January 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 readingJanuary 25, 2014Comments are closed.cats, RSPCA
The ACT RSPCA has long claimed that their cats laws are a ‘success’ wanting them introduced across the ACT, despite ten years of them making very little difference to the number of cat and kitten intakes and their overall stats remaining pretty much static. It seems there is a ‘sweet spot’ between 2,000 and […]
Continue readingJanuary 11, 2014Comments are closed.RSPCA
Back in July I wrote a post on a mistreated dog, dubbed Braveheart. Braveheart was collected by police and passed on to local rescue group SAFE Broome in the middle of June. He was so underweight and neglected, he was almost unrecognisable as the mastiff that he should be. Understandably, the RSPCA WA was […]
Continue readingJanuary 8, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Early on the 5th September, Peter Giotto, a businessman and animal rescuer from Sydney, found a dog. The 1 year old German Shepherd pup dubbed ‘Kiki’ was collected from the side of the road after being hit by a car and suffering a broken leg. Peter was able to lift the pup from the ground […]
Continue readingJanuary 6, 2014Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Boo boo – available for adoption at the RSPCA Orange shelter The RSPCA NSW took in $28 million in revenue last financial year. In the same year, Orange local council spent more than half a million dollars on “companion animal management and activities”, contracting shelter and rehoming of unclaimed animals to the RSPCA. Today, The […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA, WA Cat Laws
It’s funny how information is presented to the public. I’d assume reading this notification today (1st November – and the first day of the WA Cat Act) that it meant that the RSPCA WA was stepping away from cat impoundment – leaving it up to local councils. You know, because they’re in the animal […]
Continue readingOctober 20, 2013Comments are closed.cats, RSPCA
Image: Stella It’s no coincidence that every time the RSPCA condemn cats across the major media… RSPCA President Lynne Bradshaw says the community needs to consider the harm cats can wreak on native wildlife. (WA, October 16th) There is an almost instant response of cat abuse… “Stella, an 18-month-old cat had her leg amputated after […]
Continue readingOctober 2, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
Puppies saved by a NSW rescue group – Image The Newcastle Herald A $14 allowance paid to RSPCA staff on the days they kill pets, has again thrust the RSPCA NSW kill rates into the media spotlight; David Kelaher, an ex-union official who exposed the allowance during online debate, says he has represented RSPCA employees […]
Continue readingSeptember 1, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
On Friday 30 November 2012, RSPCA NSW Inspectors and Shoalhaven Rangers attended a property in Terara in response to complaints of animal cruelty. While on site, RSPCA inspectors seized; – four Poodle crossbreeds – two Poodle crossbreed pups – four Cattle crossbreed pups – a Silky Terrier crossbreed pup – and a Maltese crossbreed pup […]
Continue readingAugust 28, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
The Tasmanian RSPCA is the latest of the state branches to let down the bull breed community, coming out in full support of the state’s new laws which will see anyone in charge of a dangerous or restricted breed dog that kills or causes grievous bodily harm with up to 21 years’ jail. “If a […]
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