1
00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,520
Speaker 1: Five double A nights with Matthew Pantellas some Christmas music.

2
00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:10,119
Speaker 1: That is pretty appropriate because over Christmas, of course, a

3
00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,640
Speaker 1: lot of businesses will shut down. Some don't. Radio we

4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,480
Speaker 1: keep going same hours apart from the bit we outsource

5
00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,560
Speaker 1: overnight to three aw but the rest of it we

6
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,680
Speaker 1: are here, live and local for the twenty or so

7
00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:30,200
Speaker 1: hours a day. However, another business that doesn't shut down,

8
00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,400
Speaker 1: they need to keep going. Animal shelters and over Christmas

9
00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,199
Speaker 1: well it can be some of their busiest time. So

10
00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:43,000
Speaker 1: they are looking for people to outsource animals to foster

11
00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:48,480
Speaker 1: animals for a little bit only short term to help

12
00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:53,120
Speaker 1: with the Christmas period. Tris Ennis is from Companion Animal

13
00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,760
Speaker 1: Network Australia CEO and she joins been outsh good evening,

14
00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:57,800
Speaker 1: thank you for your time.

15
00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,200
Speaker 2: Good evening, Matthew.

16
00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,880
Speaker 1: No rest. Animal Shelters and Rescues. Obviously this continues and

17
00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,279
Speaker 1: I imagine Christmas for a range of reasons, probably busier.

18
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,000
Speaker 2: Oh they really are, especially because at that time a

19
00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,959
Speaker 2: lot of our volunteers take holidays as well, and we

20
00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,959
Speaker 2: haven't got people to look after the pets.

21
00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, so what does that mean? Ultimately you need people

22
00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:21,440
Speaker 1: to take some.

23
00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,520
Speaker 2: On We really do. Fostering is a wonderful way to

24
00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,440
Speaker 2: number one, get the pets out of the shelters, which

25
00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,120
Speaker 2: is a terrific thing, and it's a great thing for

26
00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,480
Speaker 2: the people as well. You don't have to commit to

27
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,800
Speaker 2: a whole lot of time. You can have them overnight,

28
00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,480
Speaker 2: and you can have them for a weekend or for

29
00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,920
Speaker 2: a week or two. But taking an animal out of

30
00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,320
Speaker 2: a shelter situation and having them in your home just

31
00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,680
Speaker 2: really helps them to adapt to home life, which is terrific.

32
00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, what sort of animals are we talking? Are we

33
00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:00,440
Speaker 1: talking kittens, puppies or older animals? What are we talking about?

34
00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,800
Speaker 2: Well, the full mix. But this time of year is

35
00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,280
Speaker 2: kitten season as well, so there are a lot of

36
00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,440
Speaker 2: tiny little kittens that are ready to be fostered and

37
00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,800
Speaker 2: looked after. Now you could take a whole batch of them,

38
00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,320
Speaker 2: or you could take one, so that doesn't really matter

39
00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,800
Speaker 2: as long as we can keep these pets out of

40
00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,000
Speaker 2: the shelters during this.

41
00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:26,200
Speaker 1: Time, all right. Does it come with food or supply?

42
00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:27,720
Speaker 1: I don't know, a blanket or something.

43
00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,520
Speaker 2: Oh, it comes with everything. So all food, all vet care, bedding,

44
00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,040
Speaker 2: anything that you need to look after that pet is supplied.

45
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,800
Speaker 2: So there is no cost to you at all, and

46
00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,160
Speaker 2: that's the beauty of it. So, you know, for people

47
00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,519
Speaker 2: that perhaps have just lost a pet and just want

48
00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,200
Speaker 2: the company, that would be a perfect scenario. People that

49
00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,280
Speaker 2: haven't had pets before that want to try it before

50
00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,520
Speaker 2: they buy sort of thing, so they could take on

51
00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,600
Speaker 2: a faster pet for the short term or the long term.

52
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,480
Speaker 2: So there's so many good benefits that you could have

53
00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,520
Speaker 2: just by looking after these pets and getting them out

54
00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,280
Speaker 2: of the shelters, getting them into a home. Some of

55
00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:18,120
Speaker 2: these pets are lost pets, so you know, they're used

56
00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,640
Speaker 2: to being in a home environment and to put them

57
00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,640
Speaker 2: in the shelter just increases the trauma.

58
00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,040
Speaker 1: Is it traumatic for them though when you return them?

59
00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,760
Speaker 1: Surely it must be for the poor things?

60
00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,680
Speaker 2: No, because often they're adopted straight away from the faster parent,

61
00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,880
Speaker 2: which is a terrific outcome, and some are returned to

62
00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,640
Speaker 2: their owners when they're finally found.

63
00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,200
Speaker 1: So this is the importance of microchipping, isn't it to

64
00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,480
Speaker 1: match them up straight away?

65
00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,560
Speaker 2: Oh? Perfect? Yeah, I think every animal should be microchipped

66
00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,320
Speaker 2: as soon as you receive it. In DCEX obviously as well,

67
00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,520
Speaker 2: which is really important. Has stopped the kittens from the

68
00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:05,840
Speaker 2: kitten to the increased kittens. But yeah, no desexing. But honestly,

69
00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:12,520
Speaker 2: fostering is a fantastic way of going forward for many reasons.

