December 16, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, No Kill, resistance
Image: Lovemeow.com Why haven’t major national animal welfare groups championed the myriad of studies showing that cats in urban areas are a very tiny, manageable pressure amongst many enormous pressures on native animals? Why do national animal welfare groups continue to align themselves with cat haters and cat trappers in the community, promoting cat ‘removal’ […]
Continue readingDecember 10, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, resistance
I just caught the “Animal Wise Radio” interview with Nathan Winograd on the subject on TNR. I just plinked out some notes, but it’s really worth a listen (I’ll put links at the end). ……………………………………………………………………………………….. TNR, Feral Cats and Community Cats Back in the 1980’s TNR was a controversial issue. Seminars were held where most […]
Continue readingDecember 8, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill
There’s an interesting trend amongst animal groups. Those who kill a high number of pets tend to keep their resources as closely guarded collateral (shelter centric). While those who have pledged to make the preservation of life their highest priority, open their doors and share their resources with both the public and other groups (community […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, customer service, marketing, No Kill
When you’re a No Kill advocate, you are faced with a standard patter of protests for why it can’t work in whichever particular instance you’re in; – There are too many pets and not enough homes: all the while puppy farms exist/ breeders breed/ irresponsible people don’t care/ the government doesn’t do something… – No […]
Continue readingNovember 28, 2010Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill
At this time of year, many animal lovers will be considering where to make their holiday donation. With so much talk of under-performing pounds and a new wave of animal rescue groups saving lives, it can be hard for those outside the industry to keep up. How can you tell the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’? […]
Continue readingNovember 25, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, cats, council pound, dogs, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure, volunteers
We all know community foster care and rescue groups make a vital contribution to animal welfare across the country. Thousands of pets every year owe their lives to volunteer pet-lovers who give up their time to save the lives of needy animals. Rescue and foster groups involve the whole community to bring about life saving […]
Continue readingNovember 22, 2010Comments are closed.No Kill, resistance, volunteers
A recent puppy farm awareness effort estimates that over a hundred thousand puppies and kittens are sold from pet stores each year. And yet we often hear there aren’t enough people who want to bring a pet into their families. Australian’s are spending more than ever on gourmet foods, treats, toys, bedding and grooming, pampering […]
Continue readingNovember 16, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill
An update on the RSPCA Victoria ‘adoption fee waived’ cat promotion. Between Thursday 11 and Saturday 13 November, 110 cats found new homes. “That’s a freaking lot”, I hear you say; “but why didn’t they adopt more?” Because they ran out of cats. The revolving doors of the RSPCA almost stopped spinning at the weekend […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing, No Kill
News today that despite having mandatory desexing for over ten years, the ACT have failed to see a decline in cat numbers: The RSPCA is calling on the ACT Government to put more funding into its cat desexing laws. ACT laws require cats to be desexed but the RSPCA says there has been a steady […]
Continue readingOctober 31, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill, resistance
From Ryan Clinton; ‘While We Argued, Queenie Died’ Surprisingly for most outside the movement, and unsurprisingly for all inside the movement, we are fought. We are fought more than we ever could have imagined. We are fought by powerful aides of politicians who prefer the comfort of a known death to the prospect of a […]
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