Call for code to stop 'cage crazy' dogs
A senior SPCA manager is calling for a national code of standards for pounds to avoid the risk of seized dogs going "cage crazy" after being locked up for months at a time. Jim Boyd, the national operations manager, said he will be recommending the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, which reports to the Minister of Agriculture, to produce the code of welfare. Animals kept in pounds for long periods of time became stressed and "cage crazy", he said.
The situation was highlighted earlier this month in the case of Kaipara dog, Jack, who was run over and killed after escaping from a Whangarei pound caregivers' property. The dog had been seized seven months earlier after it was alleged to have killed chickens. MORE>>
2 Comments:
At 8:33 a.m.,
Anonymous said…
In Rotorua, there are many dogs which spend most of their lives, day and night, kept in small cages by their owners, and demonstrate their distress by chronic barking, howling and whining. Other dogs in Rotorua live out their lives on the end of a chain. These dogs do not have any appropriate quality of life, nor even adequate shelter and exercise, and are all very distressed. We find this so cruel, we intend to work towards getting the laws, central and local, changed, so that it is illegal to keep a dog in these cruel conditions.
The team @ Nimby Rotorua
At 9:59 a.m.,
Natalie's Life said…
Yes you are right about dog being underexercised, and left in crates all day.
Massey University had a study that stated that only 25% of dog owners in Palmerston North walk their dogs!!
25% walk
75% don't exercise their dog.
A similar study was done in Perth, Australia, and the conclusions were drawn.
With this week's controversy around pigs in cages where the cages are so small that they can't turn around... well, how many dogs are in the same situation.
The lack of mental stimulation as well as physical exercise contributes to the non-dog savvy ways of our society... dog walks without owner, dog preserving themselves through aggression behaviour etc etc.
The best thing that a society could do is teach humans how to care for their canine friend. Make socialisation classes compulsory but at the same time... people think that that's all you need to have a good well mannered dog!
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