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Assessing cat and dogs at shelters

Canine and feline behaviour evaluation at shelters

PoC avatarPosted on December 26, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 26, 2022

There would appear to be no safe and comprehensive personality and behaviour testing procedures to assess dogs and cats at shelters with accuracy. Nathan Winograd, American’s expert on animal shelters, states that “current temperament testing regimes for dogs do not … continue reading…

Posted in animal shelters | Tagged animal shelter, assessing personality, behavior, cat assessment, Nathan Winograd, psychology, shelter animals, shelter workers, study | Leave a reply
"Feather" gone but never forgotten

Full medical history of elderly shelter cat is REVEALING

PoC avatarPosted on December 6, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 6, 2022

Be prepared for a long and chaotic read! Sorry but that is how it is presented. It is unusual, it seems to me, for the full medical history of a shelter cat to be published online on social media which … continue reading…

Posted in animal shelters | Tagged animal shelter, cat euthanasia, cat health, cat health care, elderly cat, uri | Leave a reply
The Humane Society’s photo of a gas chamber that Heber City Animal Services used in the past, which was removed in 2014

Street protest September 29, 2022, against a gas chamber to kill shelter animals

PoC avatarPosted on September 12, 2022 by Michael BroadSeptember 12, 2022

Nathan Winograd (The No Kill Advocacy Center) tells us in his Facebook post animal advocates are organising a street protest at 108 S. 100 East (Pleasant Grove Police Station) Pleasant Grove, UT, on September 29, 2022 and 10 AM. Gas … continue reading…

Posted in cat welfare | Tagged animal shelter, Cat News, gas chamber, gas chambers, Utah | 2 Replies
Malaysian man uses cats to raise money on Facebook

Optimising cage space of shelter cats increases likelihood of adoption

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2022

As part of the Capacity for Care (C4C) program, optimising cage space at shelters has found to be a very important component in improving the health and behaviour of shelter cats leading to lower deaths at shelters and increased adoptions. … continue reading…

Posted in adoption | Tagged animal shelter, animal shelters usa, cat cages, cat rescue adoptions, cat shelter, cat shelter euthanasia, cat study, study
Cat shelter worker has to be too firm with kittens as they try and escape their small glass-fronted cage.

Clowder of shelter kittens try and escape their cage. Worker pushes them back.

PoC avatarPosted on July 1, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 1, 2022

Watch this cat shelter worker’s behavior and tell me what you think. I believe that the video was made in China or perhaps another Asian country and that this is an animal or cat shelter. The kittens want to get … continue reading…

Posted in volunteers | Tagged animal shelter, cat cages, cat shelter, cat video, cute kittens, volunteers | 2 Replies
Cat at a veterinary clinic

You will pay the veterinary bill if a shelter employs a vet to treat your lost cat

PoC avatarPosted on June 26, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 26, 2022

The scenario: you have lost your elderly cat. A neighbour finds her and takes her to a local shelter. The shelter management decide that your cat needs veterinary treatment and they organise it. The shelter pays a veterinarian. You find … continue reading…

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelter, Cat News, cat shelter, elderly cat, veterinarian | Leave a reply
Shelter Hope Pet Shop

California animal shelter bans customers who support the pro-gun lobby

PoC avatarPosted on June 17, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 17, 2022

“California animal shelter won’t adopt dogs to Second Amendment supporters, vows to sue people if they lie about their beliefs”. This is one online headline today. NEWS AND COMMENT: Shelter Hope Pet Shop, Thousand Oaks, California, USA was “created to … continue reading…

Posted in adoption | Tagged adoption, animal shelter, california, news | 5 Replies
Rescue cat jumps for joy from cage into arms of employee

Rescue cat jumps for joy from cage into arms of employee

PoC avatarPosted on June 1, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 1, 2022

This rescue cat jumps for joy from his cage into the arms of a shelter employee. As it was videoed in slow motion on a smartphone, it is certain that this ginger tabby does it every time his cage is … continue reading…

