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PAWS & CLAWS ISSUE 9 DECEMBER - MARCH 2008

Exclusive Story:
Animals in the Forces Plaque
The truth about what happens to our loyal animals that get sent to war.

Interview with Lynn Santer on Alby Mangels‘ biography Beyond World Safari

Tips on how to keep your pets safe this summer!

Dog exercise areas – designed to fit your lifestyle

Breed in Focus:
The Australian Cattle dog
The Singapura cat

Aquarium Fish Profiles

Avian Practitioner, Peter Wilson, discusses the important role perches play for your parrot’s mental health.

Guest vet, Dr Kevin Cruickshank, helps us manage those common summer allergies most pets suffer from.

Vet's advice on Pancreatitis – Not all treats are good for pets!

The latest global news on Animals Overseas

Stories from the Animal ER

How to handle Feisty Felines with Dr Cam Day, Animal Behaviour Vet.

AWL Qld Safe Haven Program for Shy and Frightened Cats

AWL Qld is working towards 0 Euthanasia. The AWL is looking for Special Foster Carers to temporarily home shy and frightened cats in a bid to make them “adoptable”. Timid and unsocialised cats do not cope well in a refuge environment where there are many other cats and people to cope with. They need a quiet, calm environment as well as plenty of gentle care and time to get used to their environment.

AWL Qld is therefore looking for temporary homes for cats while they are advertised on the website for a permanent home, where they can be given special care to socialize and rehome them. The AWL are looking for people who love cats and who can provide the following:

• A quiet home with no other animals; or a home with a quiet room to keep a cat safe and calm, such as a spare bathroom
•Gentle care
• Time to sit with and encourage these animals to increase their confidence and trust
• Patience (these animals may not be willing to be picked up or cuddled for some time)
• The possibility for rehoming directly from your home
• Willingness to provide this care for several weeks or even months depending on the needs of the cat and availability of owners.

AWL Qld would promote these animals on our website and interested new owners would be interviewed for suitability and be able to visit and hopefully adopt the animal from the foster carer’s home. Provided landlord and body corporate permission can be obtained, this is an ideal opportunity for non-pet owners in units, as cats will need to be kept safely, totally indoors and cats are quiet and clean, making them the ideal candidates for temporary guests.

Anyone interested in being part of this program, please phone 55099020, or email michelle@awlqld.com.au

Anyone who is willing to adopt a shy cat and give it a permanent home, please also email or phone, as they need someone’s love too. Information and support in the care of shy and frightened cats will be provided.

Slithery Celebrity Cashes In For Currumbin's Community Wildlife Hospital

The carpet python who became a slithery celebrity after devouring four golf balls has found new international fame on eBay and raised a nice sum of money for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's new Community Wildlife Hospital. The golf balls were removed from the snake last month in world first surgery and sold on eBay for the generous sum of $1,401.00 after an intense bidding frenzy.

The winning eBay bidder from Australia took home the golf balls, veterinary photographs and original x-ray's of the snake before and after surgery. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary's Executive Marketing Manager, David Luxton, says all proceeds from the eBay sale will go towards building a new Community Wildlife Hospital at the Sanctuary.

"For all the great work our Wildlife Hospital does we receive no Government funding whatsoever and rely solely on community and corporate donations."

"The hospital is inundated with more than 4000 animals each year, and space is such a premium, we need a new hospital built as soon as possible to cope with the demand," explained Mr Luxton.

"This money will make a great contribution to getting our dreams of a new hospital underway."

The unusual eBay item caused quite a stir among international buyers after receiving extensive media attention from around the globe in such far flung places as Malaysia, Germany, France, South Africa, Pakistan, Canada, New Zealand and Mexico.

you can help stop the killing of whales

Whales Revenge is an ambitious campaign to gather 1 million signatures for a petition to stop whaling. Every year thousands of precious mammals are slaughtered in the name of so-called 'scientific research'.

Add your voice by signing this campaign at http://www.whalesrevenge.com/ then forward it everyone you know.

Please help us stop the killing.
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Singles with Dogs Speeding Dating for Dog Loving Singles night could be the answer to all of these issues. Singles with Dogs is a brand new Brisbane business which is the first of its kind in Australia. Singles with Dogs hosts speed dating with dogs which allows you and your dog to date 15 singles in an afternoon/night, spending a 7 minute 'mini date' with each one.

This is a night out for singles and their friends to have some fun and meet their potential partner.  And an easy ice breaker for the date is chatting about their dogs.  All dog parents love to talk about their dogs.  Singles with Dogs even take the hassle out of the first meeting with a list of potential subjects to chat about.--------------> > > www.singleswithdogs.com.au
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