January 6, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Boo boo – available for adoption at the RSPCA Orange shelter The RSPCA NSW took in $28 million in revenue last financial year. In the same year, Orange local council spent more than half a million dollars on “companion animal management and activities”, contracting shelter and rehoming of unclaimed animals to the RSPCA. Today, The […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, WA Dog Laws
This morning I will be live blogging the Bill Bruce seminar in Southern River, WA… Building responsible pet ownership communities – the Calgary Model Wow – there’s a really good crowd here! Probably 100 people? Excellent :) Zoe Ferris – the incoming President of the AVA WA The AVA’s position is that all dogs […]
Continue readingOctober 21, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Brisbane City Council has described media reports featuring stats obtained from their own council via Right to Information laws, as “grossly inaccurate” and “misleading”. However, Council has failed to provide the community any of their own figures, instead saying figures would be released in the Lost Dogs Home Annual Report sometime in November. Now, the […]
Continue readingSeptember 27, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
I’ve sourced the impound stats from Brisbane City Council under Freedom of Information (Right to Information). I will be following this post up with more months and comparisons, but I just wanted to get some of this info ‘out there’ as it is simply too important not to share asap. The Lost Dogs […]
Continue readingSeptember 24, 2013Comments are closed.cats, council pound
In 2009, under pressure from animal welfare groups, the QLD state government compelled local councils to introduce state-wide compulsory registration for cats. South-east Queensland councils were required to rollout the laws from July 1, while local governments in the rest of Queensland were given until December 2010 to introduce their registration systems. The new laws […]
Continue readingSeptember 19, 2013Comments are closed.council pound
Getting owned pets with families looking for them home is the most important role of any animal management system. Pets with owners take up valuable shelter space that could be freed up simply by reuniting the two. These pets need not contribute to kill rates, as there is no need for them to be killed. […]
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2013Comments are closed.council pound
Canobolas Vet in Orange (NSW) yesterday put a call out on their Facebook page, asking for information on a cat who had been injured by an arrow. Before the day was over, thanks to the Facebook posting, the owner of the cat had been located. An Orange family has had an emotional reunion with their […]
Continue readingAugust 26, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, NSW Taskforce
In June this year, Division of Local Government, NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet released their annual report – Analysis of Council Data Collection for Seizures of Cats and Dogs (2011/2012). I’ve only just had a chance to look at this, but it paints a pretty sad picture for the pets of the state. 90% of pets […]
Continue readingJuly 26, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Ballarat City Council (Victoria) has awarded the contract for its animal shelter and pound services to Victorian Animal Aid Trust for three years, ending the RSPCA Victoria’s 45-year reign. The council voted unanimously in favour of awarding the contract to animal welfare organisation Victorian Animal Aid Trust, during its meeting on Wednesday. The RSPCA and […]
Continue readingJuly 21, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Pet microchips are an excellent tool. However, despite being lauded by many high-kill shelters, they in reality only serve only one purpose – identification. They don’t eliminate shelter killing. Nor are they some kind of gold star predictor to an owner being ‘good’ or ‘bad’, or deserving of their pet back. They are simply a […]
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