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Dreaming of Jeannie proudly supports animal welfare organisations!

So far, recipients of my animal charity ventures have been:

How you can help!

There are loads of ways you can help the animals that share our planet!

Click once a day to feed animals living in shelters - at no cost to you:

Make a difference in just a few minutes by signing these petitions:

Make yourself heard through these action alerts (just like signing a petition):

Remember and remind others of these two important messages:

  • A pet is FOR LIFE, not just for Christmas!
  • There are NO bad pets, just bad owners!

Become aware how you can help animals:

Gather and donate the following items to your local shelter or pound:

  • Blankets
  • Towels
  • Newspapers
  • Garbage bags
  • Plastic bags
  • Tea towels

About Desexing: Doing The Best Thing For Your Four-Legged Friend

From RSPCA website (www.rspca.org.au/advice_desexing.asp):

The RSPCA receives thousands of unwanted, abandoned and stray cats and dogs each year. The majority of these animals are the result of uncontrolled breeding and, unfortunately, many must be euthanased because homes cannot be found for them. Cats and dogs start their reproductive lives at a very young age, and throughout their lifetime can potentially deliver many litters of offspring. It has been mathematically calculated that in just seven years, one female cat and her young can produce as many as 420,000 cats! This problem underlines the importance of desexing pets at an early age and reducing the number of unwanted animals in our communities.

In addition to preventing unwanted litters, desexing may result, in varying degrees, to a positive behavioural change in your pet. A desexed pet is less likely to:

  • Wander, run away or get into fights. This reduces injuries such as abscesses, car injuries and infected wounds;
  • Suffer from anti-social behaviour;
  • Spray and mark its territory.
Desexing your pet can be done as young as eight weeks old. The operation can only be carried out by a vet and is a reasonably straightforward procedure, causing minimal discomfort to the animal.

Some RSPCA Veterinary Clinics offer desexing at a discounted rate. To check whether this service is available please contact your local state or territory RSPCA.

Get informed about the current campaigns against cruelty:

Check out these facts and stats about animal welfare:

Read about animal liberation organisations and what they're doing to help our furry and feathered friends:

Discover what animal protection issues concern school kids:

Go to cruelty-free events to learn more - here are some coming up in Sydney, Australia:

Consider compassion through making vegetarian choices

I’d like to include a quote from page 128 of Katie Spier’s book “Spiritual Survival and the City”: “Even if you’re not a mother yourself, each of us had one once! Many of the animals mistreated by intensive factory faming are mothers. We take their milk, their eggs, and, most disturbingly, we take their children to kill and eat without a second thought.” Katie goes on to talk about how to show compassion to animals through vegetarianism by not eating meat, fish or products containing them and even restricting the consumption of dairy and other animal produce, including eggs.

The way I think about it is this: if there were suddenly no farm animals and we could only eat dogs and cats for meat, pretty much everyone in the world would immediately become vegetarian. Because most of us don’t keep farm animals as pets, we don’t see them in quite the same way as we see our beloved dogs and cats, but they are still sentient animals and they do feel fear and pain. Intensive factory farming is nothing but cruel and creates nothing but fear and pain for farm animals. Adopting a vegetarian diet is a way you can avoid contributing to the cruelty and therefore something you can do to show your compassion. Even if you decide that vegetarianism is not for you, one thing you can do whenever you cook meat or eat it, is give thanks to the animal that died, giving their life for you to nourish yourself.

REMEMBER: it doesn't have to be all or nothing, but every time you make a vegetarian choice, you help reduce suffering.

Eat cruelty-free foods (the following are Australia companies):

Cook cruelty-free foods with the help of this website:

Buy cruelty-free body car, hair care, and household products:

Invest your money ethically (the following is an Australian company):

    

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

SAY NO TO ANIMALS IN PET SHOPS!

At Say No it's estimated that 130,000 dogs and 60,000 cats are killed every year because there are not enough homes for them all. You can be part of the solution by NOT breeding your pet – any vet will tell you that desexing your pet is part of responsible pet ownership. On top of that, too many are bred simply for profit and many petshops are contributing to this enormous problem by encouraging irresponsible breeding and impulse purchasing of puppies (for more info, visit www.saynotoanimalsinpetshops.com:80/). For these reasons, shelters are a far better place to buy a pet: 

Or, look on www.petrescue.com.au/shelter_directory/nsw for an extensive list of NSW rescue organisations, or Google "animal shelters" to find one in your state and country.

AND REMEMBER: THERE ARE NO BAD PETS, JUST BAD OWNERS!

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