December 29, 2014Comments are closed.cats, WA Cat Laws
The major problem with telling everyone that they should bring all free-roaming cat into a shelter for ‘processing’ is that they might just do exactly that. And the result is not terribly difficult to imagine. A little over a year ago, cat and welfare groups in the state of WA celebrated as their much […]
Continue readingDecember 22, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Shelters and rescue are busy at christmas. The whole ‘puppy farm’ thing – heartless people getting new puppies dumping their old dog at the shelter. People not being able to get holiday accommodation, not willing to miss their Christmas parties, selfishly dumping pets at the pound. Dogs going stray and not being collected because […]
Continue readingDecember 14, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
It’s not well known, but many council pounds close their doors from Christmas Eve, through to New Years Day. During these eight days staff take holidays, leaving no one to process impounded animals for adoption. So the week before Christmas becomes not so jolly for the pets. Pound staff will have a ‘clean out’ in the days before […]
Continue readingDecember 11, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
Institutionalised cruelty can only be remedied by a massive shift in expectations, asserted by explicitly specifying new requirements, coupled with legislation to force those maintaining the status quo to change. NSW pounds are some of the most craptastic in the country. Which is completely out of line with the expectations of pet lovers of […]
Continue readingDecember 7, 2014Comments are closed.other
This christmas, the call on every kill shelters social media streams is for the public to avoid the terrible, awful puppy farm. . . . . . Don’t support puppy farms! Pets are for life, not just for xmas! Don’t give cute puppies as xmas gifts! Puppy farm puppies lead to impulse buys and ‘overpopulation’ […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2014Comments are closed.council pound
You probably wouldn’t think twice about offering a reward for the safe return of your lost pet – $1,000, $2,000, $5,000 or more. Well, I’m here to tell you rewards, lost and found posters – even pet microchips – are all a backup plan. The only thing that will make sure your pet is […]
Continue readingDecember 1, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, WA Cat Laws
Dardanup Shire Council had recently increased the powers of rangers to seize owned cats, making major additions to the existing state-wide Cat Act. The ‘Keeping and Control of Cats Local Law 2014’, was to include confinement, with cats found to be not ‘controlled’ by their owners caught by rangers and their owners fined. 2.1 Cats in public places (1) A cat […]
Continue readingDecember 1, 2014Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
The Lost Dogs Home again achieves what can only be described as a glacial rate of operational improvement… Highlights include; – that they finally managed to adopt out more dogs than they kill (two years running – woo!)… but only by a smidge. – that 70% – or seven out of every ten […]
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