Chapman’s Dachshund Rescue burnt down in massive fire. There are cats that need help.

Chapman’s Dachshund Rescue in York, South Carolina, was destroyed in a massive fire. They describe it as a ‘total loss fire’ and the picture below tells the story dramatically. Five dogs died in the fire and forty were rescued. The dogs have been relocated. Chapman’s Dachshund Rescue have confirmed what Friends of Feral Felines …

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PoC donates $42.50 to Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends in Greene, Maine

Following the five cents per comment cat charity scheme which I ran in August and following the suggestions to donate the $42.50 raised, I decided to donate the money to Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends as suggested by Francis A Danna. I made the donation about 20 minutes ago: As always, the decision as to …

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I have $42.50 to give to a cat charity. You choose.

PoC donations

Last month I ran a five cents per comment cat charity program. In other words for every comment made PoC would donate five cents to a cat charity of choice. My intention was to let the leading commenter for August choose the cat charity. Unfortunately, the person wrote the most comments does not wish …

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939 comments in May: US$47 donated to the Quincy Animal Shelter

Donation to Quincy Animal Shelter

The month of May has been a great month for comments on this website, PoC. You may remember that in the top left-hand corner of the homepage (and top right on subsequent pages) I left a notice saying that every comment would earn five cents for an animal charity chosen by one of the …

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‘Before and after’ promotional photographs of organisation’s rescue cat shows two different cats

Rescue organisations often use the rescue of a cat or dog as a means to promote their organisation. They show what I call “before and after” photographs. The before photograph is how the cat looked when she was rescued. The after photograph shows how she looks so many months later after the organisation has …

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Maryland, USA: Slack Approach to Regulating Cat Rescue Leads to Chaotic Situation

Michelle Ingrodi

If you want to start a cat rescue shelter in Maryland, USA, there is no evaluation process. You simply fill in a form. No one checks your history and whether you have a track record in the cat rescue business which might warn the authorities that you are unsuited to the task of running …

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Man pays adoption fees for five hard-to-adopt rescue cats

Scott Dye who loves cats has paid the adoption fees for five other people adopting from the Second Chance Companions rescue center in SW Washington and the Portland Metro area and the fees were for difficult to rehome cats such as elderly black cats or cats with disabilities. He got the idea from stories …

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