ShadyLady Posted February 4, 2003 Posted February 4, 2003 All Australian dog and cat owners should get yourselves to www.lostdogs.com to receive a FREE id tag and have your dog on a national registry where you can be phoned, emailed or SMS if you dog is found .Great idea huh :lol: Quote
bk_blue Posted February 4, 2003 Posted February 4, 2003 Tis a great idea Koolie which is why BK is registered with them!! :D :D If only they made it compulsory for all dog owners... I mean, it's free so they wouldn't have to pay anything and if your dog goes missing you're more likely to get him/her back! Quote
ShadyLady Posted February 4, 2003 Author Posted February 4, 2003 I only just found out about it blk so I thought there might be others that didnt know (we're a bit slow in the country) :lol: Quote
bk_blue Posted February 4, 2003 Posted February 4, 2003 hehe, the way I know about it is, well he came from the Home so we were well informed from day one! :wink: Quote
ShadyLady Posted February 4, 2003 Author Posted February 4, 2003 Well that helps !! I used to volunteer at the RSPCA in Burwood when I was a teenager (seems like forever ago hee hee) :lol: Quote
bk_blue Posted February 4, 2003 Posted February 4, 2003 Hmph teenage years seem a long way away for me and I'm only 23... :o I'd never go back though. It would have been sad working there. I can't do it without bawling. :cry: Quote
ShadyLady Posted February 5, 2003 Author Posted February 5, 2003 I think being a kid I didnt understand completely what was happening although one day the asked me to get a lab from the pens and take it to the vets room and it never went back ,that was when it started to hit me .Mostly we used to make up their food ,feed them (to this day cant stand the smell of half cooked mince) and walk them in the cage play area .We also used to nag mum endlessly to take home an :lol: animal . I would still volunteer there if it wasnt so far away .Ive brought two adult cats there rather than get freebies close to home (takes 2 hrs to get there) The closest shelter to me is 1 hr away unfortunately :cry: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 5, 2003 Posted February 5, 2003 Awe! I WANT ONE! Dumb Canada... LOL :lol: Quote
Aroura Posted February 5, 2003 Posted February 5, 2003 Thanks for the memo!!!! All our animals used to be registered with them, then I lost the address and couldn't find it again!!!! I'm going to register with them again tonight!!!! :D Quote
DogPaddle Posted February 5, 2003 Posted February 5, 2003 In my city in Canada a similar program exists, it is fairly standard throughout most of the more populated areas of Canada but I believe Hazel said her area didn't even have an SPCA - nearest one over 100k is that right Hazel? Anyway here we have to pay yearly for this mandatory service: $35 unfixed dog $25 fixed dog $20 unfixed cat $15 fixed cat Encourages people to get their animals fixed. Pays for some of the cost for local SPCA and the service. Cats currently cost less then dogs because the service used to be only dog related but due to the number of breeding stray cats they started including cats. Cat owners freaked out :roll: because now they have to pay - so little money though. They will be raising the cat cost gradually until it meets the dog cost. Neet trick though: it is illegal to allow a cat or dog to run loose here so when you go to pick up your pet the SPCA agent has the option of laying a fine (they usually only do this for multiple offences.) Encourages people to not let their animals stray. Overall goal is to reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 5, 2003 Posted February 5, 2003 Yeah, I live in BC (my sis has actually resentlly visisted where you live though DP!!) The closest SPCA is 2 hours away. :( Quote
ShadyLady Posted February 7, 2003 Author Posted February 7, 2003 We pay similar fees dog paddle but our fees go to the local council (who of course do nothing for the animals I think it may pay toward the ranger) sucks huh :x Quote
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