August 18, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Once every four years, Councils in Victoria have to release their Domestic Animal Management Plans for review. This is a giant ass pain for Councils as it gives the public a brief opportunity to audit the performance of their local pound and animal management departments. And it’s usually not pretty. To help to deter […]
Continue readingJune 24, 2014Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home, other
Today, an article appeared on the Sydney Morning Herald stating, that the information presented by Saving Pets on the outcomes for pets in Brisbane City, at Lost Dogs Home’s shelters “turned out to be false”. I want to take a moment to address this. First, a little background. The Lost Dogs Home took over running […]
Continue readingMay 14, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Thieves have stolen three dogs from Cranbourne Lost Dogs Home (VIC); Two men have been caught on CCTV footage snooping around the Thompsons Rd pound for more than an hour, before jemmying the lock on the cage just after 11pm on May 3. The pair grabbed a six-month-old tan-and-white male american staffy mix, a […]
Continue readingApril 8, 2014Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home, RSPCA
In November 1991… … in Victoria, Australia’s first compulsory cat registration system was introduced into Parliament. ‘The Companion Animals Bill’ had been long desired by animal welfare groups in the state, as they had a theory that with cat registration laws passed, ‘irresponsible’ cat ownership would be reduced and the state’s… cat –> pound = dead… […]
Continue readingMarch 28, 2014Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
This Mamma cat and her four babies have been brought into the Darebin pound in Victoria. The babies are just 4 weeks old and unweaned. They need their mum to feed them and provide them her antibodies through her milk. They need her care and comfort so the stress of being impounded doesn’t kill […]
Continue readingMarch 23, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Image: Ruthless Photos and Team Dog After an enormous hoo-ha, including an “unprecedented” number of comments on the Brisbane City Council Facebook page and multiple articles in major newspapers – not to mention a staggering fight from his owner and animal advocacy groups – the little red dog, Zeus, is free after 203 days impoundment at […]
Continue readingMarch 7, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, Lost Dogs Home
Charlie, Sharni (front) and a family friend (back)… In early November last year, Shannon’s two family dogs Charlie and Sharni escaped their yard and despite frantic efforts to find them, got themselves into big trouble. They killed a cat owned by someone in the neighbourhood. The dogs were impounded by Frankston Council and held at […]
Continue readingJanuary 18, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
One of the criticisms thrown at people who find themselves affected by Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), is ‘why get a pit bull dog if you weren’t looking for trouble?’ Only bad people, the thinking goes – would ever own one of ‘these’ dogs. In stark contrast to this platitude, last February Jennifer and her family […]
Continue readingJanuary 13, 2014Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
This post is a redux of a post from July 2013. I’ve added new current information… The Lost Dogs Home has for more than ten years, provided pound services to the city of Darebin. – In 2010, 276 unclaimed dogs were left at the facility. 85 were rehomed, while 169 were killed. – In […]
Continue readingDecember 15, 2013Comments are closed.Lost Dogs Home
Back in September, I was able to secure through Right to Information, statistics surrounding the Lost Dogs Home’s management of Brisbane City Council’s two animal pounds (Warra + Willawong). At the time Brisbane City Council described media reports featuring those stats (obtained from their own council!), as “grossly inaccurate” and “misleading”. However, despite Council using nearly $4 million dollars of local rate […]
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