What affects us affects cats
Martha Kane – photo copyright Darrin Zammit Lupi It’s Tuesday October 5th 2010 and it’s been a hot night in Malta. I arrived on Monday and I went out to dinner with Martha Kane and her partner Richard Vella in the evening. Martha runs Kitty Appeal, her cat rescue organization from her 14-room home …
by Ruth (Monty’s Mom) (West Allis, Wisconsin) Merlin the Miracle Cat Dealing with the over population of cats, including the plight of feral cats, can seem like an insurmountable task. This is the story of a no-kill shelter which serves the needs of unwanted cats and seeks to find them forever homes. I’m posting …
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Good morning readers…..When I began doing research on those involved in animal euthanasia, whether at the hands of a shelter worker, to those of us simply reading the descriptions of what took place, something went off in my head. I know it’s horrible for those of us who read about …
by Geri Fowler (Silver Springs,Fl) At work I have taken care of feral/stray cats for 26 years. It was never a problem and our patrons enjoyed the cats. Some of the people even helped with donations of food or money. Many older people have told me there is a place in Heaven for me …
by Ruth (England) Three years ago today our beautiful cat Ebony Rose died, just before her seventeenth birthday. She came to us from Cats Protection as a tiny kitten about 7 weeks old. We already had 2 boyz at that time, both rescue cats. Felix was 8 years old and Bryan just 6 months …
Shelter Pets by Mia Anelli Good morning readers. I woke up to this idea when Michael sent me a link to the story about 7 puppies dying in the cargo area of a plane. This occurred on August 3, 2010 when the puppies were in the cargo area of a plane headed to Chicago. …
by Michael (London, UK) ‘Nobody’s cat’ at a no kill shelter as the photographer, Shamey Jo, wisely said. I am a great admirer of animal shelters but I am confused about no kill animal shelters. I am referring to the ones in the United States but I would be surprised if it is much …
by Michael (Ponca City, OK) I thought that no kill animal shelters were as described. But I am not sure that is true and I don’t know how many there are. I also don’t understand how a “shelter” can be anything but what it says it is. The word shelter brings visions of a …
