What affects us affects cats
Over may years reporting on cat stories, I have found that it is not uncommon for there to be moments when cat and animal rescues struggle with a particularly severe input of discarded cats or puppies. Although there are many reasons for cat owners dumping their cat or cats at a shelter, the underlying …
In early July 2025, Central Texas was struck by catastrophic flooding that devastated communities, displaced thousands of people, and left countless animals vulnerable. The unprecedented storm dumped over 20 inches of rain within hours, causing rivers to rise dramatically and inundate entire towns. Amid this disaster, local animal shelters quickly became overwhelmed with pets …
In a moment that melted hearts across social media this week, a stray cat found the safest place she could to give birth — an apartment doorstep. What might have turned into a tragedy instead became a story of quiet heroism, thanks to a neighbor’s instinct to act with compassion. The drama unfolded in …
In a story of resilience and hope, an elderly Los Angeles woman was reunited with her beloved cat after devastating wildfires destroyed her home. Katherine Kiefer, 82, thought she had lost everything when the Palisades Fire tore through her neighborhood, leaving behind only ashes and heartbreak. However, just when hope seemed lost, her cat …
The notorious JD Vance derogatory comment on ‘childless cat ladies’ has reverberated around the American political landscape and come back to bite him on the bum and on Trump’s copious bum too 😉🤣. Vance screwed up bigtime when he criticised childless cat ladies for liking cats and not creating families. Vance is a [bad] …
Perhaps the notable aspect of this video which shows a man saving a cat from a vicious dog attack is that he physically intervenes by grabbing the dog and pulling it off the cat. He did not resort to violence himself and, for example, kick the dog or hit the dog in some other …
Another kitten rescue from TikTok. A nice one. Lovely woman. There are many cat rescues on social media. Some (hopefully rarely) are sadly contrived and even set up but this one is genuine except that in days gone by no one rescuing a kitten from the middle of a country road where they had …
Kota Kinabalu is the capital of the relation state of Sabah in the northern part of the island of Borneo where, we are told, there are massive floods and, in these floods, there are many animals requiring rescue which resulted in this fantastic photograph (albeit not very sharp) of a good woman whose name …
