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Help find pets a permanent home A CAMPAIGN to help homeless pets find owners will get underway next month. In March, PETstock Assist’s seventh annual National Pet Adoption Month will take place. PETstock stores in Braeside, Chelsea, and Carrum Downs will take part. Each year, tens of thousands of cats are put down. This year’s campaign will focus on finding homes for them instead. PETstock Assist’s charity and events lead Jessica Curtis said “the pet adoption landscape changes rapidly, and this year we’re seeing more cats available for adoption compared to other animals, closely followed by large dogs and bonded pairs - animals that have entered rescue together and need to be adopted together.” “Growing your family to include an adopted cat, large dog or bonded pair will not only enrich your life, but also the life of the adopted pet by offering them a safe and loving environment to thrive in,” she said. “If you’re not able to adopt, there are several ways that you can help solve pet homelessness in Australia. By fostering or volunteering at your local rescue group, you’re not only providing a safe place or care for an animal in need, but you’re also creating space for stray animals.” Charity PETstock Assist says it has found homes for more than 12,000 pets since its inception.
A PARKDALE site proposed for development. Picture: Supplied
Development refused A PROPOSAL to build 15 dwellings, ten of them triple storey, on a block of land in Parkdale has been knocked back. Kingston councillors rejected the development at their most recent meeting. The plan for 217-221 Nepean Highway in Parkdale included the construction of ten triple storey dwellings and five double storey dwellings, the removal of an easement, and alterations to access to a road. The rooms proposed for the site are four two-bedrooms dwellings, eight three-bedroom dwellings, and three four-bedroom dwellings. Councillors voted to refuse a permit because “the proposal fails to meet the objectives and strategic directions of the Municipal Strategic Statement relating to Built Environment and Heritage”. “The proposal represents an overdevelopment of the subject site providing a built form outcome that is an inappropriate response to the character of the area, results in detrimental amenity impacts to surrounding properties and is an inadequate response to local policy expectations for this site,” the council motion read. A commercial building currently occupies the eastern part of the site.
NAOMI with her rescue cat Louise. Picture: Supplied
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
9 February 2022
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