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December 31st, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Police have seized a significant stash of illegal fireworks in Victoria in the lead up to New Year’s Eve, as concerns grow about the unlawful use of firecrackers.
A 23-year-old man will be questioned by police after the fireworks were recovered from a property in Lismore, in the state’s southwest, on Friday.
Inspector Kevin Archer reminded Victorians that possessing or setting off fireworks without the proper authority was an offence.
“We encourage the community to report any illegal sales or detonations of fireworks over the weekend,” Insp Archer said.
The warning comes after concerns were raised by animal shelters that an increase in the use of illegal fireworks was to blame for the high number of dogs escaping from backyards.
Sue Conroy, general manager of operations at The Lost Dogs’ Home in Melbourne, said illegal fireworks were becoming more common in Melbourne’s suburbs.
“We’re seeing every year a greater number of random fireworks being set off between Christmas Day … and New Year’s Eve, and we’re feeling the effects of that more and more every year,” she told reporters.
Ms Conroy said the shelter’s ambulances were regularly called to the same Melbourne suburbs where dogs had been spooked by fireworks.
Sunbury, St Albans, Deer Park and Preston were among the problem suburbs in Melbourne’s north and west, she said.
One resident had picked up his labrador from the shelter twice in the past week, after it was spooked by illegal fireworks.
“He has got constant problems with fireworks in his local area,” Ms Conroy said.
“He has been in to pick up his 10-year-old Labrador twice in the last week and he is just at wits’ end at what to do.”
Ms Conroy said the shelter’s ambulances were often dedicated to one area where a cluster of illegal fireworks had been detonated.
“We often pick up 10 to 20, maybe 30 dogs, just from one suburb,” she said.
Last year about 145 dogs came into the North Melbourne shelter in the 24 hours after the New Year’s Eve fireworks.
About 133 of those were returned to their owners within the eight-day holding period.
Ms Conroy said hot conditions this year would add to problems, with the shelter preparing to treat dogs for heat exhaustion.
The shelter is preparing for a busy night with extra ambulances and workers on the lookout for frightened pooches.
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