February 17, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude
I sometimes wonder if I should rename this blog to ‘the thing someone said at work today that made my head explode’. Our valentine’s day promotion was a huge success. We broke the record for, wait for it, the single highest number of pets adopted in a weekend. 40 pets altogether. Great huh? Except. A […]
Continue readingFebruary 10, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude
I don’t normally do animal abuse stories on Saving Pets, but this one has such a great ending, I had to share. Boof is a bullmastiff-cross whose owner allegedly left him to die in summer heat with a 30kg chain wrapped around his neck after beating him with a steel bar, punching him and trying […]
Continue readingFebruary 10, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing
Its happened! The Lost Dogs Home have found the key to not killing the pets in their care. Is it a swanky new law like mandatory desexing? Nope! Is it some kind of breeder permit system? Nope! Is it a change in leash laws, pet number limit laws, breed specific laws or more powers to […]
Continue readingJanuary 31, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, dogs
Most dogs available for adoption at shelters are of the ‘great aussie mutt’ variety; mixed breeds of unknown parentage made up of a few, or sometimes lots of, different breeds. Shelter staff do their best to make a guess of the breeds that make up the dogs based on appearance and this ‘best guess’ is […]
Continue readingJanuary 20, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, customer service
… From KC Dog blog – Improving Customer Service Imperative to Increasing Adoptions The problems many people have in getting approval to adopt has actually hit the mainstream — and it is becoming a bit of a joke among the general public. Just last week I caught this clip of a comedian talking about the […]
Continue readingJanuary 19, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, customer service, No Kill, shelter procedure
Blacktown pound’s god-awful ‘bidding’ system is under fire from their local community. Bidding madness riles locals at Blacktown Pound More animals are killed at Blacktown Animal Holding Facility than anywhere else in the state, yet it continues to use an archaic system where people have to bid to rescue a homeless pet. The system allows […]
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, PetRescue
Listen to Vickie from PetRescue deftly bop the tough question about WA’s mandatory desexing laws back to Harvey Deegan on 6PR. Talk about dispelling popular cat myths! (start at the 3:20 mark if you don’t want to listen to the whole thing, though the whole thing is fantastique!)
Continue readingJanuary 8, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing
How many clicks does someone visiting your website have to make to be in the pet adoption section? Go check – I’ll wait… . . . . . Here’s a tip; if it’s more than one its too many. The Animal Welfare League Queensland is leading the way again, with a splash page over their […]
Continue readingJanuary 8, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, marketing
Cats have it tough. Newspapers offer free cats daily, adult cats aren’t really a ‘hot item’ and everyone looking to adopt wants a kitten. However, despite an incredibly high rates of euthanasia of cats and a reported lack of homes, many animal welfare groups have been critical of fee-waived adoption programs. But could “free cats” […]
Continue readingJanuary 1, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, pets are now twice as common as children in Australian households, with 63% of homes having a pet. More than ever before people are treating their pets as their children, lobbying for their right to take them to the beach, to cafes, to the movies and no longer […]
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