Tell Fraser Coast animal shelter to drop its high kill rate and provide humane pet treatment

While this public-funded facility, is open to the public for adoptions exactly zero days of the year.

According to the Council’s statement this morning, the pound took in 1,968 pets (1,423 dogs + 545 cats). Of those, 963 were reclaimed, leaving 1,005 pets available for potential adoption by new families.

Council rehomed exactly zero – that is, no pets whatsoever were placed by them because they don’t ‘do’ adoptions. They only ‘do’ killing. Unless rescue is willing to throw themselves between the pet and the needle. Some rescue groups are allowed to step in and save some of the pets before pound staff get the chance to kill them and throw them in the garbage. Private non-profit community groups are permitted to do the work of council for them.

So of the remaining unclaimed 1,005 pets, 380 pets were able to be plucked to safety by rescue groups.

And 100% of the 590 pets remaining were killed.