February 3, 2012Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, Secret Cat
Just after the new year, a little scrawny cat started appearing around our place. He took off like a shot whenever we went out the front door, but I noticed that unlike the other cats in the neighbourhood, Secret Cat was happy to have him around. I felt I needed to take some action on […]
Continue readingJanuary 18, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, resistance
Photo: BBC News The RSPCA UK message about free-roaming cats is simple; if it’s happy, leave it be. If the stray cat is not friendly, it may be feral or semi-feral. Feral and semi-feral cats are able to look after themselves and, so long as the feral cat is healthy, leaving it alone may be […]
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs
As seen on Twitter, a graphical representation of the problems at the LDH. Is this the ‘animal welfare’ system we’re happy to have?
Continue readingJanuary 12, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Image – The Newcastle Herald The RSPCA Rutherford shelter has for several years managed pound services for the suburbs of Maitland, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle (NSW). The pound had long been criticised by animal advocates for refusing to release animals to community rescue, for working to overturn minimum impound periods making it easier to kill […]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Like all councils in Victoria, Kingston has had compulsory pet microchipping and registration since 2007. In 2008/09 Council had 6,529 registered cats in their area and were impounding less than one cat a day (266). Despite the low number of cats ending up in the pound, cat welfare groups pressured the council to look at […]
Continue readingDecember 31, 2011Comments are closed.cats, dogs, resistance
The Lost Dogs Home is circling the wagons to defend themselves from the public questioning of their high kill rates and multi-million dollar budget as presented in their annual report, deleting posts from Facebook and locking down their fan page. However I did receive the following response when I asked some questions: “Hi Michelle, as […]
Continue readingDecember 29, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, resistance
Image: The Lost Dogs Home – The Herald Sun How many pets would you expect to see saved in a year with a budget of over $12 million dollars? $12 million dollars is a veritable fortune in animal welfare circles. From the tiniest rescue group working on a shoestring, through to the grandest private shelter; […]
Continue readingDecember 23, 2011Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs
This morning, across the nation, council pounds are killing the dogs and cats in their care. Not because they’re sick. Not because they have behavioural problems. Not because the community doesn’t want to adopt them. But because it’s Christmas. Pounds who close from Sunday 25th December through to Tuesday 3rd January do not want to […]
Continue readingDecember 12, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats
Below is the script from the presentation I gave at the WA Cat Welfare Symposium last month. :) The awesomeness of cats Hi and thanks so much for the opportunity to present here today! I’m Shel and I’m the Top Dog at PetRescue. PetRescue is a not-for-profit organisation that supports more than 1,000 Australian pounds, […]
Continue readingNovember 26, 2011Comments are closed.cats
Sorry guys, I’ve run late to this event (baby wrangling), so I’ve missed a couple of the presenters. Hopefully we’ll have some interesting presenters coming up and I’ll blog them as best I can – I’ve noticed there’s a camera here again this year, so yay!
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