Does anyone know what’s going on with pregnant cats brought to Upstate kill shelter?

Update: Response from GCACS at the bottom of the article. Their defense is spaying a pregnant cat is much safer for the cat than carrying a litter to full term at the shelter or in foster care. A personal message conversation between a member of the cat advocacy community and Greenville County Animal Care …

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Dramatic Photos of Calico Kitten Pulled From Inside a Wall

Kitten rescued from wall cavity

I found these photos by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (Twitter page) compelling. The image quality is good and they capture the instant the young calico kitten is pulled through a hole in an interior stud wall of a house. It looks like the bathroom. A stud wall has a wooden framework covered with plasterboard. …

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Cat Stuck in Peanut Butter Jar Euthanised But Not before Birthing Kittens

Skippy - cat with head stuck in jar

“Poor baby. Wish she could have been saved!” – Roman Katz (on YouTube) I find that this is a sad story and I’m unsure that this mother cat should have been euthanised but what do I know? I don’t know the complete, hard facts so perhaps I am wrong. The female cat who has …

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Vice President of Animal Shelter Steals $19,000 to Buy Diamonds for His Girlfriend

Sadly, this is another example of a senior manager of a non-profit animal shelter stealing money from the shelter to fund personal expenditure and in this instance it was to buy diamond earrings, chocolate-covered strawberries and other items for his girlfriend. The convicted man is Franklin Sabolcik. He was (I presume that he has …

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RSPCA Seized 65 Shelter Cats and Does Not Want to Return 21 of Them under a Court Order

The circumstances surrounding the seizing of 65 shelter cats in 2013 under court order generated a suspicion that the RSPCA had acted in a way which lacked probity. Nonetheless the cats were seized from a shelter managed and owned by Sarah Mellanby, 43, of Teeside, UK. You can read about how the cats were …

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Kittens found abandoned in Upstate are now ready for a forever home together

Blind cat

Everyone has been asking about the Christmas Eve rescue of two Siamese sisters, one blind, who were found abandoned in a bamboo field in Upstate South Carolina. I’m happy to report they’re ready for a forever home, and they MUST stay together. Merry and Pippin are around eight months old now and have been …

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