70
00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,040
Speaker 2: You know, there's so many people out there that unfortunately

71
00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,000
Speaker 2: have to surrender their pets due to cost of living, rental, Christ,

72
00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,360
Speaker 2: there's various other reasons. That's no fault of their own,

73
00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:28,760
Speaker 2: but they're just putting a really sad situation. People are

74
00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:34,960
Speaker 2: domestic violence. Often the people are the animals get attacked

75
00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,400
Speaker 2: before the humans. So to be able to get that

76
00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,520
Speaker 2: animal and the humans out of that scenario and have

77
00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,800
Speaker 2: a foster person to be able to look after that

78
00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,839
Speaker 2: pet while that the mother of the child or children

79
00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,880
Speaker 2: are being cared for and before they can get settled

80
00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,680
Speaker 2: into their own home is a great thing to do.

81
00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,800
Speaker 1: Absolutely for people who've already got a pet, a cat

82
00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,560
Speaker 1: or a dog and one either the opposite of that

83
00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,320
Speaker 1: or another one to foster, is it a good idea

84
00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,080
Speaker 1: of bringing a foster animal into an environment where they're

85
00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,960
Speaker 1: already as an animal and the issues of you know,

86
00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,559
Speaker 1: who's the top cat or dog perhaps might might rise

87
00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,239
Speaker 1: to the surface.

88
00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's been a fear of a lot of people

89
00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,960
Speaker 2: that already have animals, but our shelters can actually match

90
00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,680
Speaker 2: people that have already had animals that are you know,

91
00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,240
Speaker 2: with dogs or cats that are used to being with

92
00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:34,360
Speaker 2: other animals, So you wouldn't be left out on lurch

93
00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,920
Speaker 2: getting an animal that's fearsome or scared or wouldn't adapt

94
00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,880
Speaker 2: to other animals in the household. Often these rescue animals

95
00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,760
Speaker 2: do need their company of other animals, which is terrific.

96
00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,640
Speaker 1: Okay, So this is such a good thing to think

97
00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,200
Speaker 1: about doing, particularly, as you say, if you've thinking about

98
00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,920
Speaker 1: getting a pet of cat, dog, whatever, and I want

99
00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,960
Speaker 1: to try before you buy. What a great way to

100
00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,440
Speaker 1: do it for. How long is a general foster period

101
00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,479
Speaker 1: over this time of year? You said, perhaps a weekend,

102
00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,680
Speaker 1: perhaps a week or two. Is there any sort of

103
00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,720
Speaker 1: average time? Would you prefer it be done before Christmas

104
00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,080
Speaker 1: returned after New Year if it comes to that, is

105
00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,960
Speaker 1: that the ideal period or yeah, that.

106
00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,159
Speaker 2: Would be perfect because as I said, our foster parents

107
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,360
Speaker 2: are often on holidays themselves, and you know, the means

108
00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,920
Speaker 2: that the pets have to go back into the shelter

109
00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,760
Speaker 2: for the time being, but we prefer if they could

110
00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,960
Speaker 2: go to another foster family or foster person, but you

111
00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,000
Speaker 2: don't have to be a family, just a single person's fine.

112
00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,680
Speaker 1: Okay. So there we are a few little bits of

113
00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,880
Speaker 1: info there here in South Australia. I understand. It's Scruffer

114
00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,280
Speaker 1: Lovers and Ginger Ninja Rescue. They're the that's right, the

115
00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,520
Speaker 1: groups that are with you.

116
00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:57,040
Speaker 2: Absolutely, they're our members and terrific. They do a fantastic job.

117
00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,719
Speaker 1: Okay, so get in touch with them. Is that the

118
00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,280
Speaker 1: best way to do it directly? Or is Sarah? Can

119
00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,440
Speaker 1: they go through your website? Perhaps the Companion Animal Network.

120
00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,560
Speaker 2: They can go through Companion Well it's Australiacan dot org

121
00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,600
Speaker 2: dot au. Right, they can go through there and there's

122
00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,240
Speaker 2: a link to Scruffle Lovers and Ninjas or they can

123
00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,560
Speaker 2: contact us that info at Australiacan dot org dot au

124
00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,200
Speaker 2: and I will pass on the information.

125
00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,680
Speaker 1: Fantastic, Trish, thank you so much for your time. What

126
00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,880
Speaker 1: a lovely thing for somebody to do, to look after

127
00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,560
Speaker 1: an animal, just even for a few weeks over the

128
00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,240
Speaker 1: Christmas New Year period and who knows, maybe fall in

129
00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,160
Speaker 1: love with it and keep it.

130
00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,600
Speaker 2: Oh wouldn't that be one? Yeah?

131
00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:37,559
Speaker 1: Good on you. Thanks Chrishan.

132
00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,640
Speaker 2: Thanks having by bye?

133
00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,920
Speaker 1: How wonderful is that? So the Companion Animal Network and

134
00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,840
Speaker 1: here in South Australia Scruffer Lovers and Ginger Ninja Rescue.

135
00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,360
Speaker 1: But Australian Can is the website Australiancan dot org dot

136
00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:54,600
Speaker 1: au