November 30, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, dogs, marketing
The San Francisco SPCA have begun featuring adoptable dogs and cats at Macy’s in San Francisco’s Union Square as part of the 24th annual Macy’s Holiday Windows, which will run through to the new year. The pet display has been a winter staple since 1987. During that time, more than 2,000 animals have been adopted […]
Continue readingNovember 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure, volunteers
We all know community foster care and rescue groups make a vital contribution to animal welfare across the country. Thousands of pets every year owe their lives to volunteer pet-lovers who give up their time to save the lives of needy animals. Rescue and foster groups involve the whole community to bring about life saving […]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Circle of Blame Step 1. Have your community alert you to unacceptably high cat kill rates. Step 2. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the numbers Step 2. Provide cat traps Step 3. Blame ‘the irresponsible public’ for the surge in impounds Step 4. Send cats to pounds with a 90%+ kill rate Step 5. Blame […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, marketing
The big fun guide to saving cats this summer is now a pdf that can be distributed to any cat group who needs a hand pulling themselves out of a rut of killing. Download for free here
Continue readingNovember 11, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, marketing
Someone has had a breakthrough at the RSPCA Victoria. Even though their kill rate is already leaving other major welfare groups the Lost Dogs Home, and Cat Protection Society in their dust, with 17,265 cats admitted and 9801 killed, or 56% (vs 93% and 90% respectively), they have taken the lead in offering Australia’s first […]
Continue readingNovember 10, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, marketing
Got six orange cats in your shelter? TELL PEOPLE! Rangas rule the walk Ginger-haired humans are said to be rare, perhaps endangered along with tigers and Richmond supporters. But if a clowder of six “ranga” cats that have dominated the Hobart Cat Centre this week is anything to go by, Garfield look-alikes have at least […]
Continue readingNovember 9, 2010Comments are closed.cats
“Nature’s interconnectedness rarely makes for punchy sound bites or bumper sticker aphorisms. Then, too, such complex relationships are often overlooked, ignored, or dismissed simply because they don’t fit cleanly into one’s argument.” ~ Peter J. Wolf: Vox Felina We’re often hit with a left hook, right hook when it comes to cats in the Australian […]
Continue readingNovember 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, shelter procedure
Imagine if a major animal welfare group wanted to ban pet ownership. They came out and said; “we want to ban pet ownership outright… some exceptions granted where we deem appropriate, but overall we don’t think people should be allowed free ownership of pets.” Would you support their initiative? My guess is that if you’re […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing, No Kill
News today that despite having mandatory desexing for over ten years, the ACT have failed to see a decline in cat numbers: The RSPCA is calling on the ACT Government to put more funding into its cat desexing laws. ACT laws require cats to be desexed but the RSPCA says there has been a steady […]
Continue readingNovember 2, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, shelter procedure
If you follow the Victorian news, you’ll know that there has been an ongoing push by animal welfare groups in the state for compulsory desexing. Ignoring evidence that the majority of owned cats are already desexed, they worship ‘mandatory desexing’ as the holy grail of cat management. One by one councils give it to the […]
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