pet adoption

NSW bans greyhound racing

Overwhelming evidence of systemic animal cruelty, including mass greyhound killings and live baiting has prompted the New South Wales government to become the first Australian state to shut down greyhound racing from July 2017. Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Premier and Minister for Racing Troy Grant announced that the New South Wales Government is acting […]

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Purrfect Partners

Two years on, the Purrfect Partners program established by Animal Welfare League New South Wales and Kellyville Pets has successfully rehomed more than one hundred cats. The Purrfect Partner program focuses on the rehoming of adult cats and since the program began in 2011, there have been some amazing second chance stories. Cleo, the cat,

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Bonsai – another great ad – cats need rehoming too

Although our first project is dog rehoming, did you know that it also supports cats? There’s been some pretty amazing research on dog rehoming published recently (with other studies underway). Some of these studies, by Australian researchers, assess the success of research-based dog rehoming programs, which concentrate on destressing techniques in shelters, owner/dog bonding and training and post-training and

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