Animals

  • Little dog saves owner’s life

    COLAC’S Anne-Maree Landgren says her dog Jessica saved her life after her heart stopped.

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  • 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.

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  • Tracking Otways predators

    RESEARCHERS are using motion-sensing cameras, tracking collars and fox droppings to learn how predators respond to fire in the Otways.

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  • Cat loses leg in illegal trap

    AN illegal trap has cost a family pet cat one of its leg and part of its tail

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  • Koalas decimating gum trees

    A KOALA population explosion is decimating gum trees at Cape Otway.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Cat hurt in illegal trap

    AUTHORITIES are appealing for information about an illegal steel-jaw trap which injured a cat in Colac.

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