August 30, 2014Comments are closed.cats, WA Cat Laws
The WA Cat Act is the jewel in the ‘mandatory desexing’ zealot’s crown. As legislation it included everything that a cat-law advocate could have dreamed of; – it was enacted state-wide and every council was required to make provisions for it; to include it in their operations and to resource the enforcement of it. […]
Continue readingAugust 29, 2014Comments are closed.cats, council pound
At the end of last year, Whyalla Council (SA) used its local media to malign cats, with Ranger Services declaring the City had a “cat problem”. Cats in the city were to be considered a “class one pest”, and that anyone showing cats compassion by giving them a little bit of food were informed that they were breaking the law. In […]
Continue readingAugust 18, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Once every four years, Councils in Victoria have to release their Domestic Animal Management Plans for review. This is a giant ass pain for Councils as it gives the public a brief opportunity to audit the performance of their local pound and animal management departments. And it’s usually not pretty. To help to deter […]
Continue readingAugust 16, 2014Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Monash City Council (Victoria) has 5,461 registered cats, 98% of which are de-sexed despite it currently not being a requirement in the City*. They are currently reviewing amongst other things, mandatory desexing. Because cat owners = irresponsible. Don’t be fooled by the figures which show practically all of them are doing the right thing and […]
Continue readingAugust 11, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Fraser Coast Regional Council/Hervey Bay pound So my email has been blowing up this morning. Gone viral is a series of seven photographs of dead dogs and cats laying discarded on the top of a skip bin and laying sprawled in kennels at the Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast Regional Council) pound. Warning – graphic photos at end […]
Continue readingAugust 8, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
In the kill-centric animal management system we have in Australia, the pets that usually get the needle are those whose owners either don’t care, or for some reason aren’t able to find their animal’s location within the timeframe set by that same system. That is, those pets who have no human advocate. These unnamed, unprotected pets […]
Continue readingAugust 6, 2014Comments are closed.RSPCA
RSPCA Malaga Reports this morning, that up to a dozen staff have lost their jobs at the RSPCA WA, with the organisation citing ‘financial concerns’. According to historical annual reports, after the appointment of the new CEO David van Ooran in early 2012 the organisation completed a structural review, which saw 8 of 13 managers ousted and 33 staff replaced […]
Continue readingAugust 4, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Campbelltown Pound dog (Image: The Daily Telegraph) The City of Campbelltown located less that an hour out of the Sydney CBD, has a population of around 150,000 people, and a council run animal shelter which takes in just shy of 4,000 pets a year. Back in 2009/10, thanks to some negative publicity from surrounding councils over […]
Continue readingAugust 1, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Steve Coleman (Image: Blue Mountains Gazette) More than 150 local residents attended a meeting to protest the RSPCA NSW’s decision to sell off its local animal shelter and stop providing services to council. City residents claim they have ‘moral’ ownership of the property after fundraising for years to buy and build the facility, and that should […]
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