Striving for best practice - local government and animal welfare working together towards common goals in animal management
Greg Thomson
Abstract
I now wish to present to you some very practical applications, particularly from the perspective of the Animal Welfare League (AWL) of South Australia, as to the way in which we have undertaken our cooperation with the aim of working towards better animal management. I believe this has established us as a benchmark within this field. Historically, and our records show this, the Animal Welfare League of South Australia has always undertaken, to the best of its ability, a very positive communication process with other organisations and local government authorities. Whilst this has not always been reciprocal it has, I believe, established a base for the rapport that is working well today. For many years now the Animal Welfare League of South Australia has undertaken the role of what we colloquially quote as being 'the designated pound' for a number of councils within the Adelaide metropolitan area and near surrounds. This in effect is still a relatively true statement. Being situated in the northern suburbs area of Adelaide and having the RSPCA shelter situated in the southern suburbs area, it is quite fitting that on a cooperative basis we undertake the role of receipt and handling of both cats and dogs on behalf of councils.
About the author
Greg Thomson
Animal Welfare League of South Australia Incorporated
1-19 Cormack Rd
Wingfield SA 5013
Ph. 08 8268 4188 Fx. 08 8268 9545
Email. animwelf@arcom.com.au
Greg has been General Manager of the Animal Welfare League of South Australia Incorporated since 1995. Prior to that, he worked in the health industry in both NSW and SA for some 28 years. He worked primarily in the psychiatric, mental health and community health areas and prior to moving into his current position, managed a community health service for some 70,000 square kilometres of rural NSW. Over the years he has developed a keen interest in quality assurance processes, best practice methods and networking.
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