NEWS/OPINION – Stockport, UK: the Manchester Evening News reports another disturbing example of how local authorities in the UK can carelessly dispose of a domestic cat that has been lost and killed either on the road or, in this instance, … Link is redundant
It depends on you, the cat owner, as to what happens when your cat is put to sleep. You decide when your cat is put to sleep. And you decide what happens after that. You select the veterinarian. It is … Link is redundant
This intriguing cat story can be summarised quite succinctly (cf. the original story). Zack Whedon bought a house in Highland Park, Los Angeles. The house had been upgraded by a developer who had bought the property from the executors of … Link is redundant
Wendy Boucher-Fischer writing on Quora.com describes how her cat Miss Kitty died of natural causes at the age of 20 at her home. I am surprised at her description. She writes that she knew her cat was dying so she … Link is redundant
A concerned cat owner asked: A pet crematorium switched my cat’s ashes and paw print with those of a large dog and are refusing to admit their mistake. How can I locate my pet’s ashes and print? My response is … Link is redundant
Note from Elisa: This article was originally posted July 2, 2017. Since the stresses of being a veterinarian article had so much response from veterinarians, I wanted to publish it so it can be considered as one issue veterinarians may … Link is redundant
The headstone for domestic cat, Dewey, nicely sums up the relationship between human and cat. He lived from 1898-1910. His life was quite short but in those days the lives of domestic cats were on average shorter due to poorer … Link is redundant
What happens when a cat dies? It is more or less the same as when a human dies. There is either a cremation or burial. The cremation should be an individualized cremation organized by the owner. A veterinarian will organize a multiple-shared cremation. You can do what you like with the ashes. Is there an afterlife?
Link is redundantYou may be fooling yourself. You quite probably are if you think that you have your cat’s ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece. Further, you might think that there is some DNA of your cat in those ashes. That … Link is redundant
The owner of an Illinois pet cemetery, Joe Abts, reportedly committed suicide last Wednesday after the start of an investigation by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department for allegedly fraudulent behaviour in providing customers with “fake ashes”. It is not clear … Link is redundant
