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The global pandemic has had a profound impact on people, animals and the environment. Veterinarians and allied animal health workers faced unique challenges, such as having to relinquish personal protective equipment, ventilators (and sometimes even staff) to human health care, and balancing public, client, personal and staff safety with animal welfare in an everchanging environment.

Frequency, Stressfulness and Type of Ethically Challenging Situations Encountered by Veterinary Team Members During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Anne Quain,

The campaign for justice for the Stockton Breakwall cats continues with this compelling video from Alley Cat Allies. We admire and give thanks to The Stray Cats Project Newcastle and all their supporters for their courage and commitment to the innocent cats who suffered so terribly in the shooting ordered by the Port of Newcastle last December.

CALLING ALL CAT-LOVERS OF SYDNEY
Your feline family member could star in a gorgeous coffee table book AND help raise funds for the Cat Protection Society of NSW at the same time!

Registrations are now open for Furry Munchkins Pet Photography‘s newest fundraising project – Cats are Family Sydney. This beautiful coffee table book will showcase stunning photography featuring the cats of Sydney in their homes and tell the stories of the special bond between cats and their humans.

Protection Facebook page. If found, please return to owner.

Apologies to all our FB friends but yesterday our page was caught up in Facebook’s ban on news sites in Australia.

An internet without cats? Heaven forbid!

We were in touch with FB and hoped to have our page up and running by now; paws crossed it won’t be too long before it’s restored.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve received some concerning calls from people who’d been misled or had misunderstood what organisation they were dealing with: when they called us at Cat Protection, they said they had been dealing with our ‘branch’ or a ‘representative’. In fact, we had no prior dealings with these callers.

Please be aware, there is only one Cat Protection Society of NSW and you will find us at 103 Enmore Road Newtown (shelter) or a few doors down at 85 Enmore Road (Cat Boutique).

Australians are being urged to get their cat desexed before the age of four months, instead of the standard six months, to close the “pregnancy gap” between puberty and surgery. Routine early-age desexing of cats could lessen the impact of unwanted litters. A new study has found that early-age desexing is on the increase in Australia.

Julia Beatty, Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney’s School of Veterinary Science,

To the Port of Newcastle, via feedback form, 22 December 2020

I’m writing in relation to the disastrous ‘cull’ of cats (on 17 December 2020) living at the Stockton breakwall.

I note that you now find the ‘outcome of this activity’ to be distressing. It is difficult to imagine what other outcome you expected, since hiring people to shoot cats would have the likely outcome of cats being killed and injured by shooting.

Spread peace this Christmas or give the gift of playtime these holidays!

Make this festive season extra special for our feline friends by donating through our Wishlist Donation Appeal.

You have the chance to win one of 35 prizes purrfect for cheerful kitties and the people who love them!

Single tickets are only $5 OR five tickets for $20 OR a book of fifteen tickets for $50

Help us to care for our cats and kittens while they wait for their forever home and buy your tickets today.

The NSW Court of Appeal has found that the by-law blanket banning pets was “harsh, unconscionable, or oppressive” and under the Strata Schemes Management Act by-laws mustn’t be “harsh, unconscionable, or oppressive” and so they upheld NCAT’s decision that the by-law was invalid.

This is a win for human and animal welfare, as well as common-sense and kindness ❤❤❤

You can find details and read the full decision here

As many of you know,