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In this months edition: |
The 2nd Annual Paws
& Claws Awards & Nominee's Leaders
Board | Feature Stories
| Latest News
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Welcome
to Paws & Claws
e-news! Every bi-month we will bring up to date information on
what is happening in the pet and animal world.
Your news, thoughts, ideas and suggestions are always welcome. Our
aim is to bring you the most informative and educational articles while
promoting responsible pet ownership and care for our wildlife. To date,
we have donated over $140,000 of
advertising and article space in Paws & Claws Magazine to non-profit
animal organisations. We donate a further 10% of our profits
to the Animal Welfare League of Qld and the RSPCA Qld annually,
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"We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an
act but a habit."
Aristotle |
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Saturday
16th August 2008
Surfers Paradise Marriot Resort & Spa
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Australia's
most expensive
couture collar
This exclusive piece
has been specifically designed for this year's awards
by Australia’s first cruelty-free pet couture fashion
house, Empawrium. This stylish and exquisite dog necklace
is to be raffled on the night.
Raffle tickets
are $10. |
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RED
CARPET
ARRIVALS
- all welcome
6:00pm-6.30pm
Support your favourite
nominee and see them as they arrive at the Paws & Claws
Awards. All welcome and no ticket required.
THE
PAWS &
CLAWS
AWARDS CEREMONY |
Hand crafted from:
9
carat gold etched bead centrepiece
9
carat gold beads
Sapphires
in two colours, navy and
amber
Blue
Topaz stones
Amethysts
Peridots
Swarovski
Crystals and Czech Crystal
Rondelles and
Spacers
9ct
gold Blot Ring clasp
Pictured below is the
first image released of the "Paradisa"
pet couture piece, before it's exhibition at this year's
most prestigious awards. |
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- all welcome
7.00pm-11.30pm
Celebrity guests, nominees, supporters,
and the pet and animal industry gather together to
celebrate the wonderful relationship between people
and animals. It's a night filled with great emotion
as we acknowledge the people within the pet and animal
industry, volunteers and animals lovers that go beyond
their call of duty for the welfare of our animals. |
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THE
VIP
AFTER- PARTY
- Limited to 150
tickets only
11.30pm-3.00am
The After-Party
that will rock your socks off! The pet and animal industry
certainly likes to party and this is the best opportunity
to party and mingle with the best! The After-Party
kicks off straight after the awards. Only available
when you purchase a ticket to the Paws & Claws
Awards. |
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All profits will be donated
to the Animal Welfare League of Qld to assist in
the care and rehoming of homeless pets.
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| LATEST VOTING UPDATE . . . |
Since
voting began at the end of May this year, we have received
thousands of votes with people eager to support their
favourite nominee. Competition is certainly heating
up, and with only this week, Friday 25th
July, left
to send in your voting forms and with online
voting closing next Friday, 1st August it
is vital to keep the votes coming in!!! See here some
of the latest results in our Nominee's Leaders Board.
Your vote will certainly make the difference!
  
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| Feature
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Animal
Welfare League Stapylton Rehoming Centre |
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The Animal Welfare League
of Qld has been in operation for nearly 50 years, providing shelter,
welfare and veterinary care to over 10,000 animals
a year that come through the AWL Rehoming Centre.
The opening of the Stapylton Rehoming Centre comes
at a critical time in which the AWL is at full capacity at their
Coombabah Shelter for both dogs and cats. The addition of a second
rehoming centre will allow the Animal Welfare League to further grow
and assist animals in need. |
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Open day was Monday,
7th July, there was a sausage sizzle for everyone to enjoy
with proceeds going straight to the AWL
Stapylton Rehoming Centre to give much needed dogs and cats the treatment
and care they need.
The Animal Welfare League
invited the public to come and meet their friendly staff
and the beautiful animals that are available for adoption.
The new rehoming centre is located on Rossmans
Road, Stapylton and is opened 7 days a week, 10am until
4pm. |
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For more
information, please call the Animal Welfare League on |
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. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CUB KIND . . . . . . |
Sumatran tiger cubs Shanti, Jaya and Ndari
leave the nursery for their debut “Cub Experience” |
Sisters Jaya (Indonesian
for ‘victory’), Shanti (meaning ‘inner
peace’ in classical Indian) and Ndari (Indonesian
for ‘full moon’) were born on Monday, June
9 following a gestation period of between 100 to 110 days. The
triplets are three of a very limited number of Sumatran
tiger cubs born in the Australasian region in last 10 years
and are part of a globally co-ordinated breeding programme
to save the species. With less than 400 Sumatran
tigers left in the wild, their importance can not be underestimated.
The cubs will remain
under the watchful eyes of Dreamworld’s on-site vet,
Vere Nicolson, Tiger Island Manager, Patrick Martin-Vegue
and the Tiger Island team which collectively has more than
40 years experience caring for and working with tigers.
“Fortunately, captive
bred cubs have a 90 percent chance of survival because
of their stable environment. For cubs born in the wild,
the survival rate is just 25 to 50 percent due to poor
nutrition, rejection by mothers and predators,” Mr
Martin-Vegue said.
The cubs’ parents,
Raja and Soraya have the purest blood lines in the Australasian
region and will make a significant contribution to the
conservation of Sumatran Tigers. |
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Having spent the last
four weeks being adored from outside the windows of the
Tiger Island nursery, Sumatran tiger cubs Jaya, Shanti
and Ndari caused mischief today when they came out from
behind the glass and went public for their debut cub experience.
