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The Cat Crisis Coalition and mandatory desexing – how’s it working out for cats?
The Victoria initiative The Cat Crisis Coalition was created in early 2006 and focused on driving local councils to introduce mandatory desexing for all cats over the age of 12 weeks (with breeder...
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Are the new ‘Greens’ ACT animal laws, all that?
Animal advocates are rumbling about the new ‘Greens supported’ companion animal welfare laws in the ACT as being some of the most important in the country. Those who dare question it, they say, are...
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Why I don’t debate mandatory desexing advocates anymore…
From Brandon Scott Gorrell @ Thought Catalog
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How do you enforce cat laws?
How do you enforce cat laws? You can’t ask a cat if it is desexed, so do you check the ear of the cat for a tattoo? Check the undercarriage for harblz? Well, often you won’t be able to catch said cat,...
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Kingston; mandatory desexing, registration, confinement… abuse?
Like all councils in Victoria, Kingston has had compulsory pet microchipping and registration since 2007. In 2008/09 Council had 6,529 registered cats in their area and were impounding less than one...
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Is compulsory desexing ethical?
Not only do many in animal welfare support mandatory desexing – many are of the belief that the forced removal of the reproductive organs of every owned pet is a morally superior mission that any...
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Guilty until proven innocent – SA’s Dog & Cat Mgnt Board’s next grand plan
Dog balls – are they really public enemy #1? From the people who brought you South Australia’s version of ‘Who’s for Cats’ – the SA Dog and Cat Management Board have come up with their next plan for...
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Why champions of mandatory desexing are either ignorant or deceitful
I’m seeing a a few petitions circulating this week, including a ‘parliamentary petition’ for Queensland, being dubbed a ‘No Kill’ initiative. To be totally clear. These are not being driven by the...
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Mandatory desexing – saving lives or costing lives?
This post is an update of a 2011 post entitled ‘The Cat Crisis Coalition and mandatory desexing – how’s it working out for cats?‘ Below are the suburbs in Victoria who have implemented...
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Queensland won’t be getting breeder licences
On the back of the news that the Queensland state government is scrapping their mandatory registration directive for cats, news today that they have also rejected a petition put forth to parliament...
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