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PetRescue Update August 2008; Desexing Month Special!

While we love to bring you the happy stories of pets that have great new families, it's not all good news. Did you know that 200,000 pets are killed each year in shelters around Australia? That's over 500 a day... Read more...

Stolen dog saved by microchip

When Sydney man Kyle McCrae walked into his backyard two and half years ago to discover his beloved puppy Tyson had been stolen, he held little hope he would see his pet again. So the phone call he received yesterday from RSPCA staff in Malaga came as a shocking yet welcome surprise. Read more...

Mixed breeds can fool you

Lots of us have wondered what different breeds of dogs together might look like, but most of us are not in the habit of playing these games and conning people into believing they have something rare and priceless. Read more...

A Poultry Place

Bede Carmody offers a sanctuary to injured or abandoned chickens, ducks and geese at his property near Canberra. Read more...

(WA) City of Bunbury Desex in the City Campaign

Desex in the City is a low cost cat sterilisation and micro-chipping program run in conjunction with local vets and animal welfare agencies during August. This is a great opportunity for Bunbury cat-lovers to have both their own and any stray and semi-owned cats in the community desexed. Read more...

(WA) SAFE Saving Lives

By law, pounds only have to keep animals for 72 hours before they can euthanise them. Because of SAFEs work with the city to find new homes for unclaimed pets, only 8.7 per cent of the animals currently end up being euthanised Read more...

(VIC) Volunteers save threatened mutts

Small dogs that find themselves unwanted and on death row must thank their lucky stars when Kae Norman comes in. Ms Norman runs Rescued With Love, which swoops in to save pound dogs that have not found a home in the allotted time. Read more...

PetRescue in Voyeur Magazine - Carbon Neutered

You may have gone green, but what about your pet? It's time to make fido and fifi eco-friendly too. Recycle a pet! Read more...

PetRescue proudly supports - 'Where do puppies come from?'

It's here! 'Where do puppies come from?' highlights the issues surrounding dog farms in Australia in a simple and non-confronting manner. Read more...

Chicken rescuer giving battery hens a new life

Chickens are probably the most underestimated farm animals in the world. It's a shame because they make wonderful pets. They're often described as cats and dogs with feathers. In the same way that a dog wags its tail in response to your voice, a chicken will actually answer you back verbally. It's that conversation that people are really warming to. Read more...