September 7, 2012Comments are closed.cats, WA Cat Laws
A Cat Haven vet “spends most days putting animals down” [image removed due to copyright report – original image here] WA has one of the lowest cat impound rates in Australia. I did a quick survey of local council pounds and found the following rate of cat impoundment (and killing) for the 2010/11 year. Armadale […]
Continue readingAugust 30, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Can we change the world for dogs and cats? The No Kill Revolution in America from No Kill Advocacy Center on Vimeo.
Continue readingAugust 27, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
Lost Dogs Home Managing Director Dr Graeme Smith describes his staff as; “ the community’s executioners for unwanted pets“ New $2.5 million cat facilities, and yet just 4 cats adopted over the weekend. And only 17 cats up for adoption, despite the new facilities having capacity for 200. And the organisation taking in over 30 […]
Continue readingAugust 26, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Unless you’re in a state with lifetime registration, each year you are expected to pay your council an amount to register your dog/s (and sometimes cat/s). However, our Councils are largely misusing these funds. – Money is being added to overall council coffers, rather than spent on proactive programs to keep pets out of pounds. […]
Continue readingAugust 24, 2012Comments are closed.cats
A colony of Long-nosed Potoroo at Port Botany The Sydney Ports ‘Port Botany’; consist of two container terminals with six container vessel berths and a bulk liquids berth – complemented by container support businesses, bulk liquid berth storage facilities and private berths at Kurnell. … The facilities at Port Botany now account for over 70 […]
Continue readingAugust 7, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Some people who call themselves animal lovers claim that they want to see the end of killing in shelters, but still support laws which target ‘pit bulls’ and ‘pit bull type’ dogs just for being the breed they are. Just to be clear, these two positions are in direct conflict with each other. We will […]
Continue readingJuly 14, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
In 2010 and 2011, Victorians opened their hearts and wallets to support the Lost Dogs Home capital campaign to expand their operations and improve their capability to save the lives of cats. Since the Domestic Animals Act was introduced in 1996, there has been a huge increase in the number of cats and kittens being […]
Continue readingJuly 2, 2012Comments are closed.cats, resistance
Moreland City The proposal for Moreland Council to offer cat desexing operations to the community, as an alternative to people surrendering cats to be killed, has been canned… (Cat desexing plan in Moreland is given the chop) Department of Primary Industries spokeswoman Sarah O’Connor said a trap-neuter-return program, used overseas, “could not be legally carried […]
Continue readingJuly 1, 2012Comments are closed.cats, RSPCA, TAS Cat Laws
Tasmania’s new cat management laws come into effect today and rather than the usual palaver where the RSPCA pretend they’re looking out for the cats, they’ve jumped straight into the benefits – getting someone else to do the killing; Under the laws only registered cat owners will be allowed to breed the animals to reduce […]
Continue readingJune 30, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Secret Cat
Three Christmases ago my now husband Andy and I (and our three dogs) moved into a new house. Since then I’ve quit shelter work to ‘officially’ work on PetRescue, Andy and I have got married, gotten pregnant and had our first baby. Lots of exciting change. And while all that has been happening, we’ve enjoyed […]
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