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Nova Scotia SPCA cats in their care

Would-be cat hoarders should reach out to animal shelters for help before it’s too late

PoC avatarPosted on May 28, 2019 by Michael BroadMay 28, 2019

I believe that more can be done in the way of proactive steps to prevent cat hoarding occurring. On occasions, I’m sure that cat hoarders become overwhelmed because of their carelessness.

Posted in hoarders | Tagged animal hoarding, animal shelters, cat hoarder, Cat Hoarding, hoarding | Leave a reply
Cat rescue kittens waiting for an adopter

Should people take a written test before adopting a cat or dog?

PoC avatarPosted on May 23, 2019 by Michael BroadMay 23, 2019

In order to raise the standard of cat and dog ownership (guardianship) Melbourne Council in Australia are proposing that people who want to adopt a pet take a written test to ensure that they are suitable. I don’t know whether …

Posted in adoption | Tagged adopting a cat, adoption, animal shelters, cat ownership, shelters | Leave a reply
Kitten factory

UK: kitten and puppy factories banned by law

PoC avatarPosted on May 16, 2019 by Michael BroadMay 16, 2019

New “Lucy’s Law” legislation has been laid in Parliament to put an end to puppy and kitten farming (factories). The phrase, “laid in” means that if no one objects (and no one will) the law will take effect automatically. This …

Posted in animal abuse | Tagged adoption, animal shelters, breeders, weaning kittens
The one billion euro donations to rebuild Notre Dam is an insult to more worthy charities. Francisco Seco/AP

Notre Dame burning = €1 billion in 24 hours. Animal shelters, animals dying = €0.

PoC avatarPosted on April 23, 2019 by Michael BroadApril 23, 2019

Being a passionate advocate of animal welfare and particularly the people involved in animal welfare including of course animal shelters, it is galling to see pledges totally one billion euros from Europe’s super rich to repair and rebuild Notre Dame …

Posted in negligence | Tagged animal charities, animal shelters, Cats in France, France | 2 Replies
Ninety Percent Drop in the Killing of US Dogs and Cats in Shelters

What is the ideal hold time for stray cats at animal shelters?

PoC avatarPosted on April 13, 2019 by Michael BroadApril 13, 2019

What is the ideal hold time for stray cats at animal shelters? I am genuinely asking for the input of visitors. The New Erie County legislature passed a law last Thursday which shortens the hold time for stray cats at …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelters, cat reunited with owner, cat shelters, stray cats | Leave a reply
cat rescue

Cat wrongfully labeled feral: ‘I kept looking for this vicious wild cat that had terrorized a family’

PoC avatarPosted on March 15, 2019 by Elisa Black-TaylorJune 20, 2019

Posted March 15, 2019 – A Reader’s Forum article by Laura Morrison This is what gets animals killed. Labeling them feral without any idea of what that really means. This beautiful boy was called in as a feral public nuisance, …

Posted in Readers Forum | Tagged animal shelters, cat euthanasia, cat personality, cat rescue, cat shelter euthanasia, domesticated cat, feral cats | 10 Replies
No-kill shelters

No-Kill shelters should be relabelled ‘Low-Kill’

PoC avatarPosted on March 8, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 22, 2019

“Zero killing of any pets..is just not realistic..” No-Kill shelters are allowed to euthanise up to 10% of animals if they are judged to be too old, too sick or too feral. I presume ‘too feral’ means or should mean …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelter, animal shelters, no-kill, no-kill shelter | 5 Replies
Promoting adoptions at Christmas from animal shelters

Germany bans animal shelter adoptions in the run-up to Christmas

PoC avatarPosted on December 11, 2018 by Michael BroadDecember 11, 2018

Arguably other countries should follow Germany’s example in banning adoptions from animal shelters in the run-up to Christmas to stop unwanted dogs and cats being dumped after the holidays. Is this a good idea? I think it is but others …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged abandoned cats, animal abandonment, animal shelters, cat adoptions, cat relinquishment, cats and dogs, christmas, Germany | 6 Replies
Hamilton Township animal shelter

Animal shelter killed all 46 hoarded cats on day they were rescued and described as a ‘killer of innocent animals’

PoC avatarPosted on August 10, 2018 by Michael BroadNovember 28, 2018

State investigators of Hamilton Township Animal Shelter & Adoption Center found a catalogue of two dozen deficiencies. They also discovered that the shelter killed all 46 cats recovered from a hoarder on the day they were rescued. The Township Health …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelters, cat hoarder, cat rescue | Leave a reply
Cat bites shelter worker. What to do?

Single or Group Housing at Cat Shelters?

PoC avatarPosted on July 22, 2018 by Michael BroadJuly 22, 2018

Please read a page about reducing cat stress at shelters. Cat shelters interest me because cat rescue interests me and lots of cats end up at cat shelters. The question that arises for shelter owners, employees and animal control people …

Posted in Animal Rescue | Tagged animal shelter, animal shelters, cat cages, cat shelters, cat stress, cat welfare, enriching cat environment | 15 Replies

Euthanizing shelter animals to make space and covering it up by saying they are unhealthy

PoC avatarPosted on June 22, 2018 by Michael BroadJune 22, 2018

Although it applies generally, this particular story concerns the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center which I have mentioned before in articles about the mismanagement of the seizing of cats from a shelter in Plant City, Tampa, Florida. In those articles …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelters, cat euthanasia, euthanasia, euthanasia of dogs | Leave a reply
Ninety Percent Drop in the Killing of US Dogs and Cats in Shelters

Ninety Percent Drop in the Killing of US Dogs and Cats in Shelters

PoC avatarPosted on May 19, 2018 by Michael BroadMay 19, 2018

There has been a ninety percent drop in the killing of US dogs and cats in shelters since the 1970s. The reasons for this are discussed on this page.

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal shelters, cat shelters usa, dogs, Nathan Winograd, no-kill, no-kill shelter, sterilising cats, TNR | 6 Replies
Sampson County Animal Shelter Violated the Law and was cruel to animals

Animal Shelter Criticized For Numerous Violations & Fined $4,800

PoC avatarPosted on May 1, 2018 by Michael BroadMay 1, 2018

Sampson County Animal Shelter in North Carolina has been fined a civil penalty of $4,800 for numerous violations including (1) unnecessarily euthanizing animals before the end of the minimum three day holding period (2) lack of proper veterinary care and …

Posted in Animal Rescue | Tagged #NC, animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal law, animal shelters, cat euthanasia, Cat News, North Carolina | Leave a reply
Cat Shelter Owner Frustrated with Cat Owners

Cat Shelter Owner Frustrated with Cat Owners

PoC avatarPosted on February 27, 2018 by Michael BroadFebruary 27, 2018

A cat shelter owner, Susan McNair, living and working in Australia has become frustrated with cat owners because she’s been saving the lives of kittens for 20 years and has seen little change in the habits of a minority of …

Posted in Cat shelters | Tagged animal rescue australia, animal shelters, australia, cat rescue, cat shelters | 10 Replies
AHS animal shelter - dirt and carcasses

Executive director of large animal shelter network tried to gag workers and now faces multiple criminal charges

PoC avatarPosted on November 18, 2017 by Michael BroadNovember 18, 2017

In October, Roseann Trezza, 70, the executive director of Associated Humane Societies (AHS) ordered volunteers to sign a gagging agreement to prevent them from discussing the Newark shelter on social media. If they refused they’d lose their job. Clearly she …

Posted in volunteers | Tagged animal cruelty, animal shelters, animal shelters in nj, Cat News, crime | 3 Replies

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