Devaluing The Companion Animal
Introductory note: I apologize for having to write about animal cruelty. For some of us, it does hurt to read about it. I do try and balance the sort of articles that are on...
Tagged: animal cruelty
Law On Cat Killing UK
The law on cat killing in the UK has not changed for over 100 years and longer. I was idly browsing through Our Cats and all about them by Harrison Weir. The book was...
Some Animal Cruelty Facts and Stats
This is a big subject. It is widely agreed that animal abuse is linked to domestic violence. There can be a pecking order of violence in a family downwards from the father to the...
Cat Cruelty or Cat Welfare?
Apparently there can be a very fine line between cat cruelty and cat welfare. Â I find it very strange. You would have thought that the two would occupy opposite ends of the spectrum in...
Using Cats As Snake Food
By Elisa Black-Taylor Readers, I’ll warn you before I begin this article “Using Cats As Snake Food” that this is perhaps the sickest, most vile thing I’ve ever heard of. I’m not even sure...
Animal Serial Killer In Texas
By Elisa Black-Taylor There’s an animal serial killer in Texas. I saw a recent article concerning this a few days ago. I traced the killings back to October 2011 when Houston resident, Lucy Garcia...
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
This little vignette of life says a lot about us, our cats and our relationship. You have a person being wantonly cruel – for what reason? You have a person being the opposite; caring...
Do Declawed Cats Have Food Issues?
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Cocoa is toothless and declawed Ginger was 10 and refused to eat Misty has to struggle to keep weight on Do declawed cats have food issues? By this, I mean...
It’s OK to bludgeon an injured cat to death
by Michael Harrisonburg Police Department say that the local bye-laws of their community could include the right to beat to death an injured cat! They say that the use of deadly force on an...
Warning! Kitties fed live to snakes!
by Grahame Whilst reading about Cat Wilbur, I chanced upon this horrible bit: >The following is an e-mail I received from an animal rescuer friend who was contacted by a fellow animal rescuer about...
Mandatory Animal Cruelty Laws
An email I received yesterday from petabuse.com created the base for this article on mandatory animal cruelty laws. It’s one of the most useful sites on the internet for keeping up with cases of...
The Horrors of Factory Farming
by kathy (Ingleside, Ill, USA) Last night I saw a program on HBO on the horrors of the factory farming of pigs. I know this is supposed to be about cats but I felt...
Teen Groups Against Animal Cruelty
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) ATAAC and a kitten in Mumbai Elizabeth and Andrew KAAC at adoption event in July A cat in India by ATAAC Good morning readers. I feel the need to spread...
Tending for Tyson and Justice for Sarge
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Tyson and Sarge For those of you not familiar with the Tending for Tyson case, please read Tending for Tyson who was kidnapped and shot. before reading this article. Michael...
Shooting Feral Cats
by Michael (London, UK) They not only taste good but you can skin them and make a nice hat out of them – that is what he said – I have concealed his face...
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