October 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, shelter procedure
After threatening to sack a Director who spoke out about their appalling performance in saving lives, the ironically named Cat Protection Society Victoria did just that. Ms Alexandra, dumped after a special general meeting on October 18, said the society had become complacent. ”It’s important the general public understands what’s going on,” she said. ”These […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, cats, council pound, shelter procedure
What happens to the performance of an organisation when the culture is not one of hope and potential, but the absolute conviction that failure is the only option? ‘We know we can’t succeed.’ What if your role in the community is one where lives depend on you – like a nurse, or a policeman, or […]
Continue readingOctober 25, 2010Comments are closed.cats
Remember the Macquarie Island cat cull? The government removed all the feral cats (around 400-500) in an effort to protect seabirds, only to have it go very, very badly as the population of rats, mice and rabbits exploded, destroying much of the fragile vegetation that the birds depended on for cover and to breed, also […]
Continue readingOctober 18, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure
The Cat Protection Society in Victoria has had a disastrous weekend, with a major media outlet getting its hands on an internal document calling for the sacking of a director who dared to question why their performance in protecting cats is in the toilet. Just how bad is it? In 2009, of the 12,491 cats […]
Continue readingOctober 14, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing, resistance
Kingston in Victoria has been held up by cat welfare advocates as one of the ‘good guys’ introducing in 2008 compulsory registration of pets over 3 months old and the requirement that all pets be desexed before registration… or mandatory desexing by stealth. Did Kingston have a cat ‘problem’? Well according to their Domestic Animal […]
Continue readingOctober 1, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, resistance
After a successful campaign branding cats as environmental vandals and a community nuisance: Unowned cats are also a significant source of nuisance in the community. They prey on wildlife, spray strong smelling urine around houses and cars, fight with owned cats, spread disease, yowl at night, and defecate in gardens and sandpits. Who’s for Cats […]
Continue readingSeptember 29, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, marketing, No Kill, volunteers
Image: Labhlakshmi.com Each spring and summer across the country, thousands of cats and kittens enter a shelter system that is already overloaded. To avoid having to kill the majority of these animals, there are things shelters can be doing in the months leading up to this busy season. Here’s a plan that any shelter could […]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Warning readers; this made my bile rise so you might want to go grab a cup of tea before you get reading. For the past 19 years, Whyalla Council has killed animals via carbon monoxide from an old Holden motor. Prior to the gassing, Council killed dogs by shooting them in the head and cats, […]
Continue readingSeptember 22, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure
Image: The Catorialist Blog If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know I spent last Saturday at the WA Cat Welfare Symposium. I consider myself a bit of a cat nerd and the previous year’s symposiums had been headed in a good direction. The first year had a big focus on TNR and the second […]
Continue readingSeptember 16, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, mandatory desexing, No Kill, resistance
A regional scheme provided pensioners and low-income earners with assistance to get their animals desexed. Guess what happened next? No really. Guess what happened. A dramatic decline in the number of animals being impounded. Here’s the article because it’s just so good: Scheme helping animals In conjunction with the Walgett Veterinary Clinic and the Walgett […]
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