October 26, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
… just a coincidence. More on this topic soon. A quick note: These dogs haven’t been PTS – these are the ones who have been able to stay with their families. The ones who have been ID’ed after the amnesty ended, or whose owners didn’t want the expense of complying, or who have wound up […]
Continue readingOctober 3, 2012Comments are closed.adoptions, Lost Dogs Home, resistance
Imagine for one moment each & every impounded pet came with a bundle of money – a few hundred dollars – around their kneck. Would this be enough to save their lives? In 2004 The Lost Dogs Home won the pound and shelter services tender for Melbourne City Council. It held the tender until 2008/09, […]
Continue readingAugust 27, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Doug was recently found to be a ‘pit bull’ and impounded by Moonee Valley City Council. He was just six months old when he was taken from his home. He was held and assessed a couple of months later when he was around 9 months old. His owner is currently seeking to take his case […]
Continue readingAugust 27, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
Lost Dogs Home Managing Director Dr Graeme Smith describes his staff as; “ the community’s executioners for unwanted pets“ New $2.5 million cat facilities, and yet just 4 cats adopted over the weekend. And only 17 cats up for adoption, despite the new facilities having capacity for 200. And the organisation taking in over 30 […]
Continue readingAugust 14, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, Victorian Dog Laws
From 30th September last year, Victoria became home to some of the most draconian legislation in the country. It allowed animal management officers to seize and kill unregistered dogs they deem to be ‘pit bulls’ or ‘of pit bull type’, kill dogs on site without impounding them, kill dogs after impoundment with no minimum impoundment […]
Continue readingJuly 24, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, dogs, Lost Dogs Home
July 18, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
This video details the method of animal management known as BSL. And after watching the video (please, go back and watch it, it’s important), an animal lover might be asking – how can any group claiming to advocate for the welfare of pets, support animal control officers plucking healthy, friendly dogs being walked by their […]
Continue readingJuly 14, 2012Comments are closed.cats, council pound, Lost Dogs Home
In 2010 and 2011, Victorians opened their hearts and wallets to support the Lost Dogs Home capital campaign to expand their operations and improve their capability to save the lives of cats. Since the Domestic Animals Act was introduced in 1996, there has been a huge increase in the number of cats and kittens being […]
Continue readingJune 25, 2012Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home
Animal ‘ambulances’ are a modern rebrand of the dog-catchers van, and are used by animal control officers to impound stray and unowned animals. Contrary to the popular notion that shelters are full of surrendered (dumped) animals, 90% of shelter animals are actually brought in by the shelter themselves, (including untame, unowned cats who are then […]
Continue readingJune 14, 2012Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home
Thanks to an ignorant state government, and relentless lobbying and scare-mongering by the Lost Dogs Home Victoria, Bear and Kooda lost their lives today. Two young pups – who’d never done anything wrong – were gently hugged by their owners, then lifted onto a veterinarian’s table, and under direction of the government, they were injected […]
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