What affects us affects cats
This is a half fall or a half empty cat and animal shelter story. It depends on how you look at it. From the perspective of the Delta Humane Society it is a half empty story; in fact it is far worse than that – it is devastating. From my perspective it is …
There is currently a lot of debate among animal activists about the rights of a shelter or Humane Society to kill feral cats. While searching for a holding period law for the state of Florida, I came across some information I’d like to share with the readers. Although written in Michigan, it may pertain …
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 …
When I was at the vets the day my late Charlie was euthanized, at the moment the veterinarian concurred with me that it was the correct decision to “put him to sleep”, I remarked, through a torrent of tears and a heart contorted with anguish, that I hoped I’d have someone like me around …
This is bizarre to me. The beautiful naturalness of breastfeeding was considered offensive by Facebook (FB) and yet, daily, thousands of photographs of animal cruelty are paraded on Facebook’s pages in one guise or another with totally impunity. Grizzly photos of animals being abused are considered acceptable. But are they? Some people complain to …
There is a beautiful but sad and uplifting story written by Jennifer Conrad, DVM (founder The Paw Project) on the website The Dodo. She recalls the moment, 14 years ago, that changed her life forever and set her on the path to being a passionate anti-declawing advocate; to work tirelessly to repair the damage …
A short story of how the combined carelessness of people can lead to the unnecessary death of a cat and leave her kittens without a mother. A couple who own a female cat let her breed and she had recently given birth to kittens. That is the first mistake. There is no place in …
The South China tiger, which is considered to be extinct in the wild and of which there are about 100 in captivity, has benefited from a recent high profile divorce case – Quan v Bray – in the High Court in London. The family assets in this divorce case are valued at about £27m. Of that …
