Kittens Overwhelm U.S. Shelters: A Call to Action During Kitten Season

As spring gives way to summer, animal shelters across the United States are once again overwhelmed by an annual influx of newborn felines—a phenomenon known as “kitten season.” This period, which typically spans from late spring to early autumn, sees millions of kittens born to unspayed cats and delivered into already overcrowded shelters. Each …

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Purrs and Parties. Meows Corner Celebrates 500 Forever Homes

Sterling, VA — May 10, 2025: In a heartwarming milestone that speaks volumes about compassion and community, Meows Corner, a beloved cat lounge in Sterling, Virginia, is celebrating its 500th cat adoption. To mark the occasion, the organization hosted a joyful Adopter Appreciation Event on May 10, welcoming past adopters, cat lovers, and supporters …

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Human visual bias dominates cat selection at shelters. Infographic.

Here is an expansion of the information presented in the infographic in a conversation with AI which nowadays has awesome capabilities which are rapidly growing. We need to employ AI to our benefit and the benefit of animals that rely on us rather than using AI to exploit the vulnerable. Question: When cat rescue …

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Advanced lighting design and control can improve shelter cat welfare

Cat shelter with dingy lighting unsophisticated lighting. This is a fictional image.

A recent study came to the conclusion that “using slightly more advanced lighting design and control, shelters can potentially improve the visual experience for cats.” And in improving the visual experience the shelter can improve the general welfare of the cats as the desired lighting effect is to mimic daylight. RELATED: Do dogs surrendered …

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Poland’s animal shelters insist adopters keep their cats inside full-time and neighbours spy on them to make sure they do!

In Poland shelter adopted cats must be kept indoors

I was at the barbers today to have what hair I have left trimmed 🙂 . As usual for the UK, the hairdresser was Polish (sometimes they are Albanian or Hungarian). And she was a woman. Most Polish hairdressers in the UK are women it seems. They are all good hairdressers. But we never …

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Factors influencing the length of stay (LOS) of cats at shelters

LOS at animal shelters

Although there are many ways to reduce the length of stay (LOS) of cats at shelters, in this article I look at some information from studies with the goal of reducing LOS. In the first study they found that the average LOS was 61.2 days for both cats and kittens combined that was partly …

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Animal shelters insisting that two cats are adopted together can extend their stay at the shelter by 185%

Woman returns to adopt 16-year-old Max (1)

I believe that the results of this study published in January 1, 2023, on the Cambridge University Press website are common sense and I also believe that the results shouldn’t deter animal shelters from insisting that two cats are adopted together when appropriate. RELATED: Woman who adopted 11-year-old cat returns to shelter to adopt …

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