August 13, 2010Comments are closed.No Kill, shelter procedure
Australia and the United States are same-same, but different. And a challenge we face in bringing No Kill programs to Australia is a pretty significant language difference between the two countries. Much of the US documentation refers to ‘shelters’ reclaiming their lifesaving role in the community. To us ‘shelter’ generally means a local, privately managed […]
Continue readingJuly 30, 2010Comments are closed.No Kill
Saving Pets is back! After a work v blog ‘situation’, I needed to take some time away from blogging. And after this wee hiatus, I honestly can’t believe how much time I have to you know… do stuff! But that’s all sorted now and Saving Pets is back to share the 2010 No Kill Conference. […]
Continue readingJune 16, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure
You need to join forces with other rescue groups and hold a fee-free adoption event. I know, right – but, hear me out. Unfortunately, many non-profit organizations often seem to believe that there is a limited pie of resources out there and, therefore, they are in direct competition with other humane groups in the community. […]
Continue readingJune 14, 2010Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, shelter procedure
Since hubby and I are having a ‘dry’ June and going to the pub for lunch was out, we spent Saturday walking through the city. Along with bags of junk (the sales are on) and some retro fabric, a secondhand copy of Tim Low’s 2001 book ‘Feral Future’ jumped off the shelf and into my […]
Continue readingJune 6, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure
In today’s Sydney Sun-Herald, is a series of articles about the RSPCA and other animal welfare group’s efforts to have the sale of pets through pet shops banned. > 250,000 healthy cats and dogs killed each year > No homes for them > Pet industry ‘needs regulation’ Tighter legislation is needed to regulate dog and […]
Continue readingJune 2, 2010Comments are closed.cats, dogs, marketing, new media, No Kill, pet shops/puppy farming, PetRescue, shelter procedure
I’ve always considered PetRescue to be a very charmed project. My best mate JB is a technical genius and an all round nice guy. My shared-brain friend Vix and I both purchased wonky dogs at around the same time (hers from a pet shop, mine from a guy in a pub carpark) who would catapult […]
Continue readingMay 26, 2010Comments are closed.adoptions, attitude, marketing, No Kill, shelter procedure
Why do pets die in shelters? I no longer believe in the ‘too many pets, not enough homes’ reasoning because I can’t make the math of hundreds of pets being sold by pet shops, in the newspaper and on the internet each day, gel with the idea that no one wants the pets we have. […]
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