A local government in rural Australia fatally shot dogs that were set to go to an animal shelter in another town over concerns that the shelter’s employees could spread the coronavirus by traveling to pick up the animals. Support our journalism.... “ Camp dogs ” are often re-homed from Australia’s remote, Indigenous communities to more populous ones.... Mixed messages and rising cases are muddying the picture....

RESCUE dogs ready for adoption were shot dead by a heartless council" due to Covid restrictions". The pooches-including one which had just given birth-were killed to stop people travelling to pick them up and catching the virus.... And Greens animal welfare spokesperson Abigail Boyd accused the government of" twiddling its thumbs on animal welfare issues while more animals are being killed".... We are deeply distressed and completely appalled by this callous dog shooting. Lisa RyanAnimal Liber