saving animals

Middle-aged all the way

Ladies, forget young – middle age rocks … especially if you are a penguin! According to a study published on the online open-access scientific journal PLoS One by a team of scientists from Australia and France, middle-aged female penguins were more successful finding food than young and old females. The team was able to reconstruct […]

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Rehoming Luca & Bambi

This story came from a PetRescue member, an organisation called CatsNDogs. It’s such a great story so we wanted to share it. Luca & Bambi are a pair of Italian Greyhounds whose owner passed away. Her son took on the two dogs but already having three dogs of his own he was unable to accommodate them and

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Socialisation is key

The number of dogs being put up for rehoming could be significantly reduced if owners paid greater attention to ongoing socialisation from an early age, says a leading animal behaviourist. According to Dr Kersti Seksel, a veterinary specialist in behavioural medicine, the number one reason owners surrender their dogs to shelters and pounds can be attributed to

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Dog Wash Day Out

We’ve been so busy lately, we forgot to report on our adventures at the World’s Greatest Dog Wash which raised nearly $14,000 for the Lort Smith Animal Hospital. Hosted by our very own Managing Director Lisa Louden, the World’s Greatest Dog Wash – created by the wonderful team at Neo Tokyo – enabled Lort Smith to

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Horses in flood

Our animal friends in the Queensland floods are fighting for survival. This video, below, of amazing photographs shows the devastation and efforts to save loved ones. Thanks to The Equine Passion for this tribute to their beautiful friends.         [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYmRSwmpdPg[/youtube]  

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Endangered Species Series

Australia has one of the highest rates of mammal extinction in the world, and since Black Saturday, more animals are under threat. The area where Black Saturday happened provided natural habitat for many species, and sadly, many are more threatened and endangered due to destruction of their habitat. This series of Endangered Species articles will

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