What affects us affects cats
“Foreclosure cats” are cats that have been abandoned at a property that a mortgagor has repossessed. By a mortgagor I mean a bank that lends money – a mortgage – to an individual to allow the person to buy a property. Foreclosure can only happen if the borrower, the mortgagee has failed to pay …
This is a big subject. It is widely agreed that animal abuse is linked to domestic violence. There can be a pecking order of violence in a family downwards from the father to the mother and the child to the companion animal; the child having learned from his parents. Animal abuse is quite a …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Readers, I’ll warn you before I begin this article “Using Cats As Snake Food” that this is perhaps the sickest, most vile thing I’ve ever heard of. I’m not even sure it’s legal. Unfortunately, the legality of feeding a cat to a pet snake makes little difference to the person who …
This is not going to be politically correct. I don’t believe in political correctness when it hides abuse and injustice. I also believe that we are all one species of human animal. With the advent of the internet that breaks down boundaries and creates worldwide networks we have the opportunity and right to observe …
The words ‘legal’ and ‘cruelty’ should never go together in one sentence. But they do in many places on the planet. One reason will be because there are no laws to protect the cat against human abuse. The classic example is China. China is a country that will do anything to get ahead and …
By Elisa Black-Taylor There’s an animal serial killer in Texas. I saw a recent article concerning this a few days ago. I traced the killings back to October 2011 when Houston resident, Lucy Garcia lost a border collie to a gunshot and a rottweiler to poisoning. Her horse was also stabbed to death in …
This little vignette of life says a lot about us, our cats and our relationship. You have a person being wantonly cruel – for what reason? You have a person being the opposite; caring and warm-hearted. In the middle you have a cat, “Handsome”, who bears no grudges, accepts what life throws at him …
The Caboodle Ranch verdict has now been made public. Caboodle Ranch received word from their attorneys on Monday, June 25, ruling against Craig Grant and Caboodle Ranch. Florida Judge Gregory Parker has ruled that the cats won’t be returning to the Madison County ranch. This has come as a shock to the more than …
