Lost Dogs Home is Bad News For Pets

The Lost Dogs’ Home provides pound services to 17 Victorian Councils. Their 2010 Annual Report shows they killed 13,594 cats and dogs and made a $2.7 mil profit for the year.

Lost Dogs Home - Outcomes for Animals 2009-2010

The Lost Dogs Home killed 13,594 cats and dogs in 2009-2010

The Lost Dogs Home killed 6 out of 10 unclaimed dogs in 2009-2010

Of the impounded animals not reclaimed by owners, The Lost Dogs Home

killed 6 out of 10 unclaimed dogs
killed 9 out of 10 unclaimed cats

The Lost Dogs Home killed 9 out of 10 unclaimed cats in 2009-2010

Other Shelters are Achieving Better Results for Unclaimed Pets

Meanwhile other shelters have achieved dramatic reductions in kill rates for cats and dogs. AWL Queensland has been very successful increasing adoptions over the past five years.

AWL Queenland Shows What’s Possible

AWL Qld is dramatically reducing kill rates

Why Does The Lost Dogs Home Continue To Kill In The Face Of Alternatives?

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Sally Jandric says:

March 18, 2011 at 3:42 pm

The Lost Dogs home don’t appear to care for those poor abandoned cats and dogs, instead of trying to save and rehome these animals they are happy to euthanaise instead. With all the donation dollars they receive they should look at saving and not killing. I am very disappointed in the Lost Dogs Home and I used to donate but have stopped sometime ago due to their happy to kill policy. Lost Dogs Home and all Shelters and Pounds should have the NO KILL POLICY, this law needs to be across Australia. We have no right to take the life of a living animal because it’s been abandoned by a human, it’s barbaric. It’s time Australia joined the civilised world. The Lost Dogs Home and those who run it need to be punished for all those poor dogs and cats they killed. They need new Directors and staff that have compassion and heart.

Lynne O'Brien says:

March 18, 2011 at 3:56 pm

One of the rescue groups published this info last year. Then, in November I received a glossy publication asking for a donation to TLDH.
I was really glad that I’d already seen their stats, and made the decision that I will only donate to rescue groups, where the animals are already safe, so my hard earned goes to the animals, not the beauracracy. I feel better knowing that my donations are being used as I intend them to be used.
Otherwise I ‘m happy to donate to Oscar’s Law, but that’s a whole other story!

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