News and Media

October 26, 2023

Foster Carer Call Out

                                   Call out for Melbourne’s biggest animal lovers   Victoria’s biggest animal shelter is calling on pet lovers to put their hand up and join the team as foster carers in the lead up to the holiday season.   The Lost...
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August 8, 2023

Sit Ups For Strays

Australia’s first ever Sit Up for Strays launching in Melbourne!    Melbourne is set to become the capital of abs with the launch of the Sit Up for Strays Facebook Challenge.     The Lost Dogs’ Home has set the challenge of doing 41 sit ups each day in September for the 41 lost...
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June 16, 2023

Extra TLC for Pets – a new way to care for our shelter pets

                       Extra TLC for Pets – a new way to care for our shelter pets        Dogs and cats at Melbourne’s The Lost Dogs’ Home are experiencing a whole new way of life at the shelter with the Extra TLC for Pets program.   A team of 25...
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September 5, 2023

Warm Weather Prediction

Melbourne’s warmer weather forecasts a tougher than expected summer for shelters     A hotter than expected Melbourne summer is predicted to place shelters under increased pressure with capacity issues forecast to peak earlier than expected this year.     The Lost Dogs’ Home...
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July 11, 2023

Melbourne has gone cat crazy this winter!

Forget about Taylor Swift mania, Melbourne is in the grip of cat and kitten mania with record numbers of felines finding forever homes in the last few weeks.     The Lost Dogs’ Home has adopted more than 900 cats and kittens in just over a month and is now struggling to keep up with the...
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June 1, 2023

There’s No Place Like Home – Winter Adoption Campaign

                        There’s no place like home for our animals this winter   This winter, we are expecting 4,410 animals to need our love and care. That is 13 per cent more animals than last year.   To give our animals the best chance of finding a home before...
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