by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 30, 2012 | News
Renee Viellaris The Sunday Mail (Qld) October 16, 2011 Tough new state laws have been drafted that for the first time include a prison penalty for negligent dog owners. Owners that fail to have a fence or an appropriate fence – or the guard dog they have is...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 28, 2012 | News
Peter Rolfe Sunday Herald Sun January 22, 2012 12:00AM HUNTERS would be allowed to shoot cats that stray from houses on to public land under a controversial plan being pushed by a Victorian gun group. The Sporting Shooters Association of Victoria wants the...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 28, 2012 | News
ABC News By Emma Younger Posted January 21, 2012 19:30:44 Animal welfare groups are calling on the Government to stop the live export of Australian greyhounds to Macau, as the territory has no animal protection laws and the dogs are routinely euthanased. Australia is...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 28, 2012 | News
Geelong Advertiser Shane Fowles January 24th, 2012 PROTESTERS are furiously lobbying government leaders to halt The Lost Dogs’ Home from setting up in Geelong. Councillors and local MPs are being inundated with letters of opposition, claiming the long-running...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 28, 2012 | News
Kay Dibben From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) October 16, 2011 12:00AM IT was a dog fight of monumental proportions. In one corner was the ex-politician living in his penthouse. In the other, the 83-year-old pensioner and her pet poodle. Widow Margaret Michael claims she was...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 28, 2012 | News
By David Derbyshire The RSPCA is to turn away unwanted and stray pets from its animal shelters to cut costs, it emerged yesterday. The charity said it would focus more on caring for animals seized from owners after being cruelly treated. The move could affect hundreds...