What affects us affects cats
Based upon prioritising resources, the chief of police at Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, James Hambrick, has decided that the Mt. Juliet Animal Shelter will no longer accept most cats. The only cats that they will accept, he says, will be injured or kittens which have been dumped. Obviously dogs will continue to be accepted at …
Due to numerous concerns that escalated last week with the critical injury of a cat named Cooper, a Change.org petition calling for the firing of Rowan County Control (Salisbury, North Carolina) Director Clai Martin commenced March 13. I’m including three links following this article offering more information on this situation because it’s too much …
It’s all about commitment. Without commitment senior managers at some cat shelters will find almost any excuse to kill a cat because in their eyes they have good reason to. They often lack sufficient space and sometimes they lack sufficient facilities to deal with the high number of cats that come into their care. …
The animal advocacy community has kept their eyes on North Carolina over the summer, as allegations against both the Guilford and Davidson County animal shelter have made national news. This has resulted in an historic fine of $300,000 being issued against the nonprofit United Animal Coalition (UAC) after abuse and neglect allegations came in …
“No-kill” policies often do more harm than good in ending the cycle of companion-animal homelessness…. PETA says that when shelters become no-kill without addressing the root cause of the problem they make things worse because cats and dogs die an unpleasant death rather than being euthanised. They die an unpleasant death because of various …
ID# 152914- "BITSY" – 3 months – Sex: TBDThese animals are at Clayton County Animal Control at 1396 Government Circle… Posted by Friends of Clayton County Cats on Friday, September 4, 2015 In the grand scheme of animal shelters this little fella is just another cat who needs a good home – nondescript, unknown …
There is a campaign on Facebook to stop the mass murders at New York City’s animal shelters. The campaign is very vigorous and bold. I like that. Their Facebook webpage is hosted by Christina Malchow. I presume that it is her who is bold and courageous in passionately pleading with people to “effect change …
We are told that many high kill shelters euthanize FIV+ cats because of a lack of space and because they believe that they won’t be adopted. I expect that many people associated with animal shelters, such as Elisa Black-Taylor, will have first-hand experience of this (an explanation of FIV in plain language). If I …
