NEWS DESK Rally for pets SAVE Mornington Pound Pets will hold a rally outside the Mornington Peninsula Shire offices, corner Queen and Main streets, Mornington, 3-4pm, Sunday 8 September. The group says the rally’s aims are to “achieve change at the pound so there are better outcomes for the pets and their owners”. It wants the shelter to follow NoKill principles, allow volunteers to assist there, and to create a foster care program. It wants all unclaimed pets listed for adoption, and all lost pets listed on the lost pets’ website. The group wants a subsidised desexing program for pets of disadvantaged owners and have lost pets advertised for adoption in a variety of media.
Keep cats inside THE RSPCA says stray cats are eight times less likely to be reclaimed than lost dogs. In the 2018/19 financial year the RSPCA took in 11,200 cats. The animal welfare organisation – I line with Mornington Peninsula Shire regulations – says cats should be “contained for various reasons”. The RSPCA says that indoor cats have the same, or better, quality lives than outdoor cats. Benefits of keeping cats indoors include: less risk of illness, injury or death; less risk of them becoming lost, a stray or impounded by the council; less likely to harm or kill wildlife and other animals RSPCA Australia’s guide Keeping Your Cat Safe and Happy Indoors provides advice, tips and tricks to keeping or transitioning your cat indoors.
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Youth charged over fire and burglaries A SOMERVILLE teenager has been charged with criminal damage by fire after an ATM in Eramosa Road East was scorched by a Molotov cocktail, 11.50pm, Tuesday 20 August. Somerville CFA fire crews were able to restrict the fire to the front of the building and no other shops were damaged. Detectives used CCTV footage to identify the 16-year-old who has also been charged over a series of burglaries at Somerville Plaza and an aggravated burglary at a Somerville house, 11.15am, Monday 26 August. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Hocking, of Somerville CIU, said a startled resident arriving home chased the teenager along the railway line before he was arrested by police in possession of cash taken from the house. He was allegedly wearing the same clothing shown on the bank’s CCTV the night the ATM was fire bombed. Detective Hocking said the teenager was also charged with four counts of burglary after a series of night raids on cafes and a pharmacy in the plaza in which cash from tills and alcohol were stolen. Detectives will allege the teenager used shopping trolleys to smash plate glass windows to gain entry to the premises at the plaza. He has been bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.
Detectives hunt bandits TWO men who smashed a plate glass door at the Woolworths supermarket in Baxter stole more than $130,000 in cigarettes and cash about 3.30am, Wednesday 28 August. The men are shown on CCTV footage using an angle grinder to break into the store on Baxter-Tooradin Road and climbing over
service counters. Detectives believe the men later attempted to force a roller door at a Coles Liquorland, Ashleigh Avenue, Frankston, but failed. They are shown wearing hoodies, masks and gloves and driving off in a dark coloured SUV. Anyone with information can call Detective Hocking 5978 1300 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
Peninsula roads action TRAFFIC police taking part in the National Day of Action, above, say it is a direct response to the
“horror year which is taking place on Australian roads”. As part of the campaign an alcohol and drug testing site was set up in Marine Parade, Hastings where 321 drivers were breath tested, with one returning a positive result for drugs. Police say they plan to set up testing sites at random locations across the peninsula to conduct mobile and stationary speed checks. Up until Wednesday last week 13 people had lost their lives on Frankston and Mornington Peninsula roads.
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Southern Peninsula News 4 September 2019
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