Judge rules in favor of rescue and volunteers banned from Baltimore shelter after speaking up for shelter pets

This is one article that should be kept as a reference by those who have been banned from animal shelter rescue after asking a particular shelter for a change in policy. Back in 2013, a rescue coordinator for Virginia-based Fancy Cats Rescue Team criticized the care provided to animals at the Baltimore County Animal …

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Caitlin Moran is a Cat Hater

Caitlin Moran is a celebrated Times journalist. She is the current columnist of the year. Caitlin Moran has come out. She has declared to the world in the Saturday magazine that “it’s taken me 9 years to admit it but: I am a cat hater. I hate my cat”. No doubt she is being …

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Microchipping People

At one time there were rumors that President Obama’s health reforms required that all Americans be microchipped to store personal data. I presume this also meant medical data. I am not sure. There were protests, understandably. We have barely got into the habit of microchipping domestic cats yet today we are seriously discussing microchipping …

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African golden cat attacking red colobus monkey

A rare camera trap video of an African golden cat hunting and attacking a small monkey on the ground in a Ugandan park. This is a rare bit of vide footage of the highly elusive African golden cat, a small-medium sized wild cat species, hunting red colobus monkeys in Kibale National Park, Uganda. The …

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Cat Fosterers Suffer When Rescues Crumble

This is one of those articles where I will likely ramble a bit, as it can’t be helped. The fault that causes cat fosterers to suffer as rescues crumble and go under can be traced back to the shelter systems in the United States. And the problems with the shelter systems stem in large …

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Difference between Torbie and Tortie

‘Tortie’ is short for tortoiseshell. ‘Torbie’ is a made up word which joins together ‘tortie’ and ‘tabby’ (the second ‘t’ becomes a ‘b’). It describes a cat coat which is tortoiseshell with tabby fur mixed in. There is an endless spectrum of combinations, some very subtle. It can be tricky deciding if a cat …

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