An American couple has a Curtin University physics technician to thank for saving the life of their beloved Brittany spaniel Layla after her microchip became unreadable. Elizabeth and Franck Tellier immigrated to Perth from Houston, Texas with their two dogs, five-year old Layla, and a seven year-old American Eskimo, Mason, earlier this year. On arriving […]
Continue ReadingAfter years of detailed planning and fundraising, Queensland University’s $100 million-plus Veterinary Science complex has opened at the university’s Gatton campus. Blair Federal MP Shayne Neumann, opened the state-of-the-art facilities at a function attended by industry, academic and community leaders. Veterinary Science Dean Jonathan Hill said relocation of the school to the university’s 1068-hectare Gatton […]
Continue ReadingMany Australian pet owners are unaware they live in one of the few countries where rabies vaccination is unnecessary. But people and animals as close to as on Bali, one of our most popular holiday islands, are vulnerable to this preventable disease which kills someone, somewhere on the planet, every 10 minutes. Virtually free of […]
Continue ReadingAlmost a year into the role, and with the organisation’s well-documented internal difficulties resolved, Tasmania’s RSPCA branch president Paul Swiatkowski isconfident public confidence in the organisation has now returned. Swiatkowski has a long association with the RSPCA, having served both as a board member and state president, as well as being a former employee. “You […]
Continue ReadingA wild pacific black duck has survived after being shot through the head with an arrow near Mandurah, 72 kilometres south of Perth. The duck was captured on July 31 by a WA Sea Bird volunteer and a Mandurah City ranger after it was found and reported by a local resident. Department of Environment and […]
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