Photo: The Geelong Advertiser
Above is a photo of the weekend’s protests by animal lovers, following the release of video footage of pets being killed at the Geelong Animal Welfare Society. These members of the ‘irresponsible public’ met on the stairs of City Hall, calling for such outrageous demands as, a new system where volunteers assist the shelter in preparing pets for adoption, the recruitment of foster carers to place pets temporarily and the opening of the shelter to potential families looking to adopt.
And these ‘bullying’ and ‘harrassing’ animal advocates then finished their attack on the organisation with “one of the busiest adoption days” ever seen at the shelter.
As you can imagine, the staff at GAWS have been left distressed by this experience. Acting president David Cecil confirmed the society’s lawyers are “ready to act”, with retiring president Ian Walter telling The Age “GAWS’s lawyers believed there were grounds to take out intervention orders against those responsible for the online campaign. This activity is being monitored and if it persists legal action will be taken.”
Council is also taking a tough stance. The city’s general manager, community services, Jenny McMahon said; ”We acknowledge that the situation for homeless animals can improve further, and we are working hard towards this goal.”
The ‘situation’ (pets being yelled at before being killed, pets being killed by heartstick, hundreds more pets being killed than being saved) ‘can improve further’. How positively inspirational.
