March 31, 2014Comments are closed.dogs
If you ever needed evidence of the bias of the media in Australia against pit bulls, then this is it. While the ‘Studio Ten’ introductory piece on the details of dog attacks in Australia seemed to have been well-researched, unfortunately from there, the show began to circle the drain. The show’s panel was outrageous […]
Continue readingMarch 28, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, NSW Taskforce
Please note: the discussion below is about purposefully and accidentally bred animals, where a human owner is in charge of the animal. It does not include free-roaming and unowned cats, as this is a separate issue, I’ve written about here and here. This month the Centre for Veterinary Education, at the University of Sydney, […]
Continue readingMarch 28, 2014Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
This Mamma cat and her four babies have been brought into the Darebin pound in Victoria. The babies are just 4 weeks old and unweaned. They need their mum to feed them and provide them her antibodies through her milk. They need her care and comfort so the stress of being impounded doesn’t kill […]
Continue readingMarch 25, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
(Warning, this story contains images some Saving Pets friends may find distressing) On the 15th September 2004, a small, pale yellow dog was found stumbling along a road in Ramsgate, a southern suburb of Sydney. He weighed a tiny 8 kgs. On his starving frame, sunken skin dipped around his protruding hip and rib […]
Continue readingMarch 25, 2014Comments are closed.cats
In 2010, Wyndham Council’s cat control laws expired after 10 years. Made as an addition to the City’s compulsory cat registration, the laws prohibited cats being off their owners’ property from 10pm and 6am and banned them from public areas. In the decade that the curfew laws were in place, not a single fine was […]
Continue readingMarch 23, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Image: Ruthless Photos and Team Dog After an enormous hoo-ha, including an “unprecedented” number of comments on the Brisbane City Council Facebook page and multiple articles in major newspapers – not to mention a staggering fight from his owner and animal advocacy groups – the little red dog, Zeus, is free after 203 days impoundment at […]
Continue readingMarch 19, 2014Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Yarra Ranges Council (Victoria) has ruled that cats will have to be kept on private properties at all times… Residents have accused Yarra Ranges Council of not consulting properly with the community after a 24-hour cat curfew was approved for the region last week. The curfew, which means residents have to contain their cat […]
Continue readingMarch 17, 2014Comments are closed.cats
Cat laws in various forms are often purported as the secret to managing skyrocketing shelter populations. If only all the ‘irresponsible’ cat owners identified and desexed their cats … the thinking goes … we wouldn’t need shelters. With so many cities in Australia now passing cat laws, why aren’t more cities also boasting that […]
Continue readingMarch 13, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, Australian Veterinary Association
From my Twitter feed today… What’s it about? Australian Veterinary Association South Australia (AVA SA) Division Election Platform – 2014 In 2013 the Select Committee into the Breeding and Sale of Companion Animals handed down its report to State Parliament. The Select Committee was charged with investigating methods for the improvement of welfare of companion […]
Continue readingMarch 11, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy
For every pet who has been killed unnecessarily. For every animal which has been made sicker, not healed or rehabilitated. For every pet who had an owner, but was ‘oopsie’ killed. For every pet who was poisoned, shot or brutalised. For every pet killed by the very organisations who are supposed to protect them. It […]
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