What affects us affects cats
I have used an American slang term, “sucks”, to describe the situation with respect to animal welfare in a country that is part of the European Union. Members of the European Union should be in harmony on all matters including animal welfare. This is not the case and the politicians who run the European …
By Elisa Black-Taylor There’s something bad going on with the police officer’s in the U.S. these days. I don’t know whether there are just a few bad officers who make the others look bad, or if the corruption is everywhere. The latest case in the U.S. concerns a part time “humane” officer hired by …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Yesterday, on my way to work, I witnessed the benefits of micro-chipping. This isn’t a cat story and I’m not the one with the micro-chipped animal who’s the “star” of this story, but I wanted to share it. I have a lot of errands to do on my way to work …
“It was like the sun had been behind a cloud for years and it came out.” (shelter worker/manager above who changed how they did things) I visited the ASPCA website to see what they were discussing and noticed that they had appointed a long term senior employee Matthew E. Bershadker as their new President …
Readers, this is a strange story, but it’s important for people to realize what a tough life feral cats have. It also shows a very unusual accident that happened to one feral cat. Maybe it should be added to my article Accidental Ways To Kill A Cat. I’ve never heard of this happening, but …
Have you ever lost your cat in your car? This lady did for two weeks! I don’t actually blame her. I feel it could happen to the best of us. Update: Next day. I am sorry if I put the wrong spin on this story. It can be hard to find a balance between …
By Elisa Black-Taylor There’s an animal hoarding situation coming to an end less than an hours drive from where Laura and I live. I’m not even sure whether I should call it hoarding since almost all of the animals were dead. It happened in Laurens, SC-a small close-knit southern town. I heard about this …
There must be quite a lot of reunions with cats because cats can go missing or go walkabout if left to roam; or when disaster strikes and cat and human become separated. There are many examples of this. The recent Oklahoma City tornado is a good example and the nuclear reactor disaster in Japan …
