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Action to take today to help create change |
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Get People to Visit This Site
Tell as many people as you can about this website and the horrific NSW euthanasia numbers. Use this Form to notify all your contacts - friends, relatives, neighbours, and to receive Updates on the campaign. Add our link or banner to your own web link page.
- Put Up a Poster
 Download this Deathrowpets Poster, (it's in a PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Reader to open it), print it in colour or B&W and post on as many notice-boards as possible for others to see. Click here for location ideas
- Tell the Pet Shop Employee
If you know anyone who works in a pet shop, let them have the address to this web-site. Download this notice and give them a copy
- Advise the Potential Pet Buyer
Please download this notice and keep a few in your bag. If you know or see anyone who is about to buy a pet from a pet shop or via a backyard breeder advertisement in the paper or Internet, or from a mass production registered breeder, and give one to them
- Dob in the Puppy Mill
If you suspect a Puppy or Kitten Mill (operation with constantly pregnant cats and dogs and churning out litter after litter) near you, send the information to your local newspaper, tv and radio reporters and ask them to investigate. Let us know too
- Dob in the Backyard Breeder
Do you know any backyard breeders or people who allow their cats and dogs to breed unchecked? Write and let us know the details. Name names! We’ll get a shame file going. We guarantee complete anonymity - your name will never be revealed and we promise not to keep a record of your name
- Support only the Right Pet Stores
Do you know any pet stores who only sell pet food and accessories and direct people to the shelters. Or who help rehome animals and are part of the solution? If so, please write in and let us know their details - we'll put them on our links page. We want all pet owners to support them
- Dob in bad Pet Stores
If you see a Pet Store selling puppies and kittens who look sick or distressed, or too young to be away from their mothers, or an animal without access to food and water, then you are witnessing cruelty.You need to tell someone. Visit Pet Shop Abuse for more information and an effective way to report this
Other important things for pet owners or potential pet owners to do
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Never buy a cat or dog from a pet shop, newspaper advertisement, market place or via the Internet. Never. Unless they are finding good homes for de-sexed animals from a registered rescue agency and even then, check them out carefully
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Never fall for the “look after the kitten or puppy for us for the weekend” pet shop marketing trick. Don't allow your emotions to get the better of you!
- Never buy a puppy or kitten as a present for someone else. Being a pet owner means taking on a huge responsibility - both in the time and resources needed to care for a pet for its lifetime. You cannot make that decision for someone else
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Adopt from Shelters and Rescue adoption agencies – there are NO SHORTAGE of beautiful animals to choose from (until we reduce the over-supply) Click here for where to go - and please make sure your new pet is de-sexed
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Don’t forget adult animals – they are often over-looked, but they often make a better pet (what you see is what you get, unlike a puppy or kitten who has yet to develop their adult behaviours - good and bad, and yes, we know that kittens and puppies can be really hard work!)
- Always make sure your pet has been de-sexed. Never, ever let your pet have even just the one litter. Never keep an animal that is not de-sexed. (Most Shelters and agencies won’t sell you one that is fertile in any case). Visit the National De-sexing Network for more information
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Never support or buy any product from a pet shop that sells cats and dogs (unless they are ONLY selling de-sexed rescued animals from a genuine Shelter or Rescue Centre)
- Check with shelters and breed-specific rescue clubs if you really want a particular breed. Our own beautiful Boxer Tia was rescued by Boxer Rescue from imminent death, and she is a wonderful companion to her mixed-breed 'brother' Ian and 'sister' Muffin, both from DoggieRescue.com
- Always ensure that your own pet is micro-chipped (compulsory in NSW and VIC) and has a legible tag or label on a sturdy collar. Check regularly that this is information is current
- Make sure you are part of the solution and not the problem...
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