August 19, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
A week ago Sunday, CEO of the RSPCA ACT Michael Linke was in the state’s major newspaper, the Canberra Times, promoting intolerance to free-roaming cats – namely that 24hr cat curfews should be implemented across the state. Sitting in a cat enclosure, he pit cat against native wildlife. Cat curfews, he said, were successful and […]
Continue readingAugust 11, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
An article in the Canberra Times today, sure to stick in the craw of every cat lover and No Kill advocate: RSPCA wants cat curfews made a pet project Canberra’s cat curfew laws have been so successful they should be introduced across the ACT, according to the RSPCA. RSPCA ACT chief executive Michael Linke said […]
Continue readingAugust 1, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
A form letter is going out to people who have questioned the ‘treatment’ the RSPCA offered Thomas – namely, that they killed him, rather than give him treatment. Now dear reader, you know I’m rarely speechless. But the arrogance and umbrage being displayed by the organisation towards the very pet lovers, the community who support […]
Continue readingJuly 30, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
The following is an email, recently received from a pet lover. I have removed names for privacy… Dear Saving Pets, I wanted to share Thomas’ story with you to hopefully make a difference and save other dogs like him. My mother and I were foster carers for the RSPCA Yagoona shelter in Sydney. We had […]
Continue readingJuly 26, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, RSPCA
Ballarat City Council (Victoria) has awarded the contract for its animal shelter and pound services to Victorian Animal Aid Trust for three years, ending the RSPCA Victoria’s 45-year reign. The council voted unanimously in favour of awarding the contract to animal welfare organisation Victorian Animal Aid Trust, during its meeting on Wednesday. The RSPCA and […]
Continue readingJuly 13, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy, RSPCA
We tend to assume that having the RSPCA involved in the animal management process, results in better outcomes for pets. As a professional animal welfare organisation, surely they must do a better job than say, a local council left to its own devices. And sometimes, when a local pound is being run with serious deficiencies […]
Continue readingJuly 5, 2013Comments are closed.RSPCA
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 contacted and they are keen to potentially prosecute Braveheart’s ex-owner. However, rather than […]
Continue readingJune 6, 2013Comments are closed.Animal Welfare League, council pound, RSPCA
The Ipswich Council’s pound issues have again been thrust into the public space, thanks to some ugly point scoring by a disgruntled councillor and the RSPCA Qld. Despite the Animal Welfare League having never been charged with even the smallest transgression by the RSPCA, and a investigation into their operations by council being found as ‘inconclusive’, […]
Continue readingJune 3, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
Today Kerser was scheduled to be murdered. Not because he harmed anyone, or had even threatened to. But because he has been determined to meet the visual criteria of a dog who cannot be registered in the state of Victoria. He has been held at the RSPCA Victoria Head Office – the East Burwood shelter […]
Continue readingMay 26, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, RSPCA
A dog with a broken leg is taken in by the RSPCA NSW after his owner failed to seek treatment; On Tuesday 4 September 2012, the owner took his dog to a veterinary clinic in Abbotsbury after he noticed the dog had been lame for four days. The veterinarian recommended to Mr Korkes that radiographs […]
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