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Food relief rise Volunteers at Transit Soup Kitchen are pictured preparing for their 6pm groceries distribution in Narre Warren. Michelle Pinxt, Transit’s Grants and Community Relations Officer says that turnout for both the dinner service and fresh food distribution has dramatically increased in the last six months and that the cost of living has meant many Casey residents are not able to afford basic food necessities. More on the story, turn to page 2.
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Puppy outrage By Jensy Callimootoo Animal Justice Party MP, Georgie Purcell has called for greater transparency from Casey’s dog shelter The Lost Dogs Home, after a decision to euthanise 12 week old Staffordshire cross puppy, Murphy, sparked outrage online.
The fate of Milly, Murphy’s sister, is also up in the air despite her foster parent claiming she exhibited no alarming behaviour. She is now being monitored by the shelter’s behavioural team in a private home and no decision has been made on her fate. The online community is urging the shelter to
elaborate on why alarms were raised by the Lost Dogs Home’s behavioural assessment team. Purcell ignited attention on Murphy and Milly’s case with a statement from Murphy’s foster parents, saying that they “begged” the shelter to reconsider the decision to euthanise him.
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The shelter has released multiple statements since the online attention, saying their decision to put down Murphy “was based on multiple sources of information on an ongoing basis and clear behavioural indicators that made him unsuitable for rehoming”. More on the story, turn to page 3
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