Background Tasmania is an island state of Australia and sheep farming is a major component of Australia’s agricultural industry. The protozoan parasite toxoplasmosis is well known. The domestic and stray cat is the primary host. They shed Toxoplasma gondii oocysts … Continue reading →
There will be no pictures (there are pictures but I won’t publish them) and before I started writing this I counted to ten, quietly screamed to myself, punched an imaginary punchbag and swore at the people who did it (loudly). … Continue reading →
It is sickinening for me that people are asking Google whether a BB gun can kill a cat. When people use the Internet to search for answers to questions like this it indicates a profound problem in society. My message … Continue reading →
The Vietnamese cat meat trade is horrible by any standards. Three million cats, many of them domestic cats (stolen pets), are killed in various inhumane ways before being skinned, disembowelled and eaten because some Vietnamese believe that they provide a … Continue reading →
About 10 days ago there was a bit of a hoo-ha over PETA’s use of a graphic image of a cat that had been dissected. PETA wants to see this sort of activity stopped. They consider it outdated and essentially … Continue reading →
While the bill signed by President Trump making animal cruelty a felony nationwide is being touted a big win in the fight against animal cruelty, the bill (and now law) isn’t what most people think. Below is the copy and … Continue reading →
There is a video online of a young woman, Charli Gowland, from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, throwing her friend’s cat about 20 feet with her dog nearby. Gowland said that she did it because the cat attacked her … Continue reading →
A Reader’s Forum story published October 11, 2019 by James LaCroix “The entire nation, and many other people outside the country, had their hearts broken by this completely unnecessary death, a horrible act of cruelty. (note from Elisa: video below … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
“Christianity is supposed to be about compassion, and the Bible says that a righteous man cares for his animals. This is not the answer to What Would Jesus Do for these innocent babies.” ~Judy~ This is an article I had … Continue reading →
