What affects us affects cats
Conclusion: It appears that a person could get ebola from her cat or dog but please read on.. Is ebola a zoonotic disease? If it is, it may have a serious impact on the welfare of domestic cats anywhere. I ask because you have probably read that the dog companion, Excalibur, of the Spanish …
This is the story of a psychic cat in England who made her way to a place she’d never been to or seen before, just to be with her former owner. Understandably, the story has gone viral on every site the story has posted, scoring over 4 million Facebook likes on People.com. Now this …
This week we lost a compassionate animal lover, veterinarian, blogger and social media consultant. Cat Writer’s Association President Dr. Lorie Huston has died. Lorie was probably best known as President of Cat Writer’s Association, an organization promoting journalism founded to encourage professionalism among cat writers, photographers, artists and broadcasters. Her role as leader of …
The 30+ cats seized from the home of a Lake Worth home in Palm Beach, Florida have now been cleared to be adopted out or taken in by rescues. The original story on Douglas Westcott, charged with child pornography, can be read by clicking here. Readers, be warned this is a very disturbing story, …
The primary prey by a clear margin of leopards living in India is dogs (39% of prey items) but domestic and stray cats make up 12% of it’s diet by quantity of living matter (biomass). I know of no other instances of cats feeding on cats unless we refer to the unique conditions of …
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 …
West Orange Township, New Jersey has passed a ban on the feeding of stray and feral cats. Residents and visitors to this New Jersey community are now banned from feeding wildlife warning: “No person shall feed any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife, anywhere within the Township.” The previous ordinance only disallowed feeding on West Orange …
Introduction from Michael: I sense that I have to introduce this because I feel I have to justify publishing stories about cat abuse which I tend to steer away from but on occasions something stands out and this one such case. Some people won’t like the story which I’ll understand. However, it is a …
