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Half Price Adoptions (Cats $45, Dogs $175) - RSPCA SA Lonsdale 20-22 March

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Half Price Adoptions (Cats $45, Dogs $175) - RSPCA SA Lonsdale 20-22 March
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Benoffie on 17/03/2015 - 12:01 facebook.com (751 clicks)
Last edited 17/03/2015 - 12:38 by 1 other user

From the page:

CAN YOU HELP US EMPTY THE SHELTER?

We are issuing a challenge to the South Australian public - help us empty our Lonsdale shelter next weekend. Are you up for it? Please SHARE and use the hash tag #emptytheshelter if you are.

From March 20 to 22, we will attempt to find homes for all the animals we have currently available for adoption. To meet that challenge, we anticipate we will need to adopt up to 150 animals.

This is a new campaign for RSPCA South Australia, and we want it to be as successful as possible. So we’ve decided to HALVE the adoption fees for all adult cats and adult dogs (to $45 and $175 respectively) for next weekend only. All of the animals available for adoption are desexed, microchipped, vaccinated and vet-checked.

Plus we are extending our shelter opening times:
- Friday March 20 - 10 am to 7pm
- Saturday March 21 - 10 am to 6pm
- Sunday March 22 - 10am to 5pm

RSPCA South Australia’s responsible adoption processes will remain in place for Empty The Shelter, to ensure animals are match with homes suited to their individual needs.

These beautiful animals don't belong in our shelter. They belong in loving homes they can call their own. Please SHARE this message and Help us Empty The Shelter next weekend!

Any queries or concerns, please contact RSPCA Lonsdale - 25 Meyer Road, Lonsdale SA 5160
1300 477 722 (during opening hours)

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  • Infinite Monkee on 17/03/2015 - 12:39
    +5

    This should be a nationwide event ADOPT ALL THE THINGS!

    • terrys on 17/03/2015 - 12:47
      +2

      Politicians have perfectly enviable superannuation arrangements, and are used to not being loved… Furry friends give back in return.

      • arcticmonkey on 17/03/2015 - 19:16
        -1

        I'm surprised Christopher Pyne or Joe Hockey are not up for free adoption.

        • slowmo on 17/03/2015 - 20:27
          +2

          not even if they pay me to do it.

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 23/03/2015 - 22:08
          -2

          "I'm surprised … (blah blah, off-topic personal agenda BS)"

          I'd be surprised if you could manage to resist serially posting off-topic crap in a feeble attempt to further your own political ideology A-monkey. Have you ever tried contributing something that actually relates to the subject-matter at hand?

  • jv on 17/03/2015 - 12:41

    Why is it so much cheaper to adopt a cat ?

    • terrys on 17/03/2015 - 12:44

      The average cost of the food the shelter has to expend maybe? I'm just guessing tho. Part of the cost are the vaccinations and neutering, and possibly dogs need more anaesthesia/surgery assistance.

      It does look a bit like selling them "per kilo" tho [ dons asbestos suit].

      • Jetsom on 17/03/2015 - 12:48
        +1

        Or a simple case of supply and demand?

        • terrys on 17/03/2015 - 12:51
          +2

          In that case, they should market cats as a more efficient compact i-dog and only show a few at a time. One can still claim " limited supplies" available, unless the multi-verse hypotheses are validated…

        • nocure on 17/03/2015 - 16:46

          @terrys:
          More efficient and a lot smarter.

    • Benoffie on 17/03/2015 - 12:49
      +6

      At Lonsdale, the new Cat centre is set up differently. They can house 2-4 cats (depending on size and personality) per enclosure (usually it's one or two). They are stacked on top of each other and surround the walls and the centre (with air conditioning etc all being available).

      Dogs are still housed in the older style units, require a lot more work (water for hosing out, walking (so more staff etc). It doesn't even factor in the cost difference of desexing etc (as mentioned by Terrys).

      Beneath all that though, there are simply more cats than dogs. It makes sense for cats (in the main) to be cheaper, especially when faced with seasonal supply.

      • exulted on 18/03/2015 - 07:13
        -3

        If we evaluate by utility provided though, cats should be at least $1000 and dogs $50.
        Cats: great companion, playful, soothing meow, feel fluffy and soft and nice to pat, sleep soundly on your lap or at your feet, low maintenance, most breeds look cute.
        Dogs: bark scarily loud and unexpectedly and at the worst times, wake up neighbours at ungodly hours, large food costs, slobber everywhere, eat infants and little children, are never satisfied and always annoyingly restless, on the majority are quite unattractive on the eye.

  • GirlFriday on 17/03/2015 - 12:51
    +3

    Got our 2 from Animal Welfare League.. ain't nothing like adopted love. Good on them I hope they offer it again and many people take up the offer.

  • slowmo on 17/03/2015 - 14:07

    Would cats or dogs get along with egg laying chooks better?

