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Groups and shire in cat fight A gritty time wrestling Continued from Page 1 The Animal Justice Party has foreshadowed running candidates at next year’s council elections “in an effort to provide a voice for the voiceless�. “We call on the current councillors and CEO to take animal issues seriously and provide the best possible care for dogs and cats in our community,� the party’s Sarah Davison said. “Peninsula residents expect the shire’s animal shelter to be best practice and we should be aiming for a No Kill municipality. [Yet], in December 2014, there was an outbreak of cat flu at the shelter and 19 cats were subsequently killed. “Cat flu is a treatable illness and many Victorian rescue groups regularly treat and re-home cats who have suffered cat flu,� Ms Davison said. “This kind of killing is no longer acceptable. “There have since been outbreaks of both cat flu and kennel cough, with dire impacts for animals. Inadequate quarantine areas and procedures must be addressed immediately. “Over 12 months to January 2015, the shire had an average kill rate for cats of 18 per cent and a high of 27 per cent in February 2014 – when ‘no kill’ rates are generally accepted as 10 per cent or below.� Ms Davison said “whistleblower volunteers� had witnessed ongoing breaches of the Code of Practice for shelters and pounds. “These brave people have contacted the mayor and councillors, and met with the shire’s CEO Carl Cowie, but only small improvements have been undertaken,� she said. “Furthermore, onerous partnership agreements are being imposed on rescue groups, which make significant demands while offering very little support. Without the assistance of rescue groups, the shire’s kill rate would be a lot worse, yet these groups are provided with no financial help whatsoever.� Volunteers who complained about conditions at the pound were “banned for a while�, Ms Campbell said. “They were told there was no one to supervise them yet no one was supervising them anyway,� she said. “The manager was let go two years ago to save money and things just fell away.�
Shire environment protection and community safety manager Claire Smith said she was “disappointed with the allegations, given the lengths the shire goes to reunite lost pets with their owners and re-home unclaimed animals�. “We are committed to our responsible pet ownership program, and services and initiatives as outlined in our Domestic Animal Management Plan. “The community animal shelter’s dedicated team of officers care for more than 2000 lost pets 365 days a year. The team strives for best practice, and they strive to successfully reunite animals with their owners or rehome the animals that come into our care. “We are proud of being one of the few municipalities that still runs and operates a community animal shelter and have recently allocated $250,000 to build a new cattery. “Statistics for animals returned to their owners and those that are re-homed are very good. Before a decision to euthanise a cat or dog is made, all other possibilities are considered and it is always as a last resort. “It should be noted that cats often arrive at the shelter in very poor condition, especially when they have never fully enjoyed the benefits of a responsible animal owner. “The shire is grateful for the wide network of rescue groups from all over Victoria who work with us to rehome animals. The community animal shelter prides itself on working with more than 30 rescue groups and directly adopting animals out to the public and ensuring that as many of our unwanted pets as possible have the chance at finding their forever home.� The mayor, Cr Bev Colomb, said: “Shire CEO Carl Cowie and I, together with other officers, recently consulted with our valued volunteers and rescue groups at a volunteer afternoon about the cattery concept plans. “Taking on board the volunteers’ and rescue group’s feedback, we are currently finalising the design before building begins. “We look forward to working together on this exciting project at the animal shelter. We are very fortunate to have partnerships with many wonderful rescue groups and volunteers whose input is highly valued as we work to continually improve our services.�
with unmade car parks Mike Hast mike@mpnews.com.au THE shire has more than 250 unsealed car parks and asphalting the 25 at the top of a newly created priority list could take up to 15 years and cost $10 million. These and other mind-boggling statistics were presented to the council at its 25 May meeting in Rosebud when councillors wrestled with the usefulness or otherwise of the shire’s new “Unmade car park construction strategy�. A large number of resident complaints are generated by unsealed car parks scattered throughout the 720-square kilometre shire with its 42 townships. Residents ring and complain about potholes. They complain about dust in summer and mud in winter; about people in wheelchairs getting stuck in ruts and holes, and toddlers falling over uneven ground Half the so-called top 25 are in commercial areas and could be financed by a “special charge scheme� where traders would pay a levy but the shire won’t force this on towns; it’s too unpopular and many traders would struggle to pay. The shire’s team leader of infrastructure planning Ross Gregory faced a grilling from councillors as they batted for their own wards and debating the strategy’s merits. Mr Gregory said there were 25 category A car parks and 20 in category B that the shire intended to seal. Others would continue to be graded and have gravel laid.
Two councillors were miffed the “live matrix� listing car parks had spelling, address and status errors. Mr Gregory said they would be fixed. Cr Lynn Bowden of Watson Ward (Somerville, Baxter, Tyabb) asked Mr Gregory how they had been ranked. “Any particular car parks?� he asked. “Yes, all the ones in my ward,� she said to laughter. Cr Bowden said residents had given up asking for car parks to be sealed as nothing ever happened. She was concerned well-used car parks like the one at Baxter Primary School were low on the list. “Certainly the parents using this car park would not agree with it being at number 38,� she said. Other councillors questioned the ranking of car parks in their patches. Mr Gregory’s boss Alison Leighton walked across the hall and sat beside him as the councillors’ questions kept coming, some more stridently asked than others. “We’ve had an extensive engagement process involving traders and other members of the community,� she said firmly. “We considered a whole range of factors when putting the priority list together.� There had been an extensive consultation process to develop the strategy – a workshop for officers, two councillor briefings, a workshop with users of unsealed car parks, and public exhibition of the draft strategy. She said it was a “live document� and the order of car parks could be changed
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