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Guardienne seems to have a thing for LDH - pops up in every thread about them... definitely "con" LG... And dogmad - I have not denigrated ANY Victorian rescues that have managed to build any form of working relationship with the LDH in Victoria - more power to them I say! I'm happy to denigrate any rescues that cause any steps backwards with regards to rescue having any kind of working relationship with LDH in any state... Seriously woman - you should know me a bit better than that by now... *grin* T.

Hmmm... http://dogshome.com/pets/dogs/ ... quite a few long haired, large breed, not traditionally "pretty", and older dogs available for adoption across the LDH shelters... So you reckon that if the dogs actually up for adoption were actually getting adopted reasonably quickly, that wouldn't inspire them to put more up for adoption? Pretty big call to make there... You can call me ignorant all you like - if it makes you feel superior and more learned, that's fine by me. T.

You might have to rope Marcus into joining in with Sparky... lol! T.

Running to the media and screaming "killer" every time a rescue doesn't get the dog/cat it wants from a pound/shelter isn't exactly the way to charm the people who run said pound/shelter though, is it? At the end of the day, the pound is a business - and in the case of the LDH, it's a privately run business... tendered for and appointed with council approval. If you want to change things, you need to talk to council. Go to council with a plan to improve the problem as you see it - provide costings, and how to allocate funds/manpower towards what you'd like to see as a viable animal management plan. Make note of things such as space constraints, staffing levels, number of incoming and outgoing animals per annum, etc... Be part of the solution, rather than the "problem"... it's all too easy to run to the media with sob stories, but what else are you doing to try to solve the problem? It's not as simple as just saying "hand over the animals to rescue" when you take into account the myriad other things that go into running a pound/shelter effectively. In the meantime, ADOPT the available animals from LDH - they come desexed, vaccinated, and chipped for the price... and you are within your rights to rehome them after they are in your care, yes? Maybe if the LDH sees adoption numbers increase, they may put more of them up for adoption, ya think? T.

She'll be as fast as the Whippets if the boys keep that up... lol! T.

LOL - considering that the rescue I'm with (in NSW) has successfully rescued dogs from the Victorian LDH without paying a full adoption fee, and have spoken to GS on the phone myself with regards to the rescue of those animals... I may just have more "expertise" in this area than you might think... Your suggestions have some merit - however, have these tactics (especially the media campaigns) actually made a difference to the Victorian LDH kill stats or their willingness to work with local rescue? T.

Ummm... didn't they advocate the BSL laws in Victoria? And if "reducing the numbers of lost and stray cats and dogs" means euthing them so they don't reoffend... well - they have done their job there, yes? I'd like to see the LDH organisation work more closely with rescue - but they have been stung before by some overzealous people involved in rescue, so are probably not overly open to that idea. Maybe they need to have some of the less radical types in rescue come to them with a proposal that all can work within, and maybe we could see some changes there... T.

Run free Maddie and KC... My heart breaks for you CaseyKay... remember them in your heart and they will always be with you. Smile for all of the good times you shared, and even though the end was not what you had wished, know that you made it easier for them when they needed to go. T.

Milton... love it! Sparky... too cute... Neko... the cheeky Miss... T.

If you are going with the cat theme... Puss would be a cool name for a dog... lol! T.

So - have you decided on a name for her yet? T.

Awww... how cute! You must be getting very excited now Kirislin... T.

Went to Symbio again today... and I met a new little arrival... 07-10-2013-symbio 004 by tdierikx, on Flickr Kato decided that sleeping like this was the go this morning... 07-10-2013-symbio 052 by tdierikx, on Flickr Jalur was first out for lunch... 07-10-2013-symbio 053 by tdierikx, on Flickr 07-10-2013-symbio 074 by tdierikx, on Flickr ... and then Cinta decided she'd come out too... 07-10-2013-symbio 084 by tdierikx, on Flickr 07-10-2013-symbio 124 by tdierikx, on Flickr Common Marmosets are deadly cute... but check out the teeth! 07-10-2013-symbio 327 by tdierikx, on Flickr This little one decided to check us out... 07-10-2013-symbio 544 by tdierikx, on Flickr ... and Woody is a right corker, isn't he? 07-10-2013-symbio 584 by tdierikx, on Flickr Plenty more at... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdierikx/sets Enjoy! T.

Sunday's efforts are now up on Flickr... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdierikx/sets/ Here's a taste... 06-10-2013-taronga 060 by tdierikx, on Flickr 06-10-2013-taronga 336 by tdierikx, on Flickr 06-10-2013-taronga 458 by tdierikx, on Flickr 06-10-2013-taronga 570 by tdierikx, on Flickr 06-10-2013-taronga 629 by tdierikx, on Flickr Enjoy! T.

That's Jalur. He is 5 years old, and came from New Zealand with his sister Cinta. Cinta has been a bit of a princess of late, preferring to stay in the night dens/yards instead of coming out to play... so Jalur gets 2 lunches when she doesn't feel like coming out after the keepers have laid out lunch... he's no silly billy! T.

I can vouch for 2 dogs that pepper spray doesn't work on... mine... *grrr* T.

Awesome offer dogmad! T.

Alison03 - if you see her dog offlead a third time, and it's rushing up to other dogs again... report it. you've already explained to her what can happen, and if she's still ignoring the problem, maybe she needs reminding in a more formal manner. T.

This one piper? 05-10-2013-symbio 603 by tdierikx, on Flickr *grin* T.

Isn't the impound time for dogs in Queensland ridiculously short also? 3 days or something like that? T.

Way to go Daisy!!! T.

Todays' pics are up... A sample... 05-10-2013-symbio 001 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 045 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 150 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 278 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 395 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 425 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 468 by tdierikx, on Flickr 05-10-2013-symbio 533 by tdierikx, on Flickr Enjoy! T.

The Taronga Zoo Friends pass I have apparently lets me visit Sydney, Dubbo, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth zoos... just have to let them know in advance if I'm going to visit one of the interstate zoos, and I get in free on my pass. Monarto sounds more open like our Dubbo zoo - is Werribee similar to that? I want to visit Mogo Zoo too... I have a friend that lives in Bateman's Bay (15 mins from Mogo) - so accommodation will be easy for that... I have a couple of friends in Melbourne, and one is an avid photographer - could stay at his place and we could go to the zoo together. Now - just need to find people willing to take me in for a weekend inDubbo, Adelaide, and Perth... *grin*... and then I need to save up for airfares... *gulp*... could be a while... Oh - and Queensland has some good zoo type attractions... T.

I've had the pleasure of looking after 2 sets of Currawong babies that fell out of the tree at where I used to work... one set each year for 2 years. Funny thing was that once they were able to get enough lift to fly, I took them back to the tree at work and their parents started feeding them again - after 3 weeks in my care and nowhere near their parents! Some birds are highly strung, and can die of fright if handled too much - but some are just fine to hand rear if you have the determination to see them through. With my Currawong babies, I didn't handle them at all, just kept them in a very large box and fed them raw meat when they started squawking for a feed (they are carnivores) - I used long nosed pliers to simulate their parents' beak when feeding too, so they were pretty fine about the whole procedure. Love the photo of the adult Butcher bird giving you the evils... *grin* T.

One day I'm gonna have to make me a zoo tour of Australia... *grin* T.