What affects us affects cats
It occurred to me that when cat hoarders are prosecuted and their animals seized by the authorities and placed in animal rescue centers, the cost of the services provided in caring for the animals, rehabilitating them and rehoming them should be paid for by the people who put the animals in that state: the …
An owner of two cats returned home to find both his cats in a poor way. One cat was lying near the boundary fence of his property crying. He was limp and the owner took him to the vet where he was euthanised. When he returned home he noticed his second cat was very …
Having managed this site for over ten years I have seen this reported on numerous occasions. God knows how many times it happens but remains unreported. I would suspect many thousands of times annually. The basic scenario is a classic girlfriend-boyfriend argument, often over a third party who puts the relationship under pressure. The …
This is a follow up page on a well-publicised story from April. It is nice to follow up on cat abuse stories when the ending is relatively happy. We like happy endings when justice is done [see original page]. Queensland, Australia: For the fun of it (and because he hates cats) Samuel Conroy hurled …
This is another update and the final one on Samson the cat who was dumped in NC on June 22nd 2017 by Michelle Raymond who was charged and convicted of animal abandonment and cruelty. Specifically Raymond was charged with the misdemeanour charge of abandonment of an animal and the felony of cruelty to animals. …
This is the most outrageous example of what I’ll term ‘cat extortion’ that I have encountered. We know criminals steal cats and extort money for their return but in this instance an acquaintance allegedly demanded $10,000 for the return of a cat belonging to a 70-year-old Floridian. The victim was staying at a motel …
When a person is convicted of the unlawful killing of someone’s pet cat the owner seeks compensation for their loss; this is ‘restitution’. A recent live and real case can be used to illustrate how it works. It concerns Pam Dowell, the lady who is moving home to get away from some neighbors, one …
Kristen Lindsey’s Attorney Brian Bishop has applied to the Supreme Court of Texas to review the judgement of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in suspending her license to practice. I think, in short, she wants to remove from the record any punishment that she received because she shot dead a neighbor’s cat, …