    • belongsinforums on 17/03/2015 - 14:41
      -1

      Dogs will eat their eggs and attempt to eat the chickens. Cats don't care about anything

      • NosDan on 17/03/2015 - 15:55
        +3

        it all depends on the cat or dog. i have had my rottweilers around both ducks and chickens (as well as cats and rabbits) just fine but mine have been taught from a very young age "friends not food"

        • slowmo on 17/03/2015 - 16:22
          +1

          seems like not a good idea to adopt an older cat/dog then… or i might be in for a long period of retraining amongst other trainings i have to do? thanks for the comment.

        • NosDan on 17/03/2015 - 16:44
          +2

          @slowmo: while i support adoption and recommend it for people who it suits. i bought my dogs as pups so that i could train them from the word go exactly how i wanted them without the worry of how someone else had already raised them. when i got my eldest dog (10 years ago) i already had a rabbit and soon after a cat (abandoned kitten i rescued myself) so i had to be sure i could train it/them.

          what ever you do, do whats best for you. dont just get a pet on a whim because its a "commitment" you will have for a decade or more with lots of ongoing costs (food, vets etc)

          if you need another pet to fit into an already established family you will want to consider your choices and the times you can give to training and socialising. some dogs are more suitable specially to "flappy things" like birds but you will still have to spend potentially a lot time making sure everyone gets along.

        • slowmo on 17/03/2015 - 17:10

          @nosdan:
          agree. rest assured i'm not deciding on whim, as for ongoing costs, it's just an alternative solution to what mrs want a couple more children (and that would be more expensive) :P

          i would probably end up with a dog as a pet as the kids get older and leave the nest. no loss finding out more in the meantime. i like my fresh laid eggs, so chooks will definitely be there always.

        • belongsinforums on 17/03/2015 - 23:26

          speaking from experience with kelpies

      • robotdad on 17/03/2015 - 16:41
        +3

        Generalisation (with exceptions) -Dogs kill chickens. Cats ignore chickens (point of lay or older).

        • danyool on 17/03/2015 - 18:26

          I was in a share house once which had chickens and a Pomeranian dog.
          The dog was not interested in eating them.. more into humping them!!

          Later, (after Pomeranian left) an older Red Healer joined the house. We were trying to socialise it by walking it on the leash up to the chickens in their cage - she kept lunging for them. So we thought it might take some time. Kept the dog tied up, let the chickens roam and went to work. He broke his leash - and chased the chickens around the yard - feathers everywhere! Wasn't there to see, but I don't think she was trying to eat them per say - just playing, nipping at them. I think she could have got one if she wanted to - or maybe a housemate came back in time. Anyhow, one chicken was injured and didn't survive.

          After a severe scolding though, the dog was fine with the chickens after that.

    • mikeham on 20/03/2015 - 21:02

      I once looked after a friend's chooks on two occasions, for a total of five weeks.

      My elderly Border Collie, who had never seen a chook in her life, was initially frightened of them (!) but quickly accepted them. Indeed, she would wake me up at dawn to tell me that it was time to unlock their coop.

      Didn't try to herd them, far less attack them.

      In late 2013 she, alas, went to the Rainbow Bridge. I have a new BC, but wouldn't trust him within a mile of chooks; still, who knows?

      So I suppose the answer is, as nosdan said, "it all depends on the cat or dog".

  • sagrules on 17/03/2015 - 14:51

    Some people can do foster care if they want to help out

  • LeavingTheWheel on 18/03/2015 - 07:42

    Paying for pet adoptions, OMG. They are over crowded with unwanted pets. A better model might be to allow people a risk free 6 month pet trial, where you can take a pet home and if it doesn't work out you get to bring it back guilt free. The uptake might be more.

    Once the pets are in homes, it'll be hard for the new owners to give them back, unless of course it really isn't working out. Then they have a guilt free 'Get out of Jail Free' card.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/03/2015 - 08:13
      +1

      Yes if you look at it like its a thing for human pleasure. If you look at a pet as family you don't consider returning, similar to adopting a human child.

      • LeavingTheWheel on 18/03/2015 - 09:06

        Just being a realist. If everyone treated their pets like adopting a human child we wouldn't have this problem. It's clear they don't.

        No point in burying your head in the sand. If you want to work on the root cause then you need to look towards the breeding programs. Dogs and cats don't live for ever so we must have an over supply problem.

        If we continue to think inside the box then, it's the same as it's always been, dog and cat home's have too much unloved stock. The problem we need to solve is getting them into homes and perhaps giving them half a chance. A half price sale isn't a sustainable solution.

        Have a look at how many foster kids, stay with the one family. The number is probably a lot lower than you think. But at least while they are with a family they can feel they are part of one.

        • [Deactivated] on 20/03/2015 - 15:43

          I don't disagree, we live in a world driven by money and human needs however whimsical may cost a lot in the long run for our own and other species and natural environment. It is still a huge debate why it is harder to adopt a human child than to birth one and clearly even human children are not treated that well. I guess we should do what we can .

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