The Estill County Animal Shelter (near Lexington, Kentucky, USA) is overloaded with rescue animals. Recently it stopped taking in new arrivals for six days. Please go to their Facebook page and follow the instructions! “We have not had to Euth … Continue reading →
Saskatoon is a city found in Saskatchewan, Canada. The police service there recently came under fire after an officer was seen shooting a cat and then leaving the body on a lawn at the side of the road. According to … Continue reading →
The Sandy Animal Shelter in Sandy, Utah has left the animal rescue community in an uproar after ten cats and three bunnies were euthanized over the weekend due to a panleuk outbreak. First, let’s take a look at shelter practices … Continue reading →
Long Beach want to improve their animal shelter. They want to save more lives and have devised a new model which they call Compassion Saves. The city council voted 8-0 on Tuesday in favour of this model. It is intended … Continue reading →
Two senior managers of the Hamilton Township Animal Shelter, Todd Bencivengo, 56, the former director and Jeffrey Plunkett, 62, the health officer, have been charged with two counts of third-degree animal cruelty and one count of second-degree official misconduct. They’ve … Continue reading →
Do cats know when you are putting them down? Cat owners/guardians will have a different point of view on this question. Some may say for sure they know. Others would disagree. I believe that cats don’t know that they are … Continue reading →
This is the extraordinary story of a female cat named Babsy. At the age of 11, she left her home living with Mike Marshall. She disappeared for nine years. Mike presumed that she had died but she appears to have … Continue reading →
A Lakeland senior cat was euthanized the same day it was turned in to SPCA Florida because the veterinarian said the cat was suffering. This tragic story is yet another reason to have your cat microchipped. Jazmyn had been part … Continue reading →
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, … Continue reading →
Councils across America sometimes struggle with the decision to authorise TNR programs or go with trapping and euthanising. Knoxville City Council has just gone through that process and they passed 7-2, on first reading, an ordinance which puts their seal … Continue reading →
