What affects us affects cats
Yet another case of animal cruelty committed by a group of young boys has made the news this week. Lakewood, New Jersey police are looking for them after the boys caused the cat, now dubbed Mickey, to suffer a broken rib and irritation to his anus from sticks being stuck inside of him. According …
An adopted Claiborne County, Tennessee cat is being called a heroine this week after she killed a poisonous snake inside the home of her new elderly owner. Teresa Seals posted the story of Shelly, who was adopted from the Claiborne County Animal Shelter, on her Facebook wall Monday “This is Shelly a rescue cat …
A letter written to the editor of The Maui News concerning the disposal of community cats at a condo reflects a growing problem that involve businesses either taking cats off and dumping them or possibly even killing them. Mary J. Linke of Centennial, Colorado tells the heartwarming story that began twenty years ago when …
Thanks to the Escondido Public Works and the San Diego Humane Society, a California cat rescued from inside a storm drain has been reunited with his family. Smokey Joe was reunited with his family around 10 a.m. on Friday after he was scanned for a microchip and his family was called. The happy family …
UPDATE BREAKING NEWS! Click here to read more about the officer involved. A Fulton, Kentucky police officer involved in killing a feral cat will return to work on October 16 following his one month paid suspension/administrative leave for violating personnel policy. The community is outraged. A video that provides some background information can be …
The results of a study posted September 23 in Current Biology showed cats think of their person in the same manner as a child thinks of a parent. But we knew that before the study, didn’t we? Researchers used an attachment test that has previously been used on primates and dogs. Seventy kittens were …
An Ohio man has been charged with seven counts of animal cruelty after he allegedly left a mother cat and her kittens to die in a garbage container. Jerry L. Hardy, 59, of Franklin Township is reported to have placed the mother cat and her eight kittens into a kennel, screwing it shut then …
An Atlanta orthopedic surgeon who had taken on the role of saving animals who would otherwise be euthanized has agreed not to operate on any more homeless animals. This is the heartwarming and now heartbreaking story of an amazing man and the work he took on to heal unwanted homeless pets so they could …
