Bizarre: animal shelter fed cats once a day to reduce amount of poop

Cages were too small and lacked enrichment

A contributory factor in the firing of the director of the Montgomery Animal Resource Center, Mark Kumpf, was feeding the cats once daily to “limit the amount of faeces’ that they produced. Extraordinary. It became clear that the center ‘needed new leadership and direction’. The Commissioners were ‘dismayed at the report’. Bob Gruhl was …

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Australia: woman feeds and sterilises feral cats while others throw them onto railway tracks

Eva Philippson feeds and cares for feral cats in Australia

It’s extraordinary that this woman, Eva Philippson, who is 68 years of age, does her best to care for feral cats and kittens living near a railway line at Joondalup station while others not far away throw kittens onto the railway tracks in gross acts of cruelty. Mrs Philippson is bemused why some people …

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Montenegro midwife and animal advocate is facing jail time for feeding strays

A Podgorica, Montenegro midwife and animal advocate is facing jail time for feeding stray dogs in her area. While this is a ‘dog story,’ I wanted to write on it because people caring for stray and feral cats tend to face the same situation when someone in authority disapproves of their good deeds. Last …

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Abattoir worker checks waste container for seagulls and spots a cat

Holly a cat rescued from an abattoir waste container

Somehow a sweet-natured, female tabby cat ended up in a huge waste container at an abattoir, John M. Munro, in Dingwell, Scotland. The container contained tons of waste animal by-products. It must have been awful for the cat who was in a state both physically and emotionally. She has been named Holly because it …

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Grandpa Joe: From street cat to couch potato in three days

Helen Andrews is a feral cat rescuer in Brooklyn, New York. She recently came across a street cat at the Clinton Hill feral colony who quickly made his wishes known that he didn’t want to live outside anymore. It took Grandpa Joe all of three days to go from street cat to couch potato. …

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