November 28, 2014Comments are closed.news
PetRescue – 1% of Australian pounds currently use the power of PetRescue to rehome their rescue pets – and Gosford Dog Paws is a shining star showcasing how it should (and can) be done everywhere. #safesoundpounds Check out the awesome work they do here Adopt Skye via Gosford Dog Paws * * * * * RSPCA […]
Continue readingNovember 28, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Greater Shepparton City Council has struck back at critics who say their kill rate is too high; Greater Shepparton City Council has responded to a Facebook post slamming the organisation’s pound (kill) rate. It says the rate dropped by 10 per cent in the last financial year and the council has recently started working with an animal […]
Continue readingNovember 20, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
Most pets killed in Australia never even had their photo taken. Are we really doing ‘all we can’ to save their lives? Use your xmas donation this year to help PetRescue change this reality. Only 1% of Australia’s council pounds are utilising PetRescue’s free services to advertise their pets for adoption. Help us get them […]
Continue readingNovember 19, 2014Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound
“We need your help this Christmas to fix Australia’s pounds and make them a safe and sound place for all lost and homeless pets. By Christmas, PetRescue will have helped find forever homes for more than 250,000 rescue pets, from over 750 rescue groups and shelters nationwide. Now just imagine how many more lives […]
Continue readingNovember 14, 2014Comments are closed.cats
Back in 2012, I wrote about a seizure case of 100 cats (and 35 ‘other’ animals) at the RSPCA WA, and how it seemed before the animals had even made it back to the shelter, that the organisation was in the media claiming they would have ‘no choice’ but to kill. (They did however take the […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Campbelltown pound dogs (Image – The Daily Telegraph)I’ve written about Campbelltown pound before. Firstly, when it was found they killed practically everything that walked in their front door. Again, when the Mayor of the City came out and said that was ok because ‘irresponsible people’. There was the story of how they ‘lost’ someone’s microchipped […]
Continue readingNovember 7, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
The last year has seen more development in community-based pound programs than any year previous. When welfare advocates have been driving for this reform for in some cases literally decades, why has 2014 seen so much activity? What has changed? The pain point The pain point is the exact moment that resisting a […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2014Comments are closed.cats
Cat ‘welfare’ groups in WA have just spent the last five years declaring that cats are an unspeakable, unmanaged pest decimating wildlife, in an effort to get their cat laws passed. It was inevitable that the constant cat-bashing from those who claim to be an authority, would lead to empowered cat haters targeting pets. And […]
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