No Where To Turn?

[moosmum]

The Australian Working Dog action Plan is a govt.initiative tasked with advising on up to date welfare stragies.

One of their proposals is a research body able to disseminate info.on latest research to relevent stakeholders.

I am drafting a letter to the principle researcher asking that an independent(ie: not affiliated with local/govt.R.S.P.C.A or any other stakeholder)"dogs advocate" be included in any such research body.

My idea would be that this advocate could intervene where legislation or local by laws directly affect welfare out comes for our dogs.

BSL is one example,But I know there are many other examples where R.S.P.C.A or local councill rulings have have been grossly unjust and there is often no avenue of appeal or reason.

I am putting this out there in the hopes that others may agree with the need for a "dogs Advocate" with such powers.If so,please write to chief researcher at

[email protected]. letting them know you support this idea and how it would aid the proposed research body.

The dog world is fractured with no one interest group being heard sensibly and I believe an advocate would unifie interests,point out what questions NEED asking,allow for problems to be solved at a more grass roots level,(Ie education!)and that any research body is incomplete with out a true working knowledge of the various interest groups that an advocacy would provide.