What affects us affects cats
By Elisa Black-Taylor Readers, I’ll warn you before I begin this article “Using Cats As Snake Food” that this is perhaps the sickest, most vile thing I’ve ever heard of. I’m not even sure it’s legal. Unfortunately, the legality of feeding a cat to a pet snake makes little difference to the person who …
This is not going to be politically correct. I don’t believe in political correctness when it hides abuse and injustice. I also believe that we are all one species of human animal. With the advent of the internet that breaks down boundaries and creates worldwide networks we have the opportunity and right to observe …
The latest twist and turn in this case has resulted in a temporary court order of 9th August 2012. I don’t have the full history of this court proceedings but the current and latest order is pretty clear. At clause one the court makes an order (an injunction in effect) forbidding Caboodle Ranch from …
By Elisa Black-Taylor There’s an animal serial killer in Texas. I saw a recent article concerning this a few days ago. I traced the killings back to October 2011 when Houston resident, Lucy Garcia lost a border collie to a gunshot and a rottweiler to poisoning. Her horse was also stabbed to death in …
I’d like to post some concerns I have about hate crimes and Caboodle Ranch. I’m not a professional writer, so please forgive any errors I make as I’m writing this out of concern due to the increase in hate crimes in this country. Thank you in advance for allowing me to voice my opinion. …
This is a difficult subject. It is an attempt to find the moment when a person who starts out as a cat rescuer crosses the wire to become a cat hoarder. There is quite an overlap between rescuing and hoarding. The former can merge into the latter. There are clear cut cases of cat …
This little vignette of life says a lot about us, our cats and our relationship. You have a person being wantonly cruel – for what reason? You have a person being the opposite; caring and warm-hearted. In the middle you have a cat, “Handsome”, who bears no grudges, accepts what life throws at him …
Forget for a minute about the criticisms of PETA. I’ll cover some of those below. What organisation do you think about when there is a discussion about animal rights? PETA? I do. They are probably the highest profile organisation whose objective is to improve the rights and welfare of animals. They achieved that lofty …
