Snohomish County Animal Control Services charged Kathryn St. Clare $18,138.42 after they unlawfully killed all of her rescue cats. Under a warrant, they seized and impounded 111 cats from her on the morning of Friday, July 11, 2014 at about … please continue reading
Why do animal testing laboratories have to be forced to adopt out the cats that they have abused? The norm is to kill (euphemism: euthanize) cats after they have been tested upon. I don’t understand it. Most of the time … please continue reading
Once again this is a question asked on the Internet. Observers in America want to know the percentage of cats at shelters who are euthanised. It’ll be a raw statistic and it is quite hard to find the answer if … please continue reading
Although it applies generally, this particular story concerns the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center which I have mentioned before in articles about the mismanagement of the seizing of cats from a shelter in Plant City, Tampa, Florida. In those articles … please continue reading
This is the cute story of a cute cat. Akasha was a code red cat meaning she was chalked up for euthanasia on Thursday 6/7 this month because she has been at the Mesquite Shelter for a month with no … please continue reading
It is poignant and incredibly sad when you visit Facebook and read the cat rescuers’ pleas for adopters to come forward quickly because cats at shelters are about to be euthanized. The dreaded ‘code red’ label is a desperate state … please continue reading
Have animal advocates lost their wits about euthanasia? I don’t think so. Most of us struggle with it for obvious reasons. But are we being selfish when we hold on to pets for too long? please continue reading
Is it inhumane to euthanize an animal in front of another animal especially in an animal shelter where there is already plenty of stress and emotional distress. please continue reading
If a shelter worker is bitten by a domestic cat who is healthy and that cat is unknown to shelter management the question is what to do next and it is either (1) euthanasia or (2) ten-day observation. It should always be the latter. please continue reading
This story began back in 2017 when a month-long investigation was conducted at the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter in Lawrenceville, Georgia following allegations of wrongful euthanizations and fudged statistics. The probe led to the firing of employee Delana Funderburk in … please continue reading
