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It is really important that as many people as possible get to see the information on this site and can take action.
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Please look at the following videos. It will be very difficult, but we believe that only then will you be as determined as we are to get change happening...

VIDEO: A Day At The Pound

VIDEO: What You Don't See

 

Poor unwated dog being euthanased

 

Beautiful, healthy cats killed
  Unwanted kitten
 

***Who We Are***

Please SIGN OUR PETITION (started May 26, 2008) so we can tell the people who matter.

Thank you to all who have signed the Petition - here is the 'Quote of the Day'

"It is easy to produce animals to sell them for profit without caring about their future or their suffering. It's time to stop this business of shame and death."

Alan Jones, Layne Beachley and Jimmy Barnes are amongst those that support our campaign at DeathRowPets.
See our Celebrity Statements

 

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"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." Unknown

60,000 healthy, but unwanted cats and dogs are killed in NSW 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 60,000 mainly healthy cats and dogs year after 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 unncessary euthanasia of healthy cats and dogs by tackling all the reasons for it?

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

  1. Restrict the sale of cats and dogs to 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

What can you do to help?

PosterYou may not think it, but you CAN be part of the solution. Please read through this site to find out why this slaughter is happening in our State and what action you can take to help.

Sign our petition and give us your thoughts. Most importantly, please help us to spread the word so as many people as possible really understand what is happening to our companion animals and can lend their support. Print our poster and display it where ever you can. People power is a wonderful thing!

“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)

Read our Updates

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

Support the Animals (Regulation Of Sale) Bill 2008

Lord Mayor of Sydney and Independent MP Ms Clover Moore has spent the last couple of months revising the Animals Bill 2007 following all the positive feedback from the public and additional advice received from a range of pet loving experts. A NEW Animals (Regulation of Sale) Bill 2008 will be submitted to the NSW Parliament in September/October this year.

Please note that whilst this initiative relates to NSW, it's success will have enormous and exciting implications for all other States. We are asking everyone, no matter where you live, to support this so that we all work towards reducing the reasons why around 250,000 cats and dogs a year across Australia are killed.

This NSW Bill has already raised significant awareness of the sad plight of our companion animals and helped to advertise the better choices the public have in how they acquire their pets.

Lead The Way

Recent TV & Media

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 one) Death row pets part twoDeath Row Pets (part two)

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