SC cats abandoned and left to die: Officials won’t act because rent is paid until December 10

There’s an emergency situation taking place in Lancaster, South Carolina that has cat advocates very concerned. Cats have been abandoned in a home on Daystar Road and are slowly starving. UPDATE: Six of the cats were taken by the cat’s owner to Lancaster County Animal Control. A rescue is needed to get them out …

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Catastrophically Neglected Dilute Calico Persian (happy ending)

Neglected persian cat

The first photo will make you scratch your head trying to decide what it is and what’s going on. This is a story reported by The Arrow Fund yesterday. The Arrow Fund provides medical treatment to animals in Kentucky who have been the victims of torture or extreme forms of abuse and neglect. This …

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Anonymous tipster posts pictures online and accuses cat breeder and cat show judge of animal cruelty

This isn’t the typical article since the news is still breaking and “alleged” about a cat breeder and cat show judge who recently turned herself in as a cat hoarder to Thurston Animal Services in Olympia, Washington on August 18. I won’t name names in this article since no arrests have been made and …

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Cat rescue: when being good and doing good can land you in jail

Defendants on trial for animal abuse in running pet rescue sanctuary

Let this story be a lesson to people who want to start up their own cat rescue organisation. It is a sad story of good people, trying to do good, believing that they are doing good but ultimately just falling short resulting in an abuse of cats through neglect which is something they would …

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Five dogs seized and four dead cats removed from home of NC animal advocate

Cats and dogs seized from animal advocate

Update: WBTV released this update stating Barbara Hart was arrested Friday morning and charged with 9 counts of animal cruelty. Bond was set at $1,500. The cat advocacy world woke up to the following article today from WBTV News. A very well respected Salisbury, North Carolina animal advocate is in trouble with the law. …

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See the transformation after 2 pounds of matted fur is removed from 14-year-old cat

cat fur

It’s rare that I report on ‘old news’ unless the story is extremely interesting. I came across this YouTube video posted April 18 and felt the need to share with the readers here at PoC. On December 16, 2016, the Humane Animal Rescue League in Pittsburgh posted photos of a 14-year-old cat rescued after …

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