April 20, 2010Comments are closed.mandatory desexing, No Kill, shelter procedure
Australian’s have a very unique relationship with the law. Anyone whose travelled overseas, where there is often a ‘if you don’t bother me, I won’t bother you’ ideology, will have noticed the Aussie preference to legislate against every possibility. When someone presents yet another law addressing yet another issue, it’s the Australian way to think […]
Continue readingApril 19, 2010Comments are closed.mandatory desexing, resistance
Animal welfare groups in Queensland were today celebrating Gold Coast City Council’s rollout of their breeder permit scheme. It even got an editorial from the Gold Coast Bulletin; The move to introduce the desexing of cats and dogs on the Gold Coast ‘by stealth’ is a law to be applauded. Critics of the Gold Coast […]
Continue readingApril 8, 2010Comments are closed.cats, Lost Dogs Home, mandatory desexing, pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
I liked this idea when I saw it done on KC Dog blog and since I’ve recently installed Google analytics, I can now present… Saving Pets top five posts for March! 5) Mandatory desexing: why Victoria has it all wrong 4) Three simple actions that will change people’s perceptions of rescue dogs 3) Cats, the […]
Continue readingMarch 31, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
I’ve been asked by the Cat Protection Society to review the document that’s driving a lot of the cat welfare law changes in Victoria. The document ‘The Cat Crisis Coalition – who are we, what do we want and why‘ is used as a handout for councils and the public to show just exactly why […]
Continue readingFebruary 20, 2010Comments are closed.mandatory desexing
Why mandatory desexing fails to save the lives of pets; In her article, Davis wrote, “On February 12, 2008, The City Council of Los Angeles passed a law that requires all cats and dogs in the city be spayed or neutered (desexed) after the age of 4 months (with some exceptions).” Unfortunately, Davis failed to […]
Continue readingFebruary 5, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, mandatory desexing
The RSPCA is seeking submissions to its discussion paper on ‘Puppy Farms’; Puppy breeding establishments take many forms and can be seen to be on a continuum from extremely bad (puppy farms, exploitative hoarders) through to excellent (dog enthusiasts who put the animal’s health and welfare as the first priority). This paper focuses on the […]
Continue readingJanuary 29, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
If you’ve ever tried to engage a mandatory desexing zealot in a reasonable discussion of the population dynamics of cats in Australia, you’ll know the meaning of pointless. They are driven to show the world that everyone else is wrong, that the public is evil and the only path to salvation is the legislated removal […]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
One of the most frequently used measures of the success of suburbs and cities is the is the income earning capacity of its residents. Basically, a good income can provide a ‘buffer’ against natural, societal or personal disaster and determine a communities capacity to cope with adversity. Without this buffer, there can be a dangerously […]
Continue readingJanuary 25, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
Thanks to Margaret for the tip! With the now irrefutable evidence that it’s the unowned cat population that is the major cause of cat shelter overpopulation, and the growing failure of mandatory desexing to reduce shelter kill rates as promised, mandatory desexing advocates are on the hunt for another ‘good reason’ to be allowed to […]
Continue readingJanuary 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 […]
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