Eight lucky members of
the public were the first to experience a rare encounter
with the sassy Sumatrans during the inaugural cub experience
session which included 20 minutes of wrestle, play and
posing for photos.
Tiger Island Manager Patrick
Martin-Vegue said, “Today for the first time members
of the public had one-on-one time with the cubs and their
handlers. They’re cute, cuddly and the size of a
puppy, but not for long. The cubs grow at a rate of around
one kilogram a week so the best time to see them is now,
while they’re at their cutest.” |
Cub Experiences cost $80 per
person and are not included in the entry price.
Tickets
to the Cub Experience can only be booked on www.dreamworld.com.au.
Terms and conditions apply. |
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| Sea World Rescues Grey Nurse Shark |
In an Australian first, the Sea World Rescue
team have removed a large, one metre gaff hook from a critically
endangered Grey Nurse Shark at Julian Rocks, 2.5 kilometres
off Byron Bay.
The rescue team were alerted to the distressed
three metre, mature female shark on Monday by local dive operators
and New South Wales Marine Parks and the Department of Primary
Industries, who also assisted in the rescue.
Sea World Director of Marine Sciences, Trevor
Long said that the rescue team had grave concerns for the health
of the shark, given the size of the gaff hook lodged in its
mouth.
Sea World sent a rescue team to the popular
dive site, and with the assistance of local dive operators,
quickly located the shark in about 15 metres of water, with
eight other Grey Nurse sharks.
“The rescue team were
able to rope noose the injured shark and tire her out, allowing
them to place her in a specially designed Perspex tube” he
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The shark was then brought aboard
Sea World One and placed in a 4000 litre tank using a crane,
with the rescue team then turning the shark on her back, placing
her in a dormant state.
“When the shark was in a relaxed state,
we inserted a large PVC pipe into her mouth and conducted a
delicate procedure to remove the gaff hook, which was lodged
in her oesophagus” he said.
“Following the removal
of the large hook, the shark was administered a dose of broad
spectrum antibiotics and tagged with a special tracking device
which will remain with the shark for 90 days, and allow the
team to collect data from her movements during this period” Mr.
Long said.
Mr Long said that the shark
was then released and observed swimming strongly to rejoin
its original school, and the rescue team very extremely happy
with this result.
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The Sea World rescue team
has seen many seriously injured sharks over the years and is
hopeful this shark will be able to make a full recovery.
The Grey Nurse Shark is on
the critically endangered list, with less than 500 individuals
estimated to still be living along the east coast of Australia.
Grey Nurse Sharks have very low reproductive
rates, only breeding about every three years, and giving birth
to only one or two pups at a time. Sea World were able to capture
images and vision of the rescue.
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| AWL Latest News: Rehoming
Centre Achievements |
| "In
the last month we have rehomed 221 dogs and 227 cats." |
Pups:
As usual, we have been very successful
in saving all healthy and treatable pups.
Dogs:
We save just
about all dogs that come to us, unless they are very sick or
aggressive. At times it is really tough to achieve this. People
are driving from much further away to surrender their animals
to us, knowing that we are leading the way in working towards
zero euthanasia. We take in all strayed and surrendered dogs
from the Gold Coast, as well as many from Ipswich and Beaudesert
Pounds, as there is no refuge in either of these places. Consequently
our adoption pens are overflowing, as well as our foster homes.
ENCOURAGE
EVERY CARING PERSON YOU KNOW TO ADOPT A WONDERFUL FRIEND FROM
AWL! |
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Because
we put so much in to each dog we rehome: assessment,
desexing, microchipping, vet checks, pre-adoption interviews,
and loving care and training for days, weeks or even months,
we have been running at a significant loss. To help recoup
some of these costs, our new dog and puppy prices are: $250
Under 4 months, $250 small breeds between the age of 4 months
and 8 years, $200 medium and large breeds between the age of
4 months and 8 years, $120 for pets of the week and $50 for
our golden oldies over 8 years of age.
Kittens:
We recently went through another devastating kitten influx – 60
kittens in the pens were looking for homes and an overflow
of more than 60 could not fit in our Rehoming Pens, so emergency foster care
had to be utilised. Our
AWL Branch in Ipswich is also |
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rescuing
up to 50 surrendered cats and kittens each week and bringing
them down to the Gold Coast refuge. We have offered for several
years to develop an AWL refuge at the Ipswich Pound in cooperation
with Ipswich City Council, just as we work with Gold Coast
City Council, but this offer has not been accepted yet.
Cats:
There are always too many adult cats looking
for homes. Although they have a better chance of rehoming at
our refuge than other areas, we struggle daily with too many
strays and too many surrenders.
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| On
the web... |
Got
any funny pet or animal pictures or videos that you found on
the web?
Or a funny forward you'd like to share with us?
Send it to photos@arcadiapublishing.com.au. |
Actual
Polar Bear Attack in Alaska:
These are pictures
of an actual polar bear attack in Alaska. These pictures
were taken while people watched and could do nothing
to stop the attack. Reports from the local newspaper
say that the victim should make a full recovery.
Click
here to view images. |
Judy
Beale, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Lisa Yee, Varsity Lakes |
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