This article deals with a new approach in finding homes for the unwanted shelter pets at Greenville County Animal Care Services, a high-kill shelter in upstate South Carolina. Please read over their new system, and leave a comment on whether you think this new plan is a stroke of genius, or just another way …
This is a quick note to raise a question about whether the cat shelter system in America should be shifted towards a universal fostering system. In a cat or animal shelter the cats live together in a confined space. If cats are fostered they live with individual people in their homes and/or enclosures attached …
A new policy of euthanizing (in this instance better described as killing) newborn kittens that weigh less than 100 grams has been implemented at Greenville County Care Services (GCACS). This page analyses the policy to see if it is accurate and decent. I presume we are talking about newborn kittens who happen to be …
This page contains information on how rescue cat adopters make their choices when selecting a cat and briefly looks at why they give them back. The cat most likely to be adopted at a United States shelter is a white, neutered, purebred, pedigree male Persian kitten (or another white pedigree cat)….read on. There are …
By Elisa Black-Taylor On July 25th, 2013, a beautiful 6-year-old calico named Bella (shelter ID-HCAS #1556521) was surrendered unlawfully to Hillsborough County (Florida) Animal Services by the daughter of the actual owners without their knowledge. The owner’s name is being withheld for privacy reasons. Many animal lovers now go so far as to issue …
By Elisa Black-Taylor For those of you who don’t know, Greenville County Animal Care Services (GCACS) is the facility where my daughter Laura and I used to do rescue and fostering out of. This week they had a crisis, and they used news media to successfully adopt out several hundred abandoned, stray, and family …
Animal Rescue of Anderson Valley — Photo by MendocinoAnimalCare It appears that there is no standardised temperament testing of cats at animal shelters. Am I incorrect? There should be. Accurate temperament testing of cats would result in a greater proportion of cats being rehomed. It would save lives. Another term used is feline temperament …
Oh boy, dear readers. Just when I think I’ve heard everything there is to hear about declawing in the U.S., I find something new that shocks and sickens me. Trinity Acres Rescue, located in Dimondale, Michigan (see map below), requires mandatory declawing of ALL rescues before being placed in a new home. Trinity Acres …
