Animals
Little dog saves owner’s life
COLAC’S Anne-Maree Landgren says her dog Jessica saved her life after her heart stopped.
Koala watchers’ lives at risk
AN OTWAYS resident says there’ll be “blood on someone’s hands” if tourists continue to stop in the middle of the road to pat koalas.
Tracking Otways predators
RESEARCHERS are using motion-sensing cameras, tracking collars and fox droppings to learn how predators respond to fire in the Otways.
Cat loses leg in illegal trap
AN illegal trap has cost a family pet cat one of its leg and part of its tail
Koalas decimating gum trees
A KOALA population explosion is decimating gum trees at Cape Otway.
Illegal dog fighting alarm
POLICE fear illegal dog fighting could be happening in the Colac district after the theft of a dog from a property west of Colac.
Rules could restrict pets
PEOPLE with dogs, cats, chooks and farm animals face new restrictions on the number of animals they can keep in Colac Otway Shire.
Cat hurt in illegal trap
AUTHORITIES are appealing for information about an illegal steel-jaw trap which injured a cat in Colac.