Cat Hoarding Repeat Offenders

Cat hoarders who are repeat offenders should be banned from keeping cats for life. One family of cat hoarders living in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York State, USA have undergone an intervention by the authorities on no less than four occasions with the total number of cats involved reaching almost 400. The latest intervention …

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Is it correct to euthanize shelter cats exposed to panleuk?

WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — A deadly cat, feline panleukopenia (panleuk – feline distemper) virus has forced a North Carolina shelter to make a life and death decision concerning the cats in their care. The Watauga Humane Society is euthanizing dozens of cats to keep the virus from spreading. Up to 80 are expected to be …

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Texas USA: low-cost and effective shelter medicine undermined by vets

Back in May of 2014 the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (TBVME) made a decision that the veterinary care at animal shelters should be the same standard as that in private practice. There is a natural difference in the standard because of budgetary constraints. That should be obvious. There is more money in …

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Facebook: animal cruelty photos are OK but breastfeeding photos are not

This is bizarre to me. The beautiful naturalness of breastfeeding was considered offensive by Facebook (FB) and yet, daily, thousands of photographs of animal cruelty are paraded on Facebook’s pages in one guise or another with totally impunity. Grizzly photos of animals being abused are considered acceptable. But are they? Some people complain to …

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