Social media star punches lion cub prompting animal welfare investigation

Dean Schneider and lion

NEWS/VIEWS – SOUTH AFRICA – PRIVATE ZOO: Dean Schneider is being investigated for alleged animal cruelty after being filmed punching one of his lion cubs. This video was or still is on his Instagram page but I can’t find it. It may have been removed because of the controversy surrounding it. However, you can …

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The uncertain future of New York City’s cats during pandemic

Lisa Scroggins, the founder of Little Wanderers, a rescue organisation under pressure, but remaining successful during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, is nervous about the future of feral and indeed domestic cats in the city. She said that climbing unemployment rates are affecting the prospects for domestic cats in homes, never mind …

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Recognising acts of kindness towards animal rescue during the coronavirus pandemic

Taking cats and kittens to vet surgery for neutering during Covid-19 pandemic

Digging around the Internet, as I do, I bumped into some acts of kindness which don’t necessarily surprise me but which greatly impress me. It is a time during which people are pulling together. There is a comaraderie which is not present in normal times. It’s a bit like the war and I suppose …

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‘Watch dog’ sleeps through fire in family home; rescue cat credited with saving couple

hero cat

A rescue cat is credited with saving a Newfoundland couple after he woke the family during a fire that started in a crock pot. The family ‘watch dog’ slept right through. Joey is a two-and-a-half-year-old black rescue cat from Toronta adopted by Scott White. Early Sunday morning he and his fiance, Ashika Iqbal, were …

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