January 22, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
Vets and pet research advisory groups resisted cat legislation in various forms throughout the nineties and noughties. Research study after research study showed the ineffectiveness of owner-targeted legislation, demonstrated that the population dynamics of cats entering shelters meant few had ever had owners and explained that while it sounds lovely rolling off the tongue in […]
Continue readingJanuary 16, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound
Thanks to feral thoughts for the tip; A resident of the town of Orange is speaking out for the much maligned Myna bird. A proposal to cull local myna bird populations goes against the natural pecking order for one Orange resident. After working with wildlife in Africa and Canada for several years, Terese Kerr says […]
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, PetRescue
Listen to Vickie from PetRescue deftly bop the tough question about WA’s mandatory desexing laws back to Harvey Deegan on 6PR. Talk about dispelling popular cat myths! (start at the 3:20 mark if you don’t want to listen to the whole thing, though the whole thing is fantastique!)
Continue readingJanuary 8, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, marketing
Cats have it tough. Newspapers offer free cats daily, adult cats aren’t really a ‘hot item’ and everyone looking to adopt wants a kitten. However, despite an incredibly high rates of euthanasia of cats and a reported lack of homes, many animal welfare groups have been critical of fee-waived adoption programs. But could “free cats” […]
Continue readingJanuary 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats
In December a Parramatta cat colony hit the media, as the council called for their removal, despite them having a community of cat lovers caring for their welfare. … a Telopea business owner said cats had been around the area for years without anyone worrying about them. “But someone who doesn’t like cats has moved […]
Continue readingJanuary 4, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
A gem from Dr Kersti Seksel at the Cat Alliance of Australia’s yearly symposium – as always astoundingly fascinating and genuinely entertaining: At the end is the full video, but here are some snippets of goodness: Mandatory cat desexing We talk about cat overpopulation, I think that’s a misnomer. It’s shelter overpopulation. I’ll show you […]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
When animal welfare groups lobby for cat welfare, we generally campaign to enact a host of cat control measures; compulsory registration, microchipping, desexing and confinement laws. These we say, are the key to reducing cat euthanasia and neglect. But what happens in a community when everything we wish for… comes true? One council in Victoria […]
Continue readingJanuary 1, 2010Comments are closed.cats
One of the arguments used by groups who resist TNR programs, is that managed colonies will not get smaller over time – the irony being that doing nothing about these colonies guarantees cat numbers will stay constant. Demonstrating the effectiveness of a well managed TNR program, is news of the sad passing of “Zorro”, the […]
Continue readingDecember 19, 2009Comments are closed.cats
Last month Mildura Council was in hot water with their public for shooting six cats shortly after they were dropped at the pound, when a vet was available to offer the cats a medical euthanasia. Outraged cat lovers called for the council worker to be sacked, but the worker was defended by council management who […]
Continue readingDecember 18, 2009Comments are closed.cats
Should you get a cat this xmas? While rescue groups beg people to resist the urge to buy pets as presents and for anyone who isn’t ready for the commitment of a pet, to ‘just get a stuffed animal instead’ seems people have… actually been listening! The claws are out for manufacturers flogging $112 toy […]
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