April 21, 2014Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
Kerser – a victim of Victoria’s breed specific laws, currently on ‘death row’ as his owner fights to save his life. As dog and law experts predicted, Victorian Local Councils are struggling with enforcing their badly designed, hysteria-driven dog laws; Councils are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending court cases brought by dog owners […]
Continue readingJuly 29, 2013Comments are closed.Victorian Dog Laws
What could a local council spend $90,000 on to help reduce dog attacks in their community? – A year long weekend training course for around 900 dogs and their owners – A super-intensive training and socialisation course for around 100 dogs and their owners – A community dog-behaviour phone ‘helpline’ for about 1 year – […]
Continue readingJuly 10, 2013Comments are closed.Victorian Dog Laws
Rocket On the 25th March 2012, Rocket was stolen from his family. He was locked up, allowed no visits and kept in a secret location by Cardinia Shire Council. After a failed attempt to secure his freedom through VCAT in July 2012, Rocket’s family took their case to the Supreme Court (December 2012) and won. This […]
Continue readingJune 14, 2013Comments are closed.council pound, Victorian Dog Laws
One of the major criticisms of the Victorian Government’s Breed Specific Laws judged on a bespoke visual identification guide (along with that the reality that the look of a dog being a poor predictor of that dog’s actual behaviour), is that the laws could capture practically ALL bull breed dogs. It’s easy to get complacent […]
Continue readingMay 30, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
When Jade moved into her new property with her two dogs, she has no idea that a rotting fence paling would lead to her spending six months fighting to free her pet from the local pound. On December 4, 2012 Jade’s two dogs broke through the fence of the home she’d moved into just three […]
Continue readingMay 2, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
Four dogs were involved in an attack on Tuesday night in Carlton Victoria. The incident was caught on mobile cameras by bystanders. Victoria Police spokeswoman Melissa Seach said two men, a 26-year-old North Melbourne man and a 22-year-old Carlton man, allegedly were in control of the dogs, when they mauled a man in Drummond Street. […]
Continue readingMarch 19, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Lost Dogs Home, Victorian Dog Laws
Born in September 2009, pup Bobo was a surprise gift to his owner, from his girlfriend. Bobo’s father was an American Staffordshire Terrier and mum was a Johnson’s Bulldog. In his short life, his owner loved and took care of him. He went to the vet. He had never strayed or become lost. And he […]
Continue readingMarch 13, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
14 months ago, Rocket was stolen from his family. He has been locked up, allowed no visits and kept in a secret location by Cardinia Shire Council. In December his family took their case to the supreme court and won. This should have guaranteed Rocket’s freedom and allowed him to return to his family. But […]
Continue readingMarch 7, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
(Image: Dogs on Trial) This is John and his best friend Diva. Diva was taken from her secure yard by the Yarra Ranges Shire council. She had done nothing wrong – she had lived without event with her family for more than six years. John had previously been honoured with a National Bravery Award and […]
Continue readingMarch 7, 2013Comments are closed.dogs, Victorian Dog Laws
Jade holds a photo of Kerser (Image – The Monash Weekly) Jade is another one of the so-called ‘evil pit bull owners’ caught up in Victoria’s BSL laws. Please read this article and understand that many, many, many people, of all walks of life, own dogs who happen to meet the visual criteria for what […]
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