What affects us affects cats
Dear Sir, Re: Abuse of a Tiger I have just watched a video that was made at your zoo. It shows two of your employees abusing a tiger in the most callous and wanton manner that is totally inconsistent with the duties of zoo keepers. Your staff have broken this tiger’s spirit and heart. …
I am a Sri Lankan woman who is working in Israel as a care giver. What I want to ask is if there is a way to give my cats for adoption. I cannot see them suffering. Before they were living with me, I had an apartment and I was taking care of them. …
There is a double whammy effect when a country has a policy of killing unwanted cats. If the cats killed are feral cats – and almost all trapped feral cats are killed – other feral cats move into the space vacated by the killed cats. This is the well known vacuum effect. So, killing …
What a wonderful little fella he is! I think this picture of an adorable kitten, named Justin, is brilliant but, of course, it is very sad and upsetting. However, his demeanor and proud stance seems to make things better except for the terrible behavior of the people who hurt him. He is still very …
We are all familiar with cat hoarding. It refers to collecting domestic cats in large numbers to the point where the caretaker can no longer caretake adequately to the detriment of the cats’ welfare. It is said that the reason is a mental health issue concerning the human caretaker. However, in the United States …
In the UK, prosecutions for criminal acts of abuse and neglect against animals are brought under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. This is a very elegant and well drafted Act. There are two outstanding statistics in respect of animal abuse in the UK 2013: Successful prosecutions (convictions) under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 were …
We shouldn’t watch animal cruelty videos. Why? Firstly, I’d like to say that there are lots of animal cruelty videos on YouTube. They don’t just have to be animal cruelty videos. There are many other videos that are not strictly about animal cruelty. They are very sad videos of cats and dogs that are …
There is a battle ragging out there on the Internet and also on the ground between these parties: Cat lovers and people who care about treating community cats decently including the local SPCA; Cat haters or people who dislike cats who believe that cats are a non-native species that wantonly kill native wildlife, particularly …
