If you missed out on local photographer Craig Holmes’s last edition of the gorgeous coffee table book, Dogs and their Families, there’s another chance to get involved, and to help Noosa RSPCA.
Craig created this community fundraising event after the region’s floods of 2011, when our local Noosaville animal care centre was inundated with lots of animals and the Brisbane RSPCA centre was completely flooded. His limited edition books are all about awareness for the brilliant work done by the RSPCA and raising much-needed funds for our local centre. To date over $15,000 has been raised by the donation of participation fees from Craig’s family and pet portrait sittings. His beautiful books celebrate the benefits of dog ownership to people and families in a special keepsake as a lifelong momento of their unique relationship with their dog. Every dog owner receives a page in the book. Australians have one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world. In fact our pets are such positive influences on our lives that one study found Australian ownership of cats and dogs saved approximately $3.86 billion in health expenditure over one year. At any time the RSPCA has many different types and breeds of dogs and cats available and you can regularly check with their adoption website www.adoptapet.com.au to see if your perfect canine or feline friend has arrived at the centre. All animals are vaccinated, desexed and microchipped and adopting means you’ll be giving them an opportunity for a long and happy life. Enrolments are now being accepted online at www.craigholmes.com.au for the 2014 edition of Dogs and their Families. Craig Holmes can be contacted on 0402 298 156.
