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Cats coughing up a furball By Steve Hutcheson IT is pretty tough going when a bye is your best performance in a whole year of football. But like their namesake, the Ardmona Cats never say die; they just get up, brush off the dust and mud and get on with their next life as a 100-year-old football club. But, as bad luck would have it, they might well be on their last life. The Kyabram District Football League have lost patience and suspended the club from the next season for not paying their dues. Continued on page 21
CUTE AND CUDDLY… From left, Goulburn Valley Pet Adoption and Rehoming foster carers, Maxine Horton, Tilliah Brooks and Cheree McKellar with some beautiful cats who are looking for a new home. Photo: Katelyn Morse.
Finding homes for beautiful animals EVERY year, hundreds of thousands of perfectly healthy cats and dogs are taken to pounds and shelters in Australia. Unfortunately, due to overbreeding, illegal breeding, a lack of public education and regulatory policies, too many of these animals need to be put down. These are beautiful, healthy, intelligent and loving creatures that are being euthanased daily due to people’s laziness and attitude
toward animals. Here in the Goulburn Valley, a not-for-profit organisation has emerged to help reduce the number of homeless animals in the area. Goulburn Valley Pet Adoption and Rehoming are a small team of six dedicated volunteers who are animal lovers with a passion to create a positive change toward pet ownership. Continued on page 19