What affects us affects cats
Quarantine rooms are obviously important for cat shelters where lots of cats are together in a relatively small space which promotes the transmission of disease. If you adopt a cat from a rescue center should you ask whether they have a quarantine room? The Animal Friends Connection Humane Society has a separate quarantine area. …
A new policy of euthanizing (in this instance better described as killing) newborn kittens that weigh less than 100 grams has been implemented at Greenville County Care Services (GCACS). This page analyses the policy to see if it is accurate and decent. I presume we are talking about newborn kittens who happen to be …
This is a little morality story concerning a Siberian tiger and a Chinese man. The Chinese man is Qu Shuangxi (“Mr Qu”). Mr Qu liked to go hunting or trapping for deer. Almost 4 years ago Mr Qu was returning from a trapping trip with his friend. Apparently, many Chinese in the province of …
America has just had its Intergroom International Grooming Conference in New Jersey, USA. A Photographer, Paul Nathan, was there photographing the contestants. Professional grooming competitions like this take cat and dog grooming to new heights or lows depending upon your point of view. I can understand competitive dog grooming – just. However, I do …
Brian Gentilotti lives in Massachusetts. Brian lost his right leg because of a motorcycle accident in 2006. He elected to have the amputation because there were complications in repairing his leg. Brian was volunteering for a children’s camp for kids who were amputees in or near Ponte Vedra, Florida. Tim Houston, 10, introduced Brian …
by Sylvia Ann You mercy-killed him on a Thursday. ‘Call us next Wednesday.’ the vet nurse tells you. ‘It takes five or six days.’ Wednesday arrives, with no word. Eleven days later – the following Monday – a man with a blandiloquent voice answers the phone at the crematorium. ‘Uh…what’s the name again?’ he …
This is a funny video. You might even call it a funny cat video but there is no cat in it. The video is called “Meow Super Trooper”. It’s very subtle and I liked it. Are u saying MEOW 🙂 are you kitten me right meow? http://youtu.be/mXPeLctgvQI Is the driver Philiip Seymour Hoffman? I …
Our Coffee Morning at Co-operative Funeralcare where Babz works, was a great success. Because Wear Valley & Darlington Cats Protection, Ark on the Edge, Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary and Stray Aid are all overflowing with unwanted animals, we decided that we would try to make this event a really good one and they could …
