Here is an example of how things can go wrong when you own a domestic cat. It can go wrong to the point where you want to give up your cat. And it can also go wrong when you are a confirmed cat person. If you feel compelled to give up your cat when …
We don’t know the background to the story but a grey and white cat was abandoned on the doorstep of a shelter facility at night during subzero temperatures in a white plastic container with a large rock on the lid.
Many rescue organisations have a clause in the adoption contract which states that the adopter(s) must bring the animal back if they want to get rid of him/her. This is sensible as it helps to protect the lives of these animals. It prevents rescue animal adopters being careless with the welfare of the animal …
UPDATE: Paws Furever Home, Inc. rescued Yeller (as well as a kitty named Shadow) on March 31, 2017. Please pay pledges via PayPal email address: pawsfureverhome@gmail.com via mailing address below: Paws Furever Home, Inc. 5009 Antioch Road Adel, GA 31620 **please mark pledge for Yeller from Cobb AC **please confirm on this thread when Paid …
Adopting a domestic cat is a serious step. It is something that needs to be considered very carefully over a reasonable period of time – let’s say about 6 months to a year. The consideration should include budgetary requirements. It is not cheap to look after a domestic cat properly. There have been many …
Education is the key to minimising the number of cats given up to shelters. Better job prospects and higher incomes flow from good education. Many more cat owners on low incomes abandoned their cats than those on decent incomes. By far the most common time at which cat abandonment takes place is during the …
At council hearings where the subject of banning declawing has been debated, veterinarians represented by the AVMA, have insisted that they declaw cats because it prevents owners abandoning their cats. The argument is that owners have problems with their cats’ claws because of scratched furniture and scratched granny and so on. These owners want …
When a couple are married, the domestic cat is a member of the family, cherished and loved, often particularly strongly by the children of the family. When a couple are divorcing, the cat or the dog sometimes becomes a “possession” (“chattel” in old fashioned legal English) of the once happily married couple, to be …
