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Low cost de-sexing of cats in the Tweed Shire will be available during July for those on low incomes including Centrelink beneficiaries, health care card carriers and those who earn less than $50k p.a. The distressing problem of unwanted kittens in particular, is still a growing problem. Pounds and local rescue groups have been coping but just. Early desexing of male and female cats at an early age is the answer to controlling the unwanted kitten population. Be...Read more...

Join us to see "The Big Wedding”, a fundraising event to be held 31st May @ Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah. Start time 6.00pm drinks and nibbles, movie starts at 6.30 pm. Cost is $15 each. Please contact Sherrill Black for tickets: blacks.r@bigpond.com or phone 07 55241434 to reserve seating. Read more...

Our Cat Adopt-a-thon will be held at 1OO% Pets, as part of Seniors Week on the 23-24 March from 10am – 3pm each day, entry is free! There will be a number of adult cats on display and available for adoption, as well as a sausage sizzle for you to enjoy. If you would like to find the furry feline friend of your dreams, please bring a cat carrier with you, in the hope of taking home your latest family addition. At present we have 36 adults cats and 47 kittens,...Read more...

The generous staff at First National organised a wishing tree in three of their offices, two in Pottsville and one in Tweed.  The local residents from Pottsville and Tweed donated dog and cat food for our foster cats and dogs which we are very grateful for, we had a photo shoot to commemorate the handing over of the food :) Read more...

Help us give our critters a scond chance and purchase tickets in our Valentines Day Raffle! 1st Prize is a VIP pass for Four Adults for entry into Movie World, Sea World & Wet’n’wild Water World until 30 June 2013 2nd Prize Dinner for Two and Movie Tickets 3rd Prize Two Bottles of Wine and Chocolates   Tickets 1 = $1 3 = $2 10 = $10 You may purchase tickets at the following places: Wednesday 6th February Tweed City Mall South...Read more...

The first time I heard about Abbie was when I received an email from a member of Story Dogs who knew Abbie’s owner. The email said ‘Gentle Cocker Spaniel pup needs a home’. Abbie’s owners had bred a few litters of pups without any problems but two female pups in the latest litter were born with cataracts on both of their eyes. They had a tiny bit of sight but would eventually be completely blind. They had given one of the pups to a family...Read more...

Friends of the Pound is holding an event at our Rehoming booth, 100% Pets Greenway Drive, South Tweed.  The event is a fundraiser, “Have your photo taken with Santa and your best friend”, this event will be for families and their pet dog, no cats as it would be quite distressing for them. The photo shoot will take place on the 1st and 9th December, between the hours of 10.00 am and 2.00 pm NSW time. The cost will be $15 for a 5”x7”...Read more...

There have been so many of our foster dogs gone to lovely homes. Sometimes we get too busy to write up reports for the web and let people know of the successes that we have. You may have read about some of them in the Newsletter but I will try to give a rundown on what has been going on over these past months.   Winston, the lovely little Llasa Apso went to the perfect home. His new owner just loves him.   Peachie our lovely long termer golden oldie...Read more...

Dear Polly is DSH ginger desexed female puss, a good-looking but a very independent cat who likes attention but on her terms. She can be very entertaining and agile as she can do forward flips! Polly has been in foster care for a year and it is time that she finds her forever home with either an older couple or a family with teenage/adult children. Polly is happier as an only cat, she enjoys being indoors but loves to spend a little time in the garden. If you would...Read more...