LETTER: RSPCA, we’re waiting

Newcastle Herald LETTER: RSPCA, we’re waiting By KEN AND CAROLINE MOORE Oct. 19, 2012, 5:33 p.m.   AS foster carers for Newcastle Dog Rescue, we assure Andrew Cornwell (“Animals are not the problem, it’s people” Herald 19/10) that we are...

LETTER: Cheaper desexing and make it early

  Newcastle Herald LETTER: Cheaper desexing and make it early By MAREE RAFTOS Oct. 23, 2012, 5:19 a.m.   I AM a dog lover and am appalled by the kill rates at RSPCA shelters (“Life or death” Herald 17/10). The temperament test would appear to set...

LETTER: The kill rate must drop

  Newcastle Herald LETTER: The kill rate must drop By OLGA PARKES Oct. 22, 2012, 6:08 p.m.   IT is clear there is community concern, as expressed in recent letters and articles in the Herald, about the killing of animals (let’s not call it...

POLL: Debate over RSPCA ‘temp test’

Newcastle Herald By JANEK SPEIGHT Oct. 16, 2012, 10:38 p.m. POLL: Debate over RSPCA ‘temp test’ By JANEK SPEIGHT Oct. 16, 2012, 10:38 p.m. DEBATE: NSW RSPCA released its temperament test guidelines last week. DEBATE over a “temperament test”...

The Desolate Life of a Chained Dog

Tasmanian Times Suzanne Cass, Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty 30.04.12 4:15 am 55 comments Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty has received several complaints about a dog kept on a short chain at an Old Beach address. The young dog lives a desolate, lonely life in squalor,...