What affects us affects cats
“…the love and loyalty you receive from a special needs pet is unlike any explicable bond I’ve ever felt before…” – Mandy James I am taking my cue from three kindhearted and wise people living in Oklahoma, USA. They are Heather Hernandez, 32, her husband John and friend Mandy James. They rescue special needs …
This is a ‘tail’ of cat survival and it’s a near miss. Tux had gone missing for 11 days. His disappearance had coincided with the removal by the council of an old sofa which the owner had arranged to be disposed of at the waste recycling plant. The sofa had been placed in a …
The story unfolds on the woman’s Twitter webpage. Her Twitter username is Tegan G. We don’t have her real name. She works for the Marine Corps in, apparently, the public affairs department. She lives in North Wisconsin, USA. She was driving to work along a rural road. It’s a road that she takes twice …
What is the ideal hold time for stray cats at animal shelters? I am genuinely asking for the input of visitors. The New Erie County legislature passed a law last Thursday which shortens the hold time for stray cats at animal shelters before they can be adopted. Previously their shelters were required to hold …
“This is a huge issue… They’re not trash, they’re pets.” – Desiree Bender. Accusations of scandalous behavior have been made against an animal shelter in East Baton Rouge Parish causing turmoil. A spokeswoman, Ginger Guttner, for the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU) said that the school has received about 25 animal …
High school students in class at the Benjamin Banneker Academy at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, spotted a black cat stuck on the side barrier of a flyover section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). The time and date: Apr 5, 2019 at 2pm. It is not known how the cat got there but …
This page is to (a) celebrate Hannah Shaw, a high profile rescue kitten advocate and rescuer and (b) to promote her desire that animal shelters expand or develop an active foster program to save the lives of rescue kittens who are particularly vulnerable at shelters. She says that shelters often don’t have the resources …
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA: This is a sad and rather strange story. It comes from the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in the USA on their Facebook page. A woman, who you could describe as a cat hoarder, passed away outside her home while inside, upstairs apparently, there were 40 cats. They had not …
