BENDIGO Animal Welfare & Community Services (BAWCS) – Year in Review In 2025, BAWCS continued to step in supporting animals and the people who care for them, often in crisis, often with nowhere else to turn. Community Pets Support Program BAWCS Community Pets Support Program remained the backbone of our frontline work. We supported: Not […]
As Christmas approaches, BAWCS reflects on how we have assisted those in need, from animals in pain, to families on the brink of losing the pets they love. Because of you, this year we were able to: Every case we assist represents a moment where things could have gone very differently. Christmas is often a […]
BAWCS recently made a submission into the Inquiry into Wildlife Roadstrike in Victoria highlighting our personal experience given our Shelter location. We also attended the Bendigo feedback session The final report into the Inquiry has been released.The report frames wildlife roadstrike not just as an animal welfare issue, but also a public safety issue: collisions […]
BAWCS welcomed a very underweight kitten into care after he was found alone, with no mother or siblings nearby. Although he appeared “lively,” he wasn’t interested in eating on his own and has needed syringe-feeding to ensure he gets the nutrients he desperately needs.His firm but black stools are also a concern. He’s now been […]
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Back in January 2024, BAWCS Community Pets Support Program was contacted by a devastated owner seeking help to euthanase her much-loved 10-year-old cat, Soots.As always, we asked questions, a lot of them actually, because sometimes there’s still hope. Soots had lived with lifelong vomiting, foul-smelling diarrhoea, and extreme weight loss, yet remained a happy, affectionate […]
