Trapping, spaying and neutering, and rehoming or releasing (TNR) stray cats is an act of kindness and not a crime.

Trapping, spaying and neutering, and rehoming or releasing (TNR) stray cats is an act of kindness, not a crime. Right? Apparently not in Wetumpka, Alabama where Judge Jeff Courtney convicted two ‘cat ladies’ on Tuesday of several charges. Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, were convicted on four counts and received a punishment …

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Animal rescue organisation accused of stealing owned cats and rehoming them because they go outside

Accusations have been levelled at Laurie Wheeler, who runs Homeless Animal Rescue Team, that she steals outside cats which are domesticated and owned by an individual and then re-homes them without telling the new “owner” the background story. It appears that Wheeler justifies her actions by saying: “Some call it stealing cats, call it …

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Cat Rescue Rehoming Services Prohibit Declawing

Cat shelters shun declawing

There is a wonderful webpage on Facebook presented by The Paw Project, which lists a host of cat rescue rehoming services and organisations which insist that adopters do not declaw the cat that they are adopting. It is written into their contract. Each rescue group explains the problems with declawing and why they shun …

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Craigslist’s policy of a small adoption fee for rehoming cats not good enough

Craigslist allows people to advertise a kitten for adoption provided there is a “small adoption fee“. In order to comply with the policy cat owners demand about $5-50 dollars. Class B dealers in the US are licensed to purchase and sell animals for research. Most deal with other dealers, it seems to me. The …

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Rescuing and Rehoming an Unsocialised Cat Named Doc

By Leanne – Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary The first time I saw Doc he was ferocious, hissing, spitting, growling. He wanted to kill everything and everyone who got in his way. He wasn’t alone. There were also 21 kittens of about 3-4 weeks old, there were 4 queens, mothers to the kittens; we called …

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ASPCA Rehoming of Caboodle Cats

It is time for people who have argued about Caboodle Ranch to put aside their differences and support ASPCA in finding new homes for the ‘Caboodle Cats’. As you are no doubt aware, ASPCA have been heavily involved in rehabilitating hundreds of Caboodle cats, many of whom were in need of medical attention and …

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The Times newspaper criticises Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran for adopting Scottish Fold cats

At last! I’ve been writing about this as have other online authors for many years. It’s actually a well-known problem but it is the first time in my recollection that a mainstream newspaper of the quality of The Times has written about the problem on page 3. It concerns the cartilage problems suffered by …

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