What affects us affects cats
In adversity people pull together. They always have. Natural disasters create social cohesion. People need each other. Animals need people. When people need each other they help each other and this is exactly what is happening in Texas at this moment in time. The world is aware of the devastating storms over the past …
FDA pulled the Rug Out From Under Pet Food Consumers Susan Thixton, the doyen of consumer rights in the pet food market believes that the FDA has been lobbied and cajoled by the big pet food manufacturers to stop verifying that some pet foods are actually ‘food’ (she means as opposed to pet ‘feed’). …
You have probably heard of the great news that the United States authorities (Department of Justice – DOJ) have arrested, in Switzerland, 7 past and present FIFA executives including vice-presidents for rampant, systemic and deep-rooted corruption, money laundering and fraud amounting to $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period beginning in 1991. Nine FIFA officials …
A group of 69 advocates for Tiger, the domestic cat allegedly killed by Dr Kristen Lindsey, are demonstrating outside court – Austin County Courthouse 1 East Main St. Belleville, TX – to show a united front in their desire for justice. As I understand it, the court hearing is a “Grand Jury” (a formal inquiry …
This is another good example of intelligent, enlightened thinking by shelter management to dramatically improve cat adoption rates. The new program is called “Revision” and entails a three-pronged approach… The outcome? No cats at the Capital Area Humane Society have been euthanised since October 2014. “The transformation is remarkable,” Executive Director Rachel Finney said. For …
I reported on this in October 2013, about 18 months ago when the assault, by firefighter Justin Eulian, 39, on a cat lover, Rebecca Stafford, took place. Eulian was supported by his mother during the assault but she wasn’t charged, it appears. Eulian lost his cool when Stafford threw dry cat food at him. …
Very recently, two attacks by two iconic American wild cats on domestic cats have taken place in California. In both instances the domestic cat survived. But I have since decided that this appears to be all hype or the reporting is misleading. Read on please. CBS reports a mountain lion attack on a domestic …
This is a great cat rescue story. A badly injured cat was on the tracks between Utrecht and The Hague, near Gouda (where the cheese comes from?), on 18th May 2015. The driver of a high speed InterCity train saw the cat and stopped the train. I think he must be an eagle-eyed train …
