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...

Pet death row shame

CALLAN LAWRENCE 23 Jan, 2012 01:00 AM ALREADY this year about 400 animals have had to be impounded at the Blacktown Animal Holding Facility, at a rate of about 200 a week.Cats and dogs that are not microchipped are destroyed at the pound after seven days if they are...