What affects us affects cats
By Elisa-Black Taylor Today I’d like to talk about an animal shelter’s responsibility to the community it serves. This is different from the shelters legal responsibility. All shelters are bound by law to hold strays for a certain period of time. Owner turn-in’s may be euthanized at any time, and it is so stated …
Although very unpleasant, this is a picture that we should all see. Some PoC visitors have already seen it. “….all of you people who have ever surrendered a pet to a shelter or humane society should be made to work in the “back” of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you …
By Elisa Black-Taylor The Last Chance Cat Ranch located in Lethbridge, Alberta suffered a devastating loss on March 5. Sixty cats were living in the foster house when a fire broke out. I’ll caution the readers right now that you will definitely need a tissue for this article. It was a difficult decision to …
By Elisa Black-Taylor New Florida State Bills could improve animal shelter accountability. There are two new state bills. One has passed and the other is still in the works. These bills are definitely a step in the right direction in putting the spotlight on shelters and other animal intake places by making them publicly …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Kaitlyn Hughes was the only mommy a little orange tabby named Porkchop ever knew. He was only five months old last month when he escaped unnoticed from his home and was found by a neighbor, taken to the Mobile County animal shelter, and killed one minute later. Kaitlyn is suing Mobile …
By Elisa Black-Taylor While I was doing a little social “petworking” (a new word for the modern age) the other night, I came across the story of a Maine Coon cat that I knew I had to share with the readers here. It’s about a Maine Coon breeder who dumped a pedigree Maine Coon …
You won’t find anything, anywhere on this subject! You might know better, though, If you know something please leave a comment. The question I am asking is this: Does the gender profile of employees and volunteers at cat and animal shelters have any impact on various aspects of the running of the organization and …
Animal Shelters are for the benefit of animals, stupid..what else? I don’t think it is that straight forward. Note: This is not a shelter bashing exercise. It is about cat welfare. I am taking a deliberately tough and provocative stance on this. And there is a general downward trend in animal killing at shelters …
