It’s that time of year when big-hearted volunteers like to make little dens for feral cats to keep warm. Some parts of America are incredibly cold in the winter. The organisation Watching over Whiskers (WOW) has an ongoing programme of making cat shelters for their community cats. It seems that a lot of charities …
Cats Protection Lifeline is a specialist charity which looks after the cats of abused women which frees them up to escape the abusive home and restart somewhere else. The charity relies on volunteer foster carers to be temporary cat caregivers. It is a very important branch of the Cats Protection charity which is also …
Depression or just feeling down is not uncommon. It’s part of life. We need to accept it and enjoy the moments when we feel livelier and happier. But if you’ve ever felt blue and I’m sure pretty well everyone reading this has at some stage, the secret to boosting your mood is to do …
Remember Me Thursday is a campaign, starting September 28th, 2017, to get people to understand the importance of adopting “orphan pets”; usually unwanted dogs and cats in rescue centres and animal shelters. In 2016 the campaign reached nearly 340 million people on social media. It is a highly effective global campaign. I simply wish …
Firstly, my apologies for the late payment. However it is still just inside the month! I read all the comments suggesting various cat charities and on this occasion decided upon an individual who is setting up a rescue operation on her own and seeking crowd funding, a new way of raising money on the …
Sorry for the late notification. There were 2,692 comments in Feb (the count actually goes to 4th March because of this late post). The starting and closing number of comments were respectively: 29,295 now and 26,603 at close of February 2014. At 5 cents per comment that makes $135 USD which is £81. Please …
Lord Black’s speech in the House of Lords on 26 March in which he calls for inclusion of the five animal welfare needs in the new primary science curriculum Lord Black of Brentwood: This is earlier page on the debate. I want to talk about animal welfare and its place in the national curriculum, …
It is the time to write about a charity donation funded by the PoC Comment Charity Scheme. Before I address that subject, I’d like to mention the £100 donation made by Marc Poberejsky, a regular and well-regarded contributor to PoC. Marc’s Donation Not long ago, Marc made an extremely generous donation of $1000 in …
