Weston

 Weston arrived at the shelter sedated. His owner unsure if he would travel well in the car from Lismore to the Gold Coast. He was the love of his owner’s life and his constant companion for six years. But today was the day he had to say goodbye. For...

Beautiful Beau

Hi, We adopted Beau as a companion dog for my husband Mal in April last year. Mal had progressively limited movement due to a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease. He was already confined to an electric wheelchair when we visited the Beenleigh AWLQ. We also had three...

Record Crowds Flock to Adopt!

Gold Coast, Qld, December 9, 2013 — The Animal Welfare League Qld has rehomed 92% of their 192 shelter animals  in one weekend, in what was the charity’s most successful adoption drive in their 50 year history.Record crowds of over 1000 pet lovers...

Willow

I adopted Willow about 14 months ago and today, she is absolutely my most prized possession who makes me smile everyday.When I headed to the AWLQ in Helensvale last year I was hoping to meet a beautiful Boarder Collie, but when I arrived he was being adopted. I was...

Louise and her little treasures

My name is Louise Piper and five years ago I adopted a little treasure named MAVIS but changed to Missy Moo. Here is our photo.Last Monday she was put to sleep in my arms and left a huge hole in my life. She was my constant companion.In the five years that we shared,...

Persevering with Percy Pays off!

As I was growing up, my family pet was always a blue heeler – from Booga to Rocky and now Buddy. After moving away from home I desperately wanted another ‘puppy’, but my husband and I lived in a duplex and didn’t think it would be fair to have...