What affects us affects cats
Here is a gallery of three photographs showing how an individual cat is dumped at a shelter outside the door, anonymously. The shelter is the Mayhew Animal Home in London, UK. These are thumbnail photographs. If you click on any one of the photographs you will be taken to a larger version and a …
Here are twelve reasons why it is better to adopt a cat from a shelter provided some sensible precautions are taken. I’d always have either your vet check out the health of a cat to be adopted or ensure that the cat is certified as been all clear in respect of the big feline …
From Danielle at Ark on the Edge Captions to photo montage: Just peeping A very chilled out Dancer – who fell asleep in this position Prancer (back) and little Blitzen loving the cardboard boxes. Donna giving her most photogenic smile I love cardboard boxes!!! Elf was surprised I appeared with a camera instead of …
Are there areas in the USA where a person has to wait before adopting at a cat shelter, while in another area shelters are euthanizing cats because there are not enough adopters? Do we know the answer? Where is the information? Occasionally, you read on the internet that there are pockets in the USA …
Below are some animal shelter statistics from the Statistic Brain website. The source of the information is Born Free U.S.A., American Humane Society and Pet Finder according to the author. I’d just like to mention one thing that came to my mind when looking at these statistics. The Humane Society of Ottawa County have …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Should animal shelter photography prettify the animals or show harsh reality? This is a continuation of an article Michael wrote a year or so back. Michael’s article basically explains how good shelter photos of cats and dogs can mean the difference between life and death. The idea for this article came …
By Elisa-Black Taylor Today I’d like to address the situation going on at the high-kill shelter where my daughter Laura and I used to do rescue from. This is going to be a complicated article, but I’m hoping some of you familiar with how an animal shelter operates can offer some suggestions on how …
The funding of animal shelters is an area that I don’t think about much but it may be important to the style of working at a shelter and the attitude of the staff. The number of animal shelters is a symptom of a failure in society in respect of our relationship with companion animals. …
