Hi One of the casualities of the recent flooding was the Friends of the Pound storage shed at the Murwillumbah Showground. Dawn Holmes who manages the FOP second hand goods and bric a brac sales said that the market shed had 2 metres of water through it and ALL!! of the second hand goods were water affected. They had a major clean up today and some things were saved, but almost everything in the shed went to the tip. If you were thinking of looking through your...Read more...

The Tweed Pound is now open for business after being closed during the recent floods.  All the animals are safe and there are several new dogs and lots of new kittens available as well as those that have been there for some time.  If you get a chance go and visit. Read more...

The Tweed Shire Pound is closed due to the floods.  There is no safe way to evacuate the animals.  The pound is on high ground and the animals are safe. Thanks Lee for coordinating Friends of the Pound's communication with the Poundkeeper at this difficult time.   Read more...

During the last 6 months of last year, Friends of the Pound helped community members desex 14 cats and 7 dogs.  This has reduced the number of unwanted kittens and puppies and helped to solve some anti social behavioural problems.   To qualify for assistance the animal owner must live in the Tweed Shire, have a current pension card or be able to demonstrate need caused by low income.  Animal owners need to contribute towards the cost of desexing but ...Read more...

Dream of new Pound beds a reality thanks to Tweed Residents’ generosity   Late last year Friends of the Pound made an appeal to the public for funds to supply new beds for the dogs at the Tweed Shire Pound. We were overwhelmed by the response and before Christmas Friends of the Pound volunteer, Noel, had a busy time assembling all the new beds.     It took the strength of two volunteers to lug away each of the old steel and wooden beds....Read more...

Some members may recall that late last year we had a generous donation of 'baby' Byron.   We rely on fund raising to make ends meet so we can pay our escalating veterinary bills so this donation from Andama Galleries was much appreciated.  We intended to raffle Byron and had this as an agenda item for our monthly meeting last Tuesday.  We were discussing the best way to go about getting as much money as we could from this generous gift....Read more...

Welcome to our new-look website! We have streamlined the content, making it easier for you to save a life and contribute to our organisation. We now also have BPAY, to make it easier for you to donate either online or by phone. A very big thank you to iOnline who have generously developed and hosted our new website, as well as providing continued support - all free of charge. We also thank Jo Kuipers Design who offered many a late night in designing and collating...Read more...

We require a volunteer to take on the role of 'Sizzle Manager' or 'Assistant Cat Co-ordinator'. Both of these positions are essential to the success of Friends of the Pound. If either of these positions are of interest to you please email the President or phone her on 0439 766 243 for more information. Read more...

Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world, but stricter body corporate and real estate by-laws are forcing us to choose between a home or the family pet. Read Ruth Ostrow's Lorem article about the dire predictions of household pets. Landlords continue to discriminate against pet owners. Often it becomes “the dog or the home”. Should bias be illegal? I met a woman recently who’d just moved to Sydney. She’s ...Read more...