Florida: City commissioners working with volunteers on TNR

Counties and cities in the USA are gradually working out ways to control cat populations with the objective of humanely reducing numbers of stray and unwanted cats. Marion County, Florida has confinement laws, for example. In Deltona, Volusia County, Florida, USA, the commissioners have worked out a better way, going forward, to solve the …

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Shelter kittens euthanised and then their mother who is named posthumously

This is a rushed off short post following on from the previous two posts about Palm Beach Animal Care and Control, a rescue facility. There is internet an discussion about the quality of service provided by this well-funded center. The kill rate is too high indicating a lack of commitment to save lives and …

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Animal Control Officer is an Animal Hoarder

A animal hoarding situation is taking place in the town of Pompey, New York, which is in the Syracuse area. WSYR reported the story September 30. A video can be seen here (update 21st Oct 2016 – link broken – sorry). Unfortunately, this tragedy involves an animal control officer, Susan Snavlin, who is believed …

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Houston SPCA offers $5000 reward to find person who burned cats

A little less than a week ago a tip off was received by phone at the Houston SPCA reporting a burned mother cat and her four 8-week-old kittens. According to authorities, this precious family was tortured and doused with some type of acid and left to die in Southwest Houston at an apartment complex. …

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Cat Shelter Forcibly Repossesses Cat Adopted From Them Seven Years Ago

St. Francis Animal Rescue (SFAR) is a no-kill animal rescue shelter founded in 1992 by a group of women caring for a feral colony who decided the need was there to help abandoned, stray and homeless cat located in their Venice, Florida community. This past week, cat lovers were shocked to learn that SFAR …

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