What affects us affects cats
Dr Kinsley Opoku Agyeman, a medical practitioner in Ghana, Africa, openly prescribes cat meat as a treatment to boost the immune system of his patients. He said: “Cat meat is a very healthy food which is good for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.” He claims that it contains high levels of protein, low levels …
Kitten alone, scared and available for adoption in new Mexico shelter. Can anyone help him? This is about as sad a photo as you’ll see of a cat in an animal shelter awaiting adoption or death. The picture was posted on Jennifer Weldon’s FB page. The shelter is: Roswell Urgent Animals at Animal Control, …
Lao Mao is a 16-year-old community cat (a cat living outside, in the community, often a business community). For many years she lived in front of a pawn shop in a cardboard box and she was happy. She was well cared for. I love to see community cat cared for like this. You could …
Britain has its first forensic science laboratory to solely focus on crimes against animals. It is a welcome improvement to animal welfare in the UK. It is called ArroGen Veterinary Forensics. The service is dedicated to bringing about prosecutions in animal-related cases by working with the police and the RSPCA. The operations director is …
San Bruno, California: A dispute over the ownership of a domestic cat ended with a couple, Oleksandr Mirza and Ching Yen, allegedly unlawfully entering the home where a cat lived, pepper spraying the resident and stealing the cat. The victim is known to the 26-year-old suspects. Mirza claims ownership of the cat. Ching was …
A woman was forcibly removed from a Southwest Airlines flight by police because she said that she had a life-threatening pet allergy and there were two dogs on board. It made me immediately think about people who have a strong allergy to cats. Unless they have a medical certificate they may be denied boarding …
This is an example of where animal rights have trumped, through necessary force, freedom of expression as enshrined in the First Amendment of the US Constitution. The Guggenheim Museum in New York is staging an exhibition by Chinese artists who have emerged in the aftermath of Tiananmen Square. Animal rights activists objected to three …
Intro: I asked if Ingrid Newkirk would answer some questions that I had formulated and she kindly agreed. The idea was to understand Ingrid a little more because she is so important to global animal welfare. I was also interested to hear her thoughts on feral cats. Question: Did you have any personal experiences …
