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Eric Munday with a very lucky pup, Milly, whom he adopted today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peter Baumgartner and his Bichon Frise, Timmy, took part in this year’s Walk, helping\u00a0raise much-needed funds for the South Burnett’s RSPCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 20, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The RSPCA’s annual Million Paws Walk<\/strong>, held in Kingaroy’s Lions Park this morning, was the most successful held to date, according to Kingaroy RSPCA spokesperson Kirsty Minter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A record 85 walkers turned out with their favourite pooches for a brisk (or leisurely) 4km walk around the adjoining parklands in the bright morning sunshine.<\/p>\n

And afterwards many stayed on to enjoy a barbecue breakfast, browse market stalls, give their pets a hydrobath, get them micro-chipped or simply take part in a number of fun competitions like “Slobberiest Dog” and “Best Roll-Over”.<\/p>\n

Most pleasing of all for RSPCA staff were that two dogs were adopted into new homes as a direct result of the annual fund-raising effort.<\/p>\n

“In previous years the Million Paws Walk has been just for existing dog owners,” Kirsty said.<\/p>\n

“We charge a fee for entering the walk and the money raised goes into helping pay the Kingaroy RSPCA’s operating expenses.<\/p>\n

“But this year we invited people without dogs who wanted to help the RSPCA to get involved too, by offering to supply them with dogs from our shelter.<\/p>\n

“This let the dogs get some exercise and let the walkers get to know the dogs at the same time.<\/p>\n

“And as things turned out, two people liked their dogs so much that they’re taking them home with them tonight. Which is just wonderful!”<\/p>\n

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Superheroes for the RSPCA … Wendy and Emily Smith dressed up for this year’s\u00a0Million Paws Walk (and so did Lilly and Boof)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The RSPCA Million Paws Walk was started in Queensland in 1994 by celebrity vet Dr Cam Day who believed a special event like this could be a “win-win” situation: providing a fun day out for pets and their owners, while promoting responsible pet ownership and raising much-needed funds for the RSPCA.<\/p>\n

Since then the event has expanded nationally, with around 70 similar walks held around Australia today.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett’s own Million Paws walk began in 2007 and it’s a “dogs only” event.<\/p>\n

But it has gradually grown in popularity over the past six years and become a great awareness-raiser for the local RSPCA shelter.<\/p>\n

“We honestly don’t know why we had such a terrific turn-out today,” Kirsty said.<\/p>\n

“It could be the weather – it’s a perfect morning, isn’t it? – and it could be that we’ve made it bigger and put it in a much more high visibility location.<\/p>\n

“We have a lot of sponsors offering great discounts on hydrobaths and micro-chipping today, and that could be a factor too.<\/p>\n

“But whatever it is, we’d really like to thank everyone who came out and supported it.”<\/p>\n

Pawnote:<\/strong> Eric Munday, (top photo<\/em>), and his wife have raised an incredible 71 newborn puppies for the Kingaroy RSPCA over the years, providing them with a safe and caring environment for the first eight weeks of their lives until they become old enough for adoption.<\/p>\n

Eric finally decided to get a dog of his own today when he adopted Milly, a young blue dog,<\/p>\n

“She’s just beautiful,” he said. “I couldn’t really say no to her.”<\/p>\n

But even though the couple now have their own dog, they will continue to look after RSPCA puppies.<\/p>\n

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Gotta love those pups! RSPCA spokesperson Kirsty Minter cuddles up with some of the Kingaroy RSPCA’s dogs that are looking for a new home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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