"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your pet.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true,
to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
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250,000 healthy, but unwanted cats and dogs are killed in Australian pounds each year

In Australia, we have a system that perpetuates a cycle of breeding to excess, impulse purchasing of pets and then quiet killing of the surplus 250,000 mainly healthy cats and dogs year after year. (We kill 60,000 every year in New South Wales alone...)

This is not justifiable, not ethical and not acceptable. These animals are not just statistics, each one is a live sentient being that suffers immense stress and then death. Surely we have the ability to fix the problem and stop the oversupply and consequent unnecessary euthanasia of healthy cats and dogs by tackling all the reasons for it?

Here are 5 ideas we at DEATHROWPETS want to turn into a reality:

1. Restrict the sale of cats and dogs to ethical registered breeders, pounds and animal shelters

2. Stop all sources of mass production of kittens and puppies for profit
   i.e. stop puppy and kitten farms and backyard breeders

3. Make de-sexing mandatory for all pets at the point of sale

4. Increase the re-homing rate in pounds and shelters via better low-kill policies

5. And of course educate everyone on responsible and caring pet ownership...

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
Albert Schweitzer

We want as many people as possible to realise what is really happening to our Companion Animals so they can lend their support and take action. Together we can make a difference.

You may not think it, but you CAN be part of the solution.

Support the NSW Animals Bill 2008. Sign our petition Stop the oversupply and euthanasia of healthy pets.

Support a call for an enquiry into the NSW Pet Industry. Sign our petition Call for Formal Enquiry into the NSW pet industry and give us your thoughts. Visit Fix NSW Animal Policy.

No matter what State you are in, you can print our poster and display it where ever you can. People power is a wonderful thing!

Find our Death Row Pets group on Facebook: Click Here. Join our Group and invite other people to join.

Use this great "Pet Store Feedback Guide". Created by www.wheredopuppiescomefrom.com.au for you to easily and politely demonstrate your concerns to pet stores selling puppies and kittens.

Please read through this site to find out why this slaughter is happening in our Country. See what other action you can take to help.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection
by man from the cruelty of man."
Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948)

There is lots of additional information on our Blog page and in our past DEATHROWPETS Updates. If you would like to subscribe to our Updates, just send us an email or subscribe here.

President Obama and the story of “Baby” (by Jana Kohl, Psy.D. - a psychologist and animal welfare advocate)
"US President Barack Obama has made a public promise to adopt a Rescue Dog. This is unprecedented for a First Family, and has the potential to strike a crippling blow to one of the cruelest industries imaginable - dog breeding - an industry that costs taxpayers billions..".Click here to read more about a special 3-legged dog named “Baby” who found her way into Barack Obama's arms when he was a newly elected Senator.

Sunday, Channel Nine, 15th June 2008 - video in two parts
The links below will take you to the Channel Nine site where you will see a short unrelated advert before the Death Row Pets film opens.

Death Row Pets (part one) Death Row Pets (part two)

TodayTonight, 19th June 2008 on puppy farms. Click here to read the story.