April 30, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
A loose dog has injured a ranger in Mandurah, WA; A City of Mandurah spokesperson confirmed the attack which happened on Mistral Street about 3.30pm Monday and said the ranger was now recovering from his injuries. … According to neighbours, two dogs escaped from their backyard and ran loose on the street, aggressively barking at […]
Continue readingApril 27, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
You may remember the story of ‘Buddy’*, a dog collected by a Leeton Council Officer who instead of impounding the dog and allowing the owner a chance to claim him, drove the dog to the tip and shot him in the head. Leeton Council has now completed the report into why Buddy was not held […]
Continue readingApril 25, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Last Thursday evening, a young family returned home to find their two dogs Bruce and Narla missing, and a card from the local ranger on their door. They phoned that same evening to claim their pets. Narla, the older dog, was microchipped and registered. However as Bruce the pup was not, the ranger advised that there […]
Continue readingApril 23, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
“Small room sizes, Besser block construction, chain wire, “hotboxes” and problems with disease control…” and according to the RSPCA, when it comes to council pounds, the animals impounded at the run down Sippy Creek (QLD) Tanawh facility are some of the lucky ones! Council officers warn the Sippy Creek facility and the Landsborough compounds “have now […]
Continue readingApril 23, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Berrigan Shire is one of those little on-the-border of Victoria towns, which are closer to Melbourne than Sydney. The Shire has a human population of less than 10,000 and includes the towns of Barooga, Berrigan, Finley and Tocumwal. According to their Annual Reports, they pay nearly $80,000 a year on “Companion Animal and Livestock Impounding – […]
Continue readingApril 22, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
In April 2012 a dog (nicknamed ‘Bob’ by his rescuers) was found nearly starved, and left for dead in bushland with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Bob was brought into Donnybrook Animal Health Center by the local ranger. Veterinarians and staff didn’t think he would survive; “He was unable to stand, he had […]
Continue readingApril 21, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
Kerser – a victim of Victoria’s breed specific laws, currently on ‘death row’ as his owner fights to save his life. As dog and law experts predicted, Victorian Local Councils are struggling with enforcing their badly designed, hysteria-driven dog laws; Councils are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending court cases brought by dog owners […]
Continue readingApril 17, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
Given we are right on the cusp of Easter, want to share a story from last year, which detailed the actions of an organisation ‘Save the Bilby’. Last year the ‘Save the Bilby’ organisation had found they had a problem – a fence had been damaged by flood and they needed to find an alternative […]
Continue readingApril 13, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
When you first hear about our nation’s failing pound system (read ‘part 1’ here), one of the most common responses is, ‘I don’t believe it’. Because it is unbelievable. In 2014, with the enormous advances in treatment of pets and with the majority of pet owners considering their pets as an invaluable extension of their […]
Continue readingApril 12, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
I’m going to tell you something shocking. Your pet is not safe. If your fence blows over, and your dog wanders off, or if someone leaves your front door unlatched, and your cat escapes. If something spooks your dog at the park and he takes off, or if some half-wit opens your gate. Your pets are not safe. As pet […]
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