Animal Welfare in Abo Communities

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Dogs 'starving and neglected' in far north Queensland Indigenous community

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/dogs-yarrabah-neglected-mistreated-out-of-control/9945978

Excerpt: A volunteer animal rescue worker has described the abuse and neglect of dogs in the Aboriginal community of Yarrabah, south of Cairns, as "out of control".

Lyn Dadd, 59, visits Yarrabah two to three times a week with approval from the local council, and estimates she had rescued at least 2,000 dogs from the community in the past two years.

She believed the problem was escalating and said she had been particularly disturbed by several cases in the past week, including finding a dog with a hacked-off paw and finding another beaten so badly it could not walk.

"I received a phone call from a distraught woman asking for help," she said.

"Her brother had beaten his dog in a fit of rage the previous night, kicking her several times.

Ms Dadd said she saw an emaciated female Bull Arab cross struggling to walk.

"When I pulled over I noticed that the paw was gone," she said.

"It was a clean cut, like a cut you could imagine ... with a cane cutting knife.

"It was an extremely clean cut, so it's not a cut where she'd been hit and lost a paw."

Ms Dadd said she took the dog to the vet, but it was put down.

"One look at the Bull Arab and [the vet] said, 'no, the animal needs to be put to sleep — it would not cope with an operation, it's too far gone as far as infection and starvation'," she said.

Lookin' for a Handout ...

Yarrabah Aborginal Shire council CEO, Janelle Menzies, said there was not enough money or resources to fully deal with the problem, admitting it was "out of control".

"We have been lobbying the State Government for more funding considering we are one of the biggest Indigenous communities but we get the same amount of funding as all the other Indigenous communities.

"We get poorly funded [but] we're trying to meet the concerns of the RSPCA."

Black Privilege

"People should report animal welfare concerns to the RSPCA, and officers could help without necessarily resorting to prosecution (of Indigenous people)."

The homeless dog population in these places are out of control. They Roam, scavenge and fight with Abos doing little to help them. I have even heard of them feeding Dogs to Crocodiles for fun.

The RSPCA doesn't seem to want to go fix the problems in these places. If you do hurt /neglect animals in an urban area expect penalties. The Abos they won't touch though!