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Animal welfare issues in destination countries

On arrival, animals are subject to various welfare risks. In overseas destinations with different climates, animals must adjust to new and sometimes extreme temperatures, especially in the case of sheep transported from Australia to the Middle East. They generally endure long waiting periods before disembarking ships and being loaded onto trucks, where rough handling can cause distress and injury. During truck journeys to feedlots and/or slaughterhouses, they are usually denied access to food or water which can lead to dehydration and exhaustion. Once at the slaughterhouse, they may be subject to a range of different slaughter methods, including unskilled and sometimes illegal methods which cause pain and suffering.

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busy, busy, busy

Posted by Critter Rescue on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, In : cats

No time to lay around smelling the fruit for all us volunteers at Critter Rescue. It has been a VERY busy
year with a record number of urgent & critical rescues & animals. Sorry we haven't had time to keep this
Blog uptodate in the last little while. If anyone has some free time please contact us as we are always
looking for new volunteers for lots of different duties. So if you're good at something please let us know
& maybe your skill can be used to help the critters

Pet Food Donation Bin

Posted by Critter Rescue on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, In : Pet Food Donation Bin

We now have a Pet Food Donation Bin at Goldman's Petland, in Cessnock. Please consider a donation if you are in the area. Or you can make a money donation via this site. It has been a very busy period for all us volunteers since last Christmas with record numbers of animals needing help. Many times we rescue a whole herd, flock or litter of animals from starvation or neglect at one time. So food is always needed desperately. Here's a photo of Rooster Guy making our bin

Other Great Winners of the Term4 Competiton- Cat Enclosure Design

Posted by Critter Rescue on Sunday, December 15, 2013, In : Competitions

Winner Sophia receiving her Samsung Galaxy

Posted by Critter Rescue on Sunday, December 15, 2013, In : Competitions

Sophia (yr5/6) Winner of the Outside Cat Enclosure Competion Term 4 2013. Great work Sophia!!
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Sophia's Winning Entry

Posted by Critter Rescue on Saturday, December 7, 2013, In : Competitions

Winner of Term 4 School Competition

Posted by Critter Rescue on Saturday, December 7, 2013, In : Competitions

Announcing the Winner of our Competition to draw an Outside Cat Enclosure where Keisha Cat can
play, eat, drink, sleep & generally have lots of FUN whilst staying safe (& protecting wildlife).
Sophia from Kurri Kurri Primary School drew a great enclosure with all sorts of Cat stuff in it.
Here's a photo of Robert from Ryan Accounting with her winning entry. Ryan Accounting donated
1st Prize for this Competition-- a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Big thanks again for such a great Prize.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

Posted by Critter Rescue on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, In : Competitions

BIG thankyou to Ryan Accounting in Cessnock for donating 1st Prize to our Term 4 School Competition!!
Hey kids it's UNLOCKED - a Samsung Galaxy Tab. What a great prize!!! This Term it's all about Cat ownership.
See your school for all the details to enter. It's easy to Enter and you'll learn all the important things about keeping
a cat so it doesn't hurt the Aussie wildlife (or get hurt itself). Cats are great pets but they need to have proper housing
so give us your ideas and you can win t...

Term 4 School Competition

Posted by Critter Rescue on Sunday, October 13, 2013, In : Competitions

Has your primary school signed up for our Competition yet?? If not ask your teacher to email us & we'll send them the details.
It's all about responsible pet ownership and LOTS OF FUN! Great prizes to be won

Rooster Girl asking for help for the animals

Posted by Critter Rescue on Monday, August 26, 2013,

Rooster Girl is always out & about saving roosters who've been dumped in the bush, at Vets & pounds. But she took time out from her busy schedule to do some fundraising for all the animals in our care
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Hey we are now on Facebook

Posted by Critter Rescue on Saturday, April 27, 2013,

find our page on Facebook and LIKE us. Then you'll be up-to-date with all our activities.

Storms & flooding

Posted by Critter Rescue on Saturday, February 2, 2013,

Unbelievably, we have gone from a really bad drought to a period of severe storms/flood in a matter of weeks. We were buying water for rescued farmyard animals last week to now having flooding problems for many of our carers & our Shelter. What is that Aussie poem....''from droughts to flooding rains, The Wide Brown Land for me..."? A big thankyou to Velma from www.velmaspetsastherapy.com.au who organised a team of volunteers on short notice to be on standby all through the night of the se...
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Summer, Drought, Xmas Holidays

Posted by Critter Rescue on Saturday, February 2, 2013,

It has been a terrible summer with record heatwave conditions. Critterrescue volunteers have taken too many abandoned & neglected pets into care. The drought has meant alot of local people just cant feed their farmyard animals and the Xmas holiday period has meant alot of people have just abandoned their pet dog/cat/guinea pigs/birds etc to go away on holidays. It has been a really busy period for us. Hey everyone help us by reminding people not to take on a pet unless they can provide for t...

Dogs & Cats

Posted by Critter Rescue on Sunday, August 7, 2011, In : Dogs&Cats

Happy to report all the dogs & cats from the abandoned house have been rehomed to their forever homes. A big thank you to the volunteers who drove individual animals long distances to their new homes.
And ofcourse we have to say a big thankyou to the compassionate Real Estate agent who tipped us off about the very sorry situation. Total 21 dogs & cats NOT collected by the local Animal Shelter to be euthanased. Happy Ending instead!!