Laws are a dog’s breakfast
weeklytimesnow Editorial | February 1, 2012 VICTORIANS are repulsed by the illegal activities of puppy farmers and horrified by the apparent rise of dog attacks. Law-makers have been working to respond to this community pressure, trying to untangle a hotch-potch of...
Dog owners will be sent to their own cage – with up to 10 years in jail – if their pet attacks or kills another person.
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...
Victorian gun group pushing for the right to shoot stray cats
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...
Gillard urged to end greyhound live exports
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...
Dogfight looms on animal centre
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...
Margaret Michael claims harassment by body corporate chairman Steve Bredhauer, former transport minister, over pet toy poodle
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...