What affects us affects cats
Facebook: One United Voice-Animal Shelter Reform Group was created May 31, 2017, to join animal advocates in their mission to create a better environment for shelter pets. Beth Frank is the lady behind the group, where her plans are to create an army of advocates, including crossposters, in an effort to bring about change. …
An extraordinary proposal has been made by the general manager of animal services in Los Angeles, Brenda Barnette. On 23 May 2017 her proposal was approved by the Animal Services Commission. Her proposal is that if a person finds someone’s pet, most commonly a cat or dog, they will be allowed to keep it …
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution as enacted by the federal statute 1983 (42 USC 1983) grants irrevocable rights of freedom of speech to both shelter volunteers working at animal shelters and the public visiting them. Volunteers at Government Managed Animal Shelters There are millions of kind volunteers working in government run …
A lot of animal advocates are under the impression that animal shelters are required to open their entire facility to the public in order to show they’re not being secretive in their actions. While this would be ideal, it’s not the law, even in shelters who are government funded. This article is about shelters …
Sadly, this is another example of a senior manager of a non-profit animal shelter stealing money from the shelter to fund personal expenditure and in this instance it was to buy diamond earrings, chocolate-covered strawberries and other items for his girlfriend. The convicted man is Franklin Sabolcik. He was (I presume that he has …
Her name is Chien Chih-cheng. She was a very bright woman who graduated from Taiwan’s top university. She had the highest mark in the civil service exam. She could have worked anywhere but chose an animal shelter where she showed massive dedication but became suicidal over the high kill rate. On 5th May 2015, …
Florida’s Bill HB 515, if it becomes law, will be the most spectacular legislation concerning animal shelters ever created. It is a brilliant piece of legislation which creates rules on how shelters must be run. It covers everything and at the heart of it is the welfare of animals and saving their lives from …
PETA claims that misguided no-kill animal shelter policies contribute, indirectly and directly, to animal cruelty. How is that? The argument is that when shelters have policies and rules which makes it harder for cat owners to surrender their cat then they encourage these owners to abandon their companion animal or give them away which …
