Stray pets rescue coordinator Therese Gardner estimates more than 25,000 cats and dogs have been saved in the past 10 years.
The young German shepherd-cross dog was skinny and starving when she was found in the north-western Victorian town of Robinvale earlier this month.
Good luck, mate: Volunteer driver Bill Maher, having driven stray dog Fairie from Swan Hill, hands her over to rescue volunteers on Melbourne’s outskirts.Ten years ago, unwanted animals like Fairie, as she’s been dubbed, might have been euthanised, but luckily for her, that’s changed. The process is called the North West Run, and organisers say it saves more than 3500 animal lives a year.
There to meet Maher in the Melbourne car park are 15 volunteers from animal rescue groups including Starting Over Dog Rescue, MEOW Rescue and the Forever Friends Animal Rescue.The rescue volunteers then drive the dogs and cats to foster carers as far away as Cranbourne and Emerald.
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