For many years now healthy animals have been killed in pounds and shelters. The 28 day rule is enforced and all pounds/shelters must comply. Not only are healthy animals being killed for an unnecessary reason but this ruling has placed emotional stress on the people who work within these pounds and shelters. It has been [...]
The RSPCA believes that holding periods for animals within shelters and pounds should not be restricted to arbitrary time frames. We have tirelessly lobbied the Victorian State Government to move away from the 28-day holding period and in late October, we were delighted with the announcement that the Labour government would extend holding periods for [...]
The CPS supports a change to the Code regarding the 28 day rule. CPS has been actively involved in the writing group established by the Government which is currently reviewing the Code and we have lobbied strongly for no specific time frame but rather periodic health and temperament reviews to ensure the welfare of the [...]
Many animals need longer than this to find a home and can be well cared for and provided enrichment and socialisation until this occurs. Instead it needs to be a requirement that pounds and shelters have appropriate housing and staffing to provide for the needs of abandoned animals, and use good marketing strategies for all [...]
Victorian Animal Shelters and their supporters are calling for the removal of a law unique to Victoria that results in the unnecessary deaths of healthy cats and dogs each year. Known within the animal welfare industry as the ’28 day rule’, this law restricts the time cats and dogs can be held for rehoming to four weeks [...]
