May 23, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, cats, customer service, dogs, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure, volunteers
The New Zealanders might have just overtaken Australia in the race to modernised animal sheltering industry. Over 125 years ago, New Zealand opened its first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or SPCA. Today, proving that even an ‘old’ organisation can lead the way in modern thinking, they have pledged their dedication to […]
Continue readingMay 19, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, resistance, shelter procedure
Released tomorrow is the new ‘Code of practice for the management of dogs and cats in shelters and pounds‘ from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries. With the advisory panel for this legislation featuring some of the largest and most wealthy animal shelters in Victoria, including the RSPCA VIC and Lost Dogs Home, this review […]
Continue readingMay 19, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill
How Disneyland shows compassion and care for free-roaming cats and is reaping the benefits in return; After dark, the dirty work at Disneyland begins LA Times, May 02, 2010 Years ago — no one seems to know when — feral cats began to sneak into the park, living among the park’s trees and shrubs during […]
Continue readingMay 18, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill
Bob Kerridge, New Zealand’s best known champion of the animals has this month been chosen as the National President of the Royal New Zealand SPCA. The article below shows just how he’s helped make compassion for pets, a community concern… Cause of the cat people New Zealand Herald, March 2009 Bob Kerridge called and the […]
Continue readingMay 17, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill
From Nathan Winograd’s blog: Saving 100% of Baby Kittens For the last few years, Michael Linke, the head of the RSPCA in the Australian Capital Territory, an open admission animal control shelter, has been implementing the No Kill Equation and has saved 93% of all dogs. Last October, he attended a workshop I did at […]
Continue readingMay 15, 2010Comments are closed.cats
We’re told constantly that we have an “overwhelming cat problem that needs to be addressed”: Animal welfare shelters need your help to stop the appalling destruction of tens thousands of healthy cats and kittens every year. Cat overpopulation is a serious problem and we all need to take action to do something about it. But […]
Continue readingMay 13, 2010Comments are closed.cats, resistance
As the ‘Who’s for Cats?’ program winds up for another year in Victoria, there’s been an enormous trend toward the trapping and killing of cats; In Geelong, they’re having the biggest year for cat impoundments ever: More than 3000 cats and kittens have been handed to Geelong Animal Welfare Society over the past 10 months, […]
Continue readingMay 12, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, pet shops/puppy farming
Bear with me guys – I’m working full time this week so have just enough time to pull some rescue news. Back to regular programming next week! Dogs I’m very pleased to welcome Mike Bailey to Saving Pets. He’s working hard following the changes in Victorian legislation and when he’s not blogging, he’s the creator […]
Continue readingMay 5, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs
Cats Cat abuse is rife in Victoria. RSPCA Victoria’s inspectorate services manager Greg Boland labelled the attack “cowardly” and “extremely disturbing”. RSPCA figures tallied 1572 incidents of cruelty against cats in the 2008-09 financial year; up more than 50 on the previous year. But in the ultimate effort ‘blaming the victim’; Mr Boland said Victoria’s […]
Continue readingApril 21, 2010Comments are closed.cats
ACA last night ran a special on a neighbourhood of ‘missing cats’. There’s obviously someone in the area with a trap and upset owners have lost a dozen or more pets. While the story focuses on one street in Perth, they claim it is happening Australia wide. In a related story, Victorian cat groups are […]
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