Pets
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Spike in feline disease in Melbourne’s west
A western suburbs cat shelter is reporting a spike in cases of a deadly disease that kills four in every five infected kittens. Western Suburbs…
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Puppy dies after severe beating
A puppy has died after receiving lethal injuries at a St Albans home earlier this week. The RSPCA and police executed a search warrant at…
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Pets put bite on owners
Dog, cat and rabbit bites accounted for almost 140 admissions to Western Health’s emergency departments over two years, according to a new research report. Doctors…
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Warnings after dog bait found in Caroline Springs
The RSPCA is investigating after a nine-year-old labrador swallowed a dog bait in Caroline Springs last Tuesday. A Caroline Springs resident, who did not want…
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Pit bull attack victim says breed not the issue
A Deer Park woman left physically and mentally scarred by a pit bull attack has no personal issue with the breed, but she does want…
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Pet registration deadline looms
Brimbank pet owners have less than two weeks to register their cats and dogs. Residents can be fined if their animals are not registered, desexed…
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Play it cool for pets
Brimbank pet owners are reminded to keep their animals cool this summer, and don’t spare the ice cubes. With hot weather ahead, PETstock Taylors Lakes…
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Dog’s disappearance ‘devastates’ elderly owner
A missing dog has left her elderly owner “devastated”. Cookie, a small, white female poodle, disappeared from the front yard of a Station Avenue home…
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Calls for dog owners to be more responsible
Seven unregistered restricted-breed dogs were found on a single Brimbank property, according to a council response last week to a submission to a state government…
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Compassion for animals not lost on pupils
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Primary School grade 3 pupils, including Matilda, Eliza, Kitty and Olivia (pictured with Rigby), raised more than $300 for…
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Grooming class lets every dog have its day
Do you think your dog has what it takes to be a doggie model? Then this could be your chance. With pet grooming on the…
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Love abounds at Brimbank Animal Expo
Award-winning bunnies, fancy rats and ferrets, birds of all kinds, exotic cats and demonstrations by Disco Dogs and Howling Huskies from Yappy Hour TV were…
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Most dumped animals at shelter from Brimbank
The biggest share of abandoned animals in the west that end up at the Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne come from Brimbank. Star Weekly…
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Abandoned puppy gets a second chance at life
An abandoned puppy found in a Hillside park will get a second chance at life but faces a future possibly without sight. Six-week-old bulldog ‘Cherrie’…
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Plan for prisoners to care for lost pets
Prisoners at the Metropolitan Remand Centre and Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Ravenhall could care for lost pets, under plans to centralise animal management between three councils…
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