Posted in rescue cat | Tagged animal shelter, cat cages, cat rescue, cat shelter, cat video, enriched environment
Blind cat Nado rescued from tornado damaged animal shelter in Texas

Blind cat ‘Nado’ rescued from the rubble of Texas animal shelter destroyed by a tornado (picture)

PoC avatarPosted on March 24, 2022 by Michael BroadMarch 24, 2022

This is such a tender, sad, compelling photograph of a blind cat who was rescued from the Jacksboro Animal Shelter in Texas. The shelter was destroyed by a tornado. It seems that Texas has been affected by tornadoes recently. Perhaps … continue reading…

Posted in disasters | Tagged animal shelter, blind cat, Cat News, cat rescue, cats in emergencies, disasters, natural disaster, Texas | Leave a reply
Ginger tabby senior cat in a shelter cage watching out as potential adopters reject him

Video: POV-what a senior cat at a shelter sees and hears as adopters walk by

PoC avatarPosted on February 9, 2022 by Michael BroadFebruary 9, 2022

This is a TikTok video from photographer Albert Harris. It’s a neat idea. He has put a small video camera in an animal shelter cage with an elderly ginger tabby cat. You see potential adopters walking by looking at the … continue reading…

Posted in animal sanctuary | Tagged animal shelter, cat adoption, cat shelter, cat video, elderly cat, ginger cats, senior cat, senior cat adoption | 7 Replies
Riley ruled the roost in the office area of our Joe White Ave shelter

Myrtle Beach animal shelter imported unregulated drug from China to treat FIP

PoC avatarPosted on January 11, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 11, 2022

The Grand Strand Humane Society is an open admission animal shelter which takes in animals from Myrtle Beach, a city on the east coast of the USA. News media (Myrtle Beach SC News) has reported what I would call an … continue reading…

Posted in animal rescue | Tagged animal shelter, cat drugs, Cat News, China, euthanasia, FDA, human drugs | Leave a reply
A cat watches TV at PAWS in Lynnwood. The animal rescue is seeking TV donations. Photo - Lynn Jefferson at PAWS

Cat TV for rescue cats at shelters to enrich their environment

PoC avatarPosted on November 16, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 16, 2021

Here’s a cool idea which I like a lot from the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in Lynnwood, USA. They installed a 47-inch flat panel TV facing the cages containing the cats at their rescue. The cats are held in … continue reading…

Posted in environment | Tagged animal rescue, animal shelter, cat rescues, cat shelter, cat television, enriched environment, enriching cat environment | Leave a reply
Seattle Humane

Toxic work environment inside a palatial building at Seattle Humane

PoC avatarPosted on November 11, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 11, 2021

The Seattle Times has lambasted a glossy animal shelter: Seattle Humane, for not carrying out the promises that they made when raising $30 million to build what they describe as a palatial shelter on three floors, the largest non-profit animal … continue reading…

Posted in animal rescue | Tagged animal rescue, animal shelter, Cat News, cat rescue adoptions, Seattle Humane, voluntary work, volunteers | 1 Reply

The higher an animal shelter’s live release rate the higher the rates of burnout in shelter staff?

PoC avatarPosted on November 4, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 4, 2021

There is a study online published on Jan 17th 2020 which, as I understand it, essentially looks at the mental health of animal shelter employees under two opposing circumstances, namely when animals are euthanized and when the live release rate … continue reading…

Posted in burnout and compassion fatigue | Tagged animal shelter, burnout, cat shelter, cat shelters, cat study, compassion, compassion fatigue, human behavior, science | Leave a reply
Penny and Gus - a match made in heaven. She is 101 and he is 19

101-year-old woman adopted 19-year-old cat

PoC avatarPosted on October 6, 2021 by Michael BroadOctober 6, 2021

CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA – NEWS AND COMMENT: In terms of cat adoptions, I think that the combined age of this woman and the cat she adopted is the highest on record. There should be a Guinness records for that! … continue reading…

Posted in good cat news | Tagged animal shelter, cat adoption, cat shelter, good cat news, senior cat adoption | Leave a reply

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