A Hard Lesson Learned
For nine years I lived with a beautiful tuxedo Turkish Angora named Angel. She was bright, lively and mischievous. Angel reminded me of Mae West in a black fur coat. She was fixed before...
Tagged: cat euthanasia
What is the ultimate test for deciding when to euthanize your cat?
I don’t think all of us can automatically rely in our natural ability to make the right judgement when the time comes to euthanize our cat. There are too many pressures to delay it...
Failures at Columbus County Animal Control Forces Retirement of Director
Following a fine (see details below) by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Veterinary Services (“the Services”) the director of Columbus County Animal Control, Rossie Hayes (a man, incidentally) will retire in...
Cat Rescuer Involuntarily Committed to a Mental Health Treatment Facility
In Volusia County, Florida, a cat rescuer by the name of Carmen Martinez was recently “baker acted”. This is jargon for being taken to a mental health facility by the authorities because she protested...
Mystery and Problems Following Death of “Feral” Cat at NC Shelter
There’s a mystery surrounding the death of a one-year-old cat named Penny who was identified as afraid, who was recently euthanized at a North Carolina shelter. According to “Harnett Hawk” (see comment on this...
Pet Owners More Likely To Choose Advanced Treatment Over Euthanasia
In the UK, pet owners are more likely to elect advanced, specialist veterinary treatments over euthanising their pet when they are very ill. The phrase “to put him out of his misery” is dying...
Facebook single-handedly increases shelter adoptions thereby saving the lives of cats
I am going to make the bold statement that Facebook and other online social media websites are making a substantial impact on the number of cats adopted from rescue centers and shelters throughout the...
“We just don’t want her anymore” – reason for surrendering cat
It’s takes a low-down person to surrender their cat saying “we just don’t want her anymore.” That’s what a cat owner did last week at a North Carolina shelter (writes Elisa Black-Taylor for Examiner.com)...
Facebook opens the door to criticism of animal shelter management
Many animal shelters have webpages on Facebook. It is a great way to promote their organisation and to communicate with many people which facilitates the re-homing of rescued cats. Â There is a great deal...
Clarifications on policy to end NC animal shelter euthanasia by gassing
News broke this past week from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Section, where an announcement was made that carbon monoxide gassing will no longer be an accepted form of euthanasia in...
Animal shelters need to change from the top down to attain true no-kill
Anonymous (Admin: the writer left a comment with her name which I converted to an article but I have decided to keep her anonymous for this article until she approves). Nathan Winograd is my...
Are cats labeled as feral by animal shelters being illegally killed?
There is currently a lot of debate among animal activists about the rights of a shelter or Humane Society to kill feral cats. While searching for a holding period law for the state of...
Shelter kittens euthanised and then their mother who is named posthumously
This is a rushed off short post following on from the previous two posts about Palm Beach Animal Care and Control, a rescue facility. There is internet an discussion about the quality of service...
Our cats often get a better deal at the end of their life than us
When I was at the vets the day my late Charlie was euthanized, at the moment the veterinarian concurred with me that it was the correct decision to “put him to sleep”, I remarked,...
League Tables For Animal Shelters
Would league tables work for animal rescue shelters? League tables are a way of ranking the quality of a service provided. Any service can be measured. The concept is that league tables create competition...
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