This is an unusual and annoying cat rescue story. You read about it sometimes: people living in Europe rescuing cats from far off places and shipping them home at great expense and trouble (for cat and person). They usually have happy endings and I admire the rescuers. This won’t be the first time a …
The judge in the Lesli Martin case has handed down an interesting and comprehensive sentence after she was found guilty on five charges of cruelty to companion animals. Lesli Martin, 51, ran a cat rescue. It ended with the cats being rescued from her. The judge in the case is Judge Melynda Cook Howard. …
by Bill (Canada) Damiel Intro: This is wonderful story from a visitor. It is not often I receive such a complete, moving and intense story about the life of a cat written by a visitor. My thanks to Bill. Damiel came to live with me on January the 10th 2000 from the local SPCA. …
Daniel T Smith, forty-four, admitted to women who were caring for a colony of cats that he had killed six or eight of the eleven cats that they were caring for and promised that he would kill the rest. Despite that admission, he denied poisoning cats with mothballs when confronted by the police but …
There are problems with pet microchips despite the fact that they are promoted quite heavily by vets and animal advocates. Also local authorities discuss whether they should be obligatory. It is worth noting, initially, that in the USA, quite a small percentage of cats are microchipped. I don’t have an exact figure but one …
Five kittens were found on a golf course. The mother was nowhere to be seen. A woman rescued them. She brought them home. Her father was disinterested. He was not keen. They already had a tabby cat feline companion. He was asked to hold the kitten and he replied, “No, I don’t want to …
This is a follow up story about a Middletown, USA cat rescue lady, Lesli Martin, owner of Heart’s Rescue Sanctuary who late last year was charged with six counts of animal cruelty. The verdict has come through and she has been found guilty of five counts of animal cruelty. These are first-degree misdemeanours. The …
This is a video on Facebook that has gone viral. It is difficult to watch. The person who posted it appears to be an employee at a veterinary clinic, Peyton Jung, who had the consent of the cats’ owner to post the video. Two cats were brought into the clinic on the afternoon of …
