What affects us affects cats
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 …
This is a feelgood story about a rescue dog but I think that it is also an educational story about how rescue animals can be euthanised when they should not be; when they should be saved and adopted. It concerns Pumpkin described as a “pocket bully”. Pumpkin has the features of a small bully …
The British authorities deserve the praise that they are receiving from a Ukrainian bestselling author, Andrev Kurkov, for allowing Ukrainian refugees to bring their pets with them when fleeing their country after Putin’s invasion. This was a gift from the British authorities because Britain has been rabies free for more than a hundred years …
A young woman reports that staff at Sugar Land [TX] Animal Services refused to accept a stray dog she found, instructing her to leave the dog where she found it. When she requested the supervisor’s name to file a complaint, she was asked to depart and was threatened with arrest for trespassing. The following …
Like others I expect, I am immensely impressed by the monumental effort of Jeffrey Beri and his team at the New York-based No Dogs Left Behind charity in rescuing dozens of cats and dogs in China where they were destined to be brutally tortured, then eaten. They were flown from China to New York. …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is an effective but distressing video of Ukrainian animal rescuers rescuing cats and dogs in the almost totally destroyed Ukrainian town of Avdiivka from which Ukrainian troops withdrew as it had been surrounded by Russian troops and artillery for a long time. Ukrainian military commanders decided it was wiser to …
Some quick research indicates that some rescue centres charge more for purebred, pedigree cats and dogs. In other words, the adoption fee is higher for pedigree animals but is this policy fair and proper? RELATED: Be saintly and adopt a rescue cat you don’t like the look of Before I try and answer the …
This is flagging up a zoonotic disease called Brucella canis in the UK. It affects dogs – but can it affect cats? – and it appears to have originated from rescue dogs imported from Eastern Europe into the UK. It is a bacterial infection and it is serious. Because it is zoonotic it can …
