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Sterilisation in Perspective

animalman | September 1, 2010

(The email below is from Dr. Shelagh Hahn, a vet that does a tremendous amount of work for welfare animals. Please read and think carefully… – animalman) Today I spayed a cat. She was brought to me by an animal welfare organisation, having been dumped by some selfish ignorant fool. She was pregnant with 4 [...]

Animal Welfare in the Spotlight

animalman | August 6, 2010

Over the last week, there have been two breaking news stories that have caused shock waves to ripple through the animal welfare community. Many animal rescue and welfare workers received a picture (click to view) of a document in their email inboxes early this week, announcing that Tracy Forte of Wetnose had been ‘fired’ which [...]

Pitfalls of Pet Limits

animalman | July 29, 2010

(I have featured Candi Moon on this Blog before, and this is a particularly well-written essay by her that focuses on the glaring deficiencies of the Dog and Cat by-laws… – animalman) Following the discussion on Leigh Bennie’s show, ‘A Word on Legal Matters’  which went on air this past Monday, 26th July, at 7pm, [...]