What affects us affects cats
I’d suggest that the very many rewards that we see put up by local Humane Societies, usually originally $5,000, are somewhat of a sham because they are primarily designed to raise money for the charity. In the case of Sage the cat who was tortured in Clearfield, Utah, the Humane Society of Northern Utah …
Here is an idea which comes from Singapore. Singapore has a very efficient cat charity called the Cat Welfare Society (CWS). Most of their staff are volunteers. They have “mediators”. This is the first time I have seen mediators being used in situations regarding cat rescue and other instances of dispute or problems of …
Cat lovers in the UK have the chance to have our say on the following ten proposals that the Cats Protection charity are putting forward to improve life for the approximately eight million domestic cats in our country. Not only would these proposals becoming law help pet cats, but also stray cats and feral …
Sometimes I sense that the big animal charities such as ASPCA, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and PeTA have to perpetuate the animal welfare problems that they wish to eliminate because if they are completely successful in their goal they would have to close up shop and make everyone redundant. The …
At the beginning of the month there were 29,295 comments and at the end of the month there were 31,767 comments, making 2,472 comments for the month at $.05 per comment, which in turn makes $123.60 to donate for March. As usual, I am open to suggestions as to where this month’s donation goes. …
At Barbara’s place of work we are hosting an Easter Coffee Morning on Maundy Thursday, to raise funds for food for our local animal Sanctuaries: Wear Valley & Darlington Cats Protection, Kays Hill Cattery, Ark on the Edge Cattery and Stray Aid (which is a charity for dogs, but if they are given cat …
Some cats that are trapped and neutered are not returned to whence they came. They are adopted because they are deemed “too nice to return to the great outdoors”. But what does that mean? And is the world of cat rescue democratic or republican, liberal or conservative? What are the politics of cat rescue? …
January 2014 was a bumper month for comments. There were 2,848! The starting number was 23,755 and the ending number was 26,603. Fantastic. Under the PoC 5 cents per comment scheme that makes $142 USD. That is a good amount, I think. I’d like people to select a worthy cat charity please. I prefer …
