by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 5, 2013 | News
By JANEK SPEIGHT ANIMAL rescue groups from around the state will converge in the Hunter in 2013 to address what they believe are alarming rates of animal cruelty in the region. The Rescuers and Advocates Companion Animal Conference will be held in February at Warners...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 5, 2013 | News
By Margaret Burin As with every year during the holiday season, animal shelters around the state are overflowing with dogs and cats that have fled their homes or been abandoned. We visited a north coast animal rescue centre and met some of the pets looking for a...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Jan 5, 2013 | Media, News
By Geoff Davidson Newcastle Herald Dec. 25, 2012, 10:30 p.m. THE Hunter is blessed to be home to a network of volunteer groups working to rehome pets deemed surplus by society. Hunter Animal Rescue, Dog Rescue Newcastle, Newcastle Pound Pooch etc help to reduce kill...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Dec 10, 2012 | News
South Coast Register A CLAIM by the Nowra RSPCA that two dogs in its care had found homes when in fact they had been put down has upset animal advocates. On the RSPCA Nowra Facebook page a photo was posted of a group of people with six dogs on July 29. At least two of...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Dec 9, 2012 | News
By ANNE GREENAWAY Dec. 1, 2012, 4 a.m. IN MAY 2011, Four Corners’, A Bloody Business, opened the collective eyes of the Australian public to the horrific way in which Australian cattle ended their lives in Indonesian abattoirs. These horrific and brutal acts...
by FLOSS FLOSS | Dec 9, 2012 | News
RSPCA approved farming labels challenged By ANNE GREENAWAY Nov. 24, 2012. A recent assessment by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) rejected an application by the Australian Egg Corporation relating to a free-range certification trademark....
