What affects us affects cats
At the time of dictating this article, there are about 420,000 signatures (and rising) on various petition websites demanding the revocation of Kristen Lindsey’s veterinary licence. You no doubt you remember her. If not please click here. There appears to be a huge rise in online campaigning in general and certainly almost half a …
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 Florida, I came across some information I’d like to share with the readers. Although written in Michigan, it may pertain …
Elisa Black-Taylor, the Greenville Pets Examiner writes on examiner.com that Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control (PBCACCA) are euthanising cats that should be adopted and not employing their network of foster carers efficiently. Foster carers who work with PBCACCA state that they’re worried that they will have to hand their foster cats back …
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 to improve services which raises overall standards. Cat or animal rescue league tables could be based on one criterion alone: …
WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. — A deadly cat, feline panleukopenia (panleuk – feline distemper) virus has forced a North Carolina shelter to make a life and death decision concerning the cats in their care. The Watauga Humane Society is euthanizing dozens of cats to keep the virus from spreading. Up to 80 are expected to be …
This is your chance to adopt a very rare rescue cat with an exceptional coat pattern. You’ll have to hurry as she “out of time” at the shelter where she currently lives. This means she is due to be euthanized unless adopted soon. Details: Greenville County Pet Rescue NAME: Carlotta ANIMAL ID: 23699591 BREED: …
Is it a good idea to reduce the adoption fee of a shelter cat or dog by 50% three days before their original due out/review for euthanasia date, or does it devalue the cat or dog? I’ll simplify that question. Should the cost of adopting a cat or dog from a shelter be heavily …
This article asks the question whether it is ethical for a person to adopt a companion animal, who is on death row at a shelter, to then advertise the animal on Craigslist as a freebie, without the shelter being involved. This happened and it enraged the world of animal advocates. The woman who adopted …
