
Use your social network; ‘Twitter a Critter’ your pets straight into new homes!
