Animal shelter - March 26, 2024 - The Standard - video Dailymotion

RSPCA walks away from Warrnambool animal shelter.

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00:00 at RSPCA Victoria. So RSPCA have been running the Warrnambool Shelter on behalf of the Council

00:06 for the last 20 years and unfortunately RSPCA have been unsuccessful in that process and

00:11 Warrnambool Council are looking to explore other opportunities to run the shelter. We're

00:16 really saddened about walking away from running the shelter facility at Warrnambool Council

00:21 but also excited to continue to work with the Warrnambool Council and community through

00:26 our education programs, our vaccination days and more importantly helping those in need

00:31 through our inspectorate. So unfortunately our staff will be affected by this and there

00:36 will be redundancies but we hope to work closely with the Council in creating jobs and we will

00:42 also support them in finding other job opportunities. It's been a really difficult day for the staff

00:48 at RSPCA Victoria Warrnambool but they are looking to support the Council in that transition

00:53 to make sure that it is a smooth process and to ensure that our animals are cared for the

00:59 best they can be. So as for adoptions we will continue to run our adoption processes up

01:03 until the end of June so if you are looking for a new animal to come into your home please

01:09 come into our site, have a look and see if you fall in love with one of our furry friends

01:13 and if you are going through a difficult process and looking to surrender your pet please call

01:18 or visit our site and the lovely team will be able to talk you through and provide you

01:22 some information, maybe there's ways to keep the animal in the home with you. If that's

01:25 not an opportunity we can look at surrendering the animal with us as well up until the end

01:29 of June. So after the end of June we will continue to work really closely with the Warrnambool

01:33 Council and help provide them with any processes to ensure that the animals are cared for,

01:38 there's a high standard of welfare put in and support them through a really smooth transition.

01:44 As for volunteers they're really important for the work that we do at RSPCA Victoria

01:49 and unfortunately we don't have volunteer roles within RSPCA in this local community

01:55 right now but moving forward we'll support them in working with the council to find other

02:00 opportunities where they can volunteer and use their skill set to help the community.

02:04 It's really important to RSPCA Victoria to continue to support the communities not only

02:09 in Warrnambool but across Victoria so we'll continue to do that through our outreach programs,

02:14 that we do vaccination days, we do healthy education days and we also provide education

02:20 for primary school and high school children across the state and we've also got our

02:24 inspectorate team that deal with cruelty complaints but also provide education to those in the

02:29 Warrnambool area as well. So I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank our staff

02:33 and volunteers for their hard work and dedication for over 20 years. RSPCA Victoria would not

02:39 have been successful in Warrnambool without their dedication and hard work and also to

02:44 the community that have supported us through so many years and really making it successful.

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