July 20, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, cats, council pound, dogs
Once above scrutiny and allowed to hide behind a plethora of excuses for poor performance, today’s pounds and shelters are being held accountable to provide the community’s pets a healthy animal management system. This new level of answerability is never more evident than when animal lovers join together to develop solutions for their local companion […]
Continue readingApril 2, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, resistance, shelter procedure
There is just 30 days to comment on changes to the Code of Practice for the Management of Dogs and Cats in Shelters and Pounds. From the DPI e-Newsletter: Code of Practice (Revision Number 1) For your information – the Minister gave notice today 31 March 2011 of the proposal to make the Code of […]
Continue readingMarch 21, 2011Comments are closed.attitude, council pound, shelter procedure
From the Brimbank Leader today; Brimbank Council (VIC) says just 31 per cent of Brimbank’s impounded dogs are united with owners. It has been a State Government law since 2007 that all dogs and cats registered for the first time must be microchipped, but in Brimbank the council estimates only 40 per cent of dogs […]
Continue readingMarch 8, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, council pound, customer service, No Kill, shelter procedure
I am going to blog out some of the cool webinars and interviews I’ve heard lately. This is from a series of No Kill webinars available for a subscription fee, that is well worth the spend if you are doing any animal advocacy in your community. ‘Getting to No Kill as an animal control center’ […]
Continue readingFebruary 15, 2011Comments are closed.council pound, shelter procedure
Pounds, shelters and rescue are getting more media than ever, as the public’s interest in companion animal welfare swells. Some use this new exposure for good; promoting their adoption programs, responsible pet ownership initiatives and encouraging councils and pet owners to work together on solutions which allows both public safety and recognises the importance of […]
Continue readingJanuary 11, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, council pound, No Kill, shelter procedure
I saw Mitch Schneider speak last year – he wasn’t a ‘rescuer’, but the upper management of animal control. He had realised that treating the community like the enemy and blocking rescue was leaving his pound full. He said “what kind of crap boss am I, if I’m forcing my staff to kill pets, be […]
Continue readingDecember 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill
Dog Days Photo Blog This is a combination of both my favourite posts, and some of the animal rescue news items for 2010. I hope you enjoy! First, my favourites If I were to start a charity to help homeless people, take donations from the public and my organisation was called, The Foundation for the […]
Continue readingDecember 29, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, No Kill
I’ve just received my copy of the 2011 Kittens and Cats Annual, which includes ‘show cats’, health articles and, disappointingly, both the RSPCA and the AVA calling for people to surrender unowned and semi-owned cats to councils and championing the ‘Who’s for Cats’ program – despite knowing council pounds and some cat welfare agencies run […]
Continue readingDecember 26, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs
When we work with pet owners, we implore them to only take on as many animals as they have the physical and financial resource to care for. If a pet owner does make the mistake of taking on too many, we ask that they seek help from friends, their community and rescue and shelters to […]
Continue readingDecember 20, 2010Comments are closed.cats, council pound, mandatory desexing
Wyndham Council are having ongoing trouble with their cat laws; The council has issued 239 fines for unregistered dogs and just 13 for cats, from April to September this year. Based on the $227 fine, the total fines for unregistered dogs was almost $55,000 and, for cats, less than $3000. This council has only tried […]
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