What affects us affects cats
This is a follow-up post to one written by Elisa on November 10 about the ABC7 News reporter, Veronica Miracle, who was involved in the rescuing of a badly burned tuxedo kitty in the Woolsey Fire. The Woolsey Fire is a destructive wildfire burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in the USA. It …
The Grass Valley Fire Department rescued a cat and a chicken who were together at the front door of a residence in the midst of the horrendous fires in Northern California’s Shasta County. It looks like they were keeping each other company in the doorway. The fire department took them both in the same …
It is interesting to know who is most likely to own a cat and/or dog in the USA. It helps us better understand the relationship between these companion animals and humans and whether cats and dogs improve our health or if cat and dog owners already have improved health. The ongoing California Health Interview …
Happy ending in Hawthorne, USA: This sweet pair of cats were found in a tied up trash bad in Lynwood at the end of last month. Can you imagine the kind of mentality that a person has who could do that? It beggars belief. Vile behaviour. Look at their eager faces. Cleaned up and …
Four hours ago Jennifer Conrad of The Paw Project posted on Facebook an update on the proposed California legislation to ban declawing in the state. She tells us that the legislation has failed and that they have lost the battle to protect cat paws in California. I presume that The Paw Project had promoted …
California is planning to ban cat declawing. Eight cities within the state banned declawing some time ago. If California passes this bill it will become the first state to ban declawing and it will be a monumental moment in the fight against this unnecessary and cruel practice.
The multiple wildfires in the Los Angeles area are of course devastating. Well-known celebrities have had to move out of their mansions but Californians are coming together to rescue every Angeleno possible and that means both two legged and four-legged. It is nice to see the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters tweeting a photo …
The new Californian law which makes it obligatory for pet shops to obtain supplies of animals from shelters and rescues (as opposed to puppy and kitten mills) has had an unforeseen consequence, namely that shelters which are unregulated have been thrust into the supply chain to provide regulated pet shops with pets. Animal shelters …
