Happy Tails
Oooooh Rats
It has been nearly two weeks since I adopted Abuku & Chu from the AWL. I’d never owned a rat before, but after over six months of research, I knew I was ready. I specifically wanted to adopt from the AWL because frankly, I won’t go anywhere...
Foster dog Sprite didn’t want to come back to the AWLQ
We fostered Poppy (Sprite) in May, for kennel cough — she is a tiny thing, weighing no more than 1.8kg; but; what personality! She made herself very welcome in our home & become firm friends with our first AWL rescue Lucy the Kelpie X , Indigo the...
Penny the Dachshaund
It will be 18 months on Saturday (27/8/11) since I brought Penny(Ella) home from AWL Coombabah and 18 months since she stole my heart. I had previously owned a Dachshund for 14 years and after 2 years without any fur babies and my youngest child moving out the quiet...
Sarah’s Story
Age is no barrier for this Gold Coast schoolgirl who raised more than $1,000 for local stray and abandoned pets by locking herself in a dog cage for more than 24 hours. At just 14 years old Sarah Braund has embarked on a personal crusade against puppy farming while...
Flick the brave – a tail of survival
Don’t focus on what’s missing; work with what’s there. That is the motto I now live by to ensure I enjoy the ultimate cat life. You see I am a newly created tripod and am ready to flaunt my new figure. I know there is the saying ‘good things...
Another furry addition to the Bateup clan
She may be a woman of steel in the water but away from the competition limelight Hayley Bateup is a real softy at heart. The Gold Coast ironwoman has added a little extra fur to her already furry family, adopting another pint-sized pooch from the Animal Welfare League...
Boss Feature Story
Boss takes pride in his special gift of giving guests to his home the ultimate doggy welcome. But it was this friendly approach to life that saw him become the victim of a dognapping. The 12-month-old Bull Mastiff x Husky was taken from his Upper Coomera home after...
Rock On With The Animal Welfare League
The Rebel FM fun day at the Animal Welfare League will be held on the 2nd of July in a bid to raise vital funds for the struggling shelter. The Coombabah shelter which opened its doors in 1959 will be forced to close by Christmas if they do not receive a significant...
S.O.S, Save our Shelter
The economic downturn, natural disasters, low adoptions figures and the high number of surrendered animals is having a severe impact on the Animal Welfare League’s ability to perform to their usual capability. We are really struggling to keep our shelter doors...
AWLQ Warehouse Launch Party
A little over a year since the March 2010 fire the Animal Welfare League Queensland is reopening the Labrador warehouse. The blaze which destroyed more than $1 million dollars worth of op shop stock and donated pet products started in a neighbouring warehouse before...