Australia has one if the highest levels of dog ownership worldwide with an estimated 40 per cent of Australian households having at least one dog. This means that there are around 4 milion dogs nationwide. But while Australia enjoys a high level of dog ownership, a high number of dogs are admitted into shelters. During 2008 - 2009, the RSPCA alone recorded 69,383 admissions into its shelters.
This issue promotes responsible dog ownership and supports the dedicated work of organisations re-homing lost and abandonded dogs. The RSPCA, Victoria's Lost Dogs Home, Dogs' Homes of Tasmania and the NSW Animal rescue are just some of the key establishments working tirelessly for animal welfare and pairing lost or abandonded dogs with new owners. Their number is significantly boosted by the many small shelters also re-homing dogs. In the case of two Australia' s largest shelters - the RSPCA and the Lost Dogs' Home - they find new owners for around 70 per cent of the dogs admitted. Only those that are healthy, de-sexed and free of behavioural problems (such as biting and excessive barking) can be re-homed through their adoption programs.
Each of the dogs featured in this stamp issue has been given a second chance. All five have spent time in a shelter before being adopted into adoring new families.
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