Picture of cat before rescue from garbage chute. Believed someone pushed him down.

Believed that cat thrown down garbage chute, now rescued

This is a cat rescue story from Little Wanderers, a successful cat rescue organisation in New York City. They have a very high quality Instagram page where they have a large number of followers and also where they promote their organisation and fundraise. The story concerns a silver tabby, male cat who in the …

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Earless tortie cat the first to be rehomed by Battersea Dogs & Cats in lockdown

Missy after the op

From a medical standpoint this is a story about domestic cat head shaking. It is instructional. It is also a story about the brilliant work carried out by this famous animal rescue centre. A lot of people ask, ‘Why is my cat shaking her head?’ It is a common health problem. This is a …

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Picture of pet cats and owners wearing face masks during 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

Americans and cats wearing face masks during Spanish flu pandemic 1918

What goes around comes around. The arguments currently raging about whether it is wise to wear face masks during the current Covid-19 pandemic were the same a little over 100 years ago in America. During the Spanish flue pandemic of 1918-1919, some cities on the West coast made wearing masks obligatory. And some cat …

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Animal shelters in poorer European countries are suffering because of coronavirus pandemic

Lucy Watson has a fundraiser for Greek animal rescue

NEWS/OPINION: It is reported (Metro.co.uk) that animal rescues in the less well developed European countries in terms of animal welfare are suffering because of the coronavirus outbreak. Countries such as Romania and Greece are not wonderful bastions of animal welfare anyway. Romania has a bad record on animal welfare and should not be in …

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