What affects us affects cats
This is a discussion article on the reality of how animal cruelty cases are handled in the U.S. court system. It may surprise some readers on issues that range from the time it takes a case to get to court until it’s settled either by jail time or a small fine. I’ve been writing …
Wow, this is something bizarrely new and deliberately outrageous (as a selling point). It is a mobile game. It is called ‘Dirty Chinese Restaurant’. The players chase after cats and dogs to chop them up with a cleaver to cook and serve to customers (a play on the brutal cat meat industry). The game …
Infectious disease is a major problem in cat shelters. The infection rate goes up 2 to 3 fold when a cat enters a rescue shelter. Some shelters at certain times may be worse places for a cat than being left out as an uncared for stray cat. Methods used to try and prevent infectious …
A definition: A colony cat is a feral cat (usually) who is part of a group of three or more sexually mature cats living and feeding in close proximity. There are alternative definitions. A managed colony is a colony that is controlled by a trap, neuter and return approach (TNR). There are many managed …
30th Sept. 2017: The UK government announced that animal abusers could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison for the most serious forms of animal abuse. The plan was unveiled by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove. They’ve been thinking about this for a while. It is believed that the current law …
He is just an ordinary, neglected male cat. This is what makes him special. He represents all ordinary rescue cats. He has bad teeth and anaemia. The situation is typical of a neglected cat. He is in a shelter about to be “destroyed”. That’s going happen today unless somebody steps in and saves him. …
This is another depressing story about the destruction of the world’s ancient forests. I recently wrote about old Swedish forest being used to make toilet paper and today I’m going to address the destruction of tropical forest inhabited by Jaguars in Paraguay to make briquettes for barbecues in the West. So when you’re grilling …
According to an emailed statement by a New York Police Department (NYPD) representative, an investigation is currently underway by the Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad following allegations of animal abandonment at Industry City* after approximately 20 cats were removed from Sunset Park to Leif Ericson Park in Bay Ridge and Marine Park where they were …
