Artist creates racy T-shirts to raise money for RSPCA
It seemed like an ordinary day for Petersham-based artist Beverley Feneck and her friends when they came up with a great fundraising idea for the RSPCA.
Sitting in a local Berkelouw Café on Norton Street, Feneck and her friends dreamed up a fun new line of T-shirts based on the retro look seen on catwalks around Europe, including racy slogans such as “Stroke Me I Purr” and “You’ve not Been Loved Till You’ve Been Licked”.
above: 'Stroke me I Purr' from the "daddy T" range of shirts
“We were just sitting in the café throwing ideas around and then the guys at the café got involved,” she said. “They must have given us about 20 ideas.”
Some of the ideas, however, were so spicy that the printer refused to do them, although Feneck is clear that she didn’t intend to create any controversy.
“We just want to have a bit of fun and raise some money for a good cause,” she said.
The T-shirts are available for purchase through Sydney Print and Design in Petersham, ordered via Berkelouw Café, or online at www.thatslove.net.
Source: Isaac Wilson, The Inner-West Courier, Jan 2008
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New Zealand’s Nelson SPCA provides mobile desexing
There is some good news for local residents of Bishopdale, New Zealand; from February 2-21, anyone on a low income with a community services card will be able to have their pets neutered for free. The mobile desexing clinic will be based at the Nelson SPCA centre during the month.
Donna Stinger, manager of the Nelson SPCA centre, said she hoped the initiative would result in a drop in the number of stray and unwanted animals in the region.
Source: The Nelson Mail (NZ), Jan 2008
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PIAA diffuses boarding ‘trial workers’ dispute
The PIAA has helped resolve a dispute between a boarding kennel and a hopeful trainee’s father after the teenager was told she didn’t have the job following her 8-hour trial shift.
The young woman was among several other potential employees who worked at the boarding kennel in the hopes of gaining the role of casual Animal Attendant.
Two weeks after the trial day, which involved walking dogs, cleaning dog pens, feeding the animals and moving them around enclosures, she contacted the boarding kennel to see if she had the job and was told that the positions had been filled during the lead-up to the busy Christmas period.
Although the kennel claims that ‘trial workers’ work on a voluntary basis, the young woman’s father believes that she was illegally denied payment after she had been assured over the phone that she would receive wages for her shift.
Her father has since sought compensation, notifying the Department of Workplace Relations and the Discrimination Board about the issue. He has also brought the matter to the attention of executive members of the PIAA.
Following correspondence between the PIAA and the boarding kennel, the matter has been resolved and the young woman has received a cheque for her day’s work.
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Upcoming: Terraristika reptile and amphibian events, Germany
Coming up this year in Hamm, Germany, will be one of the world’s largest reptile fairs. The first of three Terraristika reptile and amphibian events will take place on the 15th of March 2008.
Last September’s event received well over 400 exhibitors, and covered 7000 square metres of trade show space. It was so popular in fact, that visitors queued from six in the morning even though the doors didn’t open until 10am.
Also successful in the reptile world is the National Reptile Breeders Expo, hosted by Daytona Beach Hilton Hotel, which takes place each summer in the US.
Source: Steve O’Malley, UKPets, Jan 2008
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