Dog and puppy foster carers urgently required to give shelter dogs a Merry Christmas.

Home for Christmas? How about spreading some joy and opening your heart and your home for a few days to a shelter pup or bigger boof-da-floof.

On Thursday 5th December our amazing group of volunteers were awarded highly commended in the Volunteer Team of the Year category at the Volunteering ACT awards.

Hot cars, hot footpaths and lack of water all avoidable dangers for pets this summer

We’re excited at the prospect of seeing the construction of the new RSPCA ACT campus. We don’t quite know when it will begin, but we’ve been assured it’s on the way.

Through May and June this year about 30-40% more dogs, more puppies, more cats arrived at our shelter than during the same period last year. We’ve noticed the length of stays with complicated requirements have extended as well.

Dana, the domestic medium-hair cat arrived at our shelter in serious discomfort, such was her badly matted body.

The joy we get from seeing happy dogs when we approach them keeps us going everyday, but the overwhelming elation we get from seeing a happy dog who has never encountered joy is unbelievable.