Not Every Dog Has His Day: The Treatment of Dogs in Australia

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Not Every Dog Has His Day: The Treatment of Dogs in Australia (2009, 9780646514376) is the landmark textbook that welfare workers, vet nurses, shelter volunteers and serious dog-lovers cite first when they need facts, dates and legislation that shaped Australia’s canine history. Across 334 tightly-written pages, Jane Duckworth combines archival research, first-hand shelter statistics and plain-spoken commentary to show how colonial attitudes, war-time rationing, puppy-farm booms and modern breed trends have all left paw-prints on today’s rescue crisis. The result is a single-volume reference that turns “I had no idea” moments into informed action.

Buyers prize this paperback because it is written for both senior-secondary students and university animal-studies courses, yet never reads like dry course-work. Each chapter ends with discussion questions, time-line charts and current welfare contacts, making it ideal for classrooms, volunteer training days or book-club debate. Dog owners who want to argue councils, breeders or landlords from a position of knowledge keep it within arm’s reach; the extensive index and fully cited sources let you jump straight to the section on tail-docking bans, dangerous-dog declarations or the legal difference between a rescue and a rehoming group.

This particular copy shows only the light edge-wear and corner nicks that come from being carried in backpacks and reference shelves—no underlining, no ex-library stamps, no dog-eared pages to distract the next reader. With the title already out of print in Australia, clean second-hand copies are snapped up quickly by trainers, TAFE lecturers and overseas comparative-welfare students who need the Australian perspective. Secure binding and crisp internals mean you can flip from the 19th-century dingo bounty posters to the 2007 code of practice without fear of pages loosening.

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