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PET adoption proved popular last year as lockdowns kept people apart. But now that restrictions have eased, some four-legged friends have found themselves stranded.
Local animal shelters have begun filling up with abandoned pets, Kingston Council says. The mayor Steve Staikos has urged residents struggling with the demands of owning a pet to seek support and advice.
“Some pet owners may have found themselves grappling with time constraints, or behavioural changes in pets, that don’t have you all to themselves anymore,” he said. “If these problems are addressed early, it is possible to achieve a good outcome for everyone involved.
Social Mermaids are in their element
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A GROUP of “mermaids” swims regularly at Fishermans Beach, Mornington, to gain the benefits of cold water swimming, increase exercise levels, revel in companionship and simply enjoy the fun of getting together in the water.
Afterwards, of course, they enjoy a coffee and a chat at a nearby cafe.
Mornington Peninsula Mermaids are a group of women who have swum at 7am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays since early January.
Their aim, however daunting, is to go right through winter.
Organiser Jacky Howgate says the women float, swim (with a “few now challenging themselves by swimming to the first pole and beyond”), and do aqua-aerobics with no pressure, no judgement.
Burglary charges
THREE teenagers have been charged with alleged burglaries across Parkdale, Templestowe, and Doncaster East.
Police allege they searched a stolen car in Doncaster East and found a number of wallets, purses, apple watch, air pods, cash, and a number of keys to vehicles that were allegedly stolen during a number of burglaries. A 19-year-old Pakenham man was arrested nearby and charged with theft of motor vehicle, burglary, and handle stolen goods in relation to burglaries in Parkdale and Doncaster East on 13 March.
Two other Pakenham teenagers were arrested and have since been bailed.
Detectives from Manningham Crime Investigation Unit are still investigating. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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PROTESTERS have turned up in numbers to oppose state government plans to put train stabling on a former landfill site in Heatherton.
In late 2020, the state government confirmed that the former Delta site in Heatherton was its preferred location for suburban rail loop stabling yards. The move was slammed by Kingston Council, which had eyed off the land for a new regional sporting facility (“Train stabling decision devastated community”,
Protesters visited Heatherton on Saturday to voice their opposition to the plans. Heatherton Residents Against Inappropriate Development Inc president Andrew Dawson said “as a Heatherton resident of some 25 years, I have fought to protect this area from inappropriate and intrusive proposals that would ruin the enjoyment of our peaceful amenity and forever break the link in the decades long promised Chain of Parks.”
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