Inquiry into 45 Deaths at Tea Tree Gully Boarding Kennel and Cattery, South Australia

On the 3rd of January 2015, 20 dogs and 25 cats died when abandoned, trapped in their cages at the Tea Tree Gully (TTG) Boarding Kennels and Cattery, during the horrific Adelaide South Australia bushfires. The 45 animals burned alive when an executive evacuation order was allegedly given for the property (40 other dogs in a separate building survived). We are seeking an inquiry into the reasons for neglecting to save these beloved pets despite: conditions being well-known and reported in mainstream and local media; multiple offers of help from volunteers; multiple inquiries from pet-owners on whether to collect their animals on the TTG Boarding Facebook page (posts allegedly deleted BEFORE the entire page was deactivated by the business owners); multiple warnings from SA Police, Country Fire Service, and extensive road closures. In light of other animal facilities evacuating all of their charges expeditiously during the event, we are also seeking guidelines for MINIMUM STANDARDS to be discussed, ratified into legislation and applied to animal boarding facilities in fire-prone South Australian areas, so that a tragedy of this magnitude has little chance of recurrence. Although the animals who perished can't be replaced, we are hoping for something positive to come from the heartbreak. We call upon the SA Government to instate as a matter of urgency an inquiry into these concerns. Animal lives matter! Click here to see their deleted web-page stating: "We will be right there with them, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."