It was a nice surprise to get a call from the Bureau of Animal Welfare just over a week ago. I knew it would take time for the dust to settle after the change in Government. I knew we had to be patient. But it’s hard forget about the needless destruction of these cats and [...]
I’ve spent several hours discussing this with the Ministers office and have been assured that they ‘get it’. The statement has been approved for release by the Minister. I think we’ve been heard. The law in the Code of Practice for the management of dogs and cats in shelters and pounds is more than 20 [...]
UPDATE: The Council voted unanimously to support our campaign to remove the 28 Day Rule! Stonnington Council plan to vote on endorsing our campaign to remove Victoria’s 28 Day Rule for Shelters. As a council committed to saving the lives of lost pets, Stonnington are being proactive in calling for the removal of this unnecessary restriction. The [...]
Animal ‘death sentence’ law decried BY ELISA MILLER UNWANTED dogs and cats at shelters often face an unnecessary death sentence under an archaic Victorian law that Coldstream’s Animal Aid and other shelters have called to be abolished.Victoria is the only Australian state or territory to impose an arbitrary limit on how long animals at shelters [...]
Pets dying to find a new home BY REBECCA DAVID THE Keysborough Animal Shelter has joined a growing campaign to change state rules requiring shelters to kill animals not rehoused within 28 days. Under Department of Primary Industry guidelines, dogs and cats selected for sale can only be held at shelters for four weeks. After [...]
Dying to find a new home BY EMMA WOODALL VICTORIAN animal shelters and pounds want a rule abolished that requires them to destroy cats and dogs that have not been rehoused or gone into foster care within 28 days.The code of practice they operate under says “the maximum time any animal selected for sale can [...]
The Lort Smith Animal Hospital agrees that animals that are not re-homed before any arbitrarily set period, that are also coping well under shelter conditions, should not have to be removed from the shelter as a result of being at the shelter for that arbitrary period – and if they are not coping well, that is [...]
It’s Week 3 of our campaign to remove the ‘28 Day Deadline‘ for cats and dogs looking for homes in Victorian. It’s hard to believe we’ve made so much progress in just two weeks! All of Melbourne’s animal shelters express support for the removal of this arbitrary time limit Over 3200 individuals have joined our [...]
The second week of our campaign saw it being reported on radio and the press. The story below in the Geelong Advertiser resulted in hundreds of readers giving feedback in the form of comments or Facebook ‘Likes’. How long can the Minister, Joe Helper, refuse to listen to the voice of reason? Pup death penalty [...]
Animal Aid believes that every one of our fellow creatures is entitled to be treated with respect and compassion and have its individual needs and experiences taken into account as part of their assessment, rehabilitation and ultimately adoption. The 28 day time limit does not allow the individual to be taken into account and is [...]
