May 13, 2014Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
A PIAA approved puppy farm (Courtesy Prisoners for Profit) Does walking in the MPW help puppy farm dogs? A Channel Seven news report last night, showed that puppy farmers are still doing a roaring trade in Australia. Seems we’re still happy to get our pups cheap, young and conveniently purchased from a pet store, or a sweats-wearing […]
Continue readingJanuary 28, 2014Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Bandit was a young pup sold by a pet shop. His new owners hadn’t checked whether their landlord allowed pets and less than three months later Bandit became homeless, surrendered to the RSPCA. This sounds exactly like a case study of failed placement which animal advocates use to justify abhorring retail pet shop sales, yes? […]
Continue readingApril 30, 2013Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
A follow up letter from the RSPCA National… Dear Ms Williamson Ending puppy farms in Australia Thirty six per cent of Australian households have a dog as a pet, giving a pet dog population of around 3.4 million. This creates a substantial market for thousands of individuals to legally breed dogs. With this in mind, […]
Continue readingApril 25, 2013Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Today, I’ve received a very official pants letter from the CEO of the RSPCA claiming I’ve made ‘the false claim that the RSPCA supports, endorses or approves puppy farms’. They are of course referring to my article ‘The RSPCA approves puppy farms’. … Particularly, we refer to your misrepresentations regarding RSPCA’s approval or endorsement of […]
Continue readingApril 19, 2013Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Right back at the beginning of my animal welfare journey, I bought a dog. It was my second dog, Ajax, whom I purchased off the internet, from a guy who arranged to meet me in a pub carpark, half way between Melbourne and Sale. At the time I saw no problem with this. The man […]
Continue readingApril 1, 2013Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Image: Kate Schoeffel’s dog farm (Kate’s Family Pets) Courtesy Prisoners for Profit PIAA policy announcement (March 2012) Speaking at the launch at NSW Parliament House, PIAA Chief Executive Roger Perkins said consumers can now be confident that by buying a dog or puppy from a PIAA members store, they are helping stamp out dodgy puppy farms. “Dogs […]
Continue readingJuly 31, 2012Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
Pets Paradise has hit the wall… A national chain of 62 pet accessory stores run by a self-styled “leader of franchising” has collapsed. Pets Paradise was founded by Melbourne-based Gary Diamond about 20 years ago, taking the concept from a single store to a national chain of 80 stores, according to franchise disclosure documents. Banks […]
Continue readingMarch 30, 2012Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming, RSPCA
Nathan Winograd’s ‘Redemption’ details the great betrayal of animals which took place in the early 20th century when the ASPCA, lured by the promise of regular income, abandoned their traditional platforms of advocacy and cruelty prosecutions in favour of running animal pounds on behalf of cities. This compromise of principals (moving from animal protection, to […]
Continue readingMarch 6, 2012Comments are closed.cats, pet shops/puppy farming
“I wake up every morning and I do what I’d do if I had $30 million. I’m a lucky man.” There are two scenarios with this picture; – either it was taken on mainland Australia, where the killing of cats is ineffective in the medium or long term, and the eradication of cats is unrealistic… […]
Continue readingMarch 6, 2012Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
Post first published January 28th, 2011 Reprinted as this appalling idea is again being promoted in the media. With a last ditch attempt to make their members seem like something other than profit motivated puppy peddlers, the Pet Industry Association of Australia boss Roger Perkins has proposed their new policy – unwanted pets should be […]
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