What affects us affects cats
The Mail Online newspaper reports that a British woman, Tracy Marlor on holiday in Turkey, became very ill and, by implication, she blames sick cats who would eat from the tables. She described the hotel, the Paloma Foresta Resort and Spa, as a “five-star cattery”. The hotel has received very good reviews, incidentally. The …
There’s an interesting story on the Internet regarding a group of people who feed stray and feral cats in the UK. They feed them in a back alley where businesses throw their rubbish including waste food. There are piles of cardboard boxes, black sacks and refuse bins in the alleyway. I suppose some stray …
Romica Tapoi has been feeding stray cats for years in the backyard of his home in Dunning, Chicago, US. His home is in foreclosure and he is hoping to find homes for all of the cats before he is forced out of his. “Wherever I go I feed animals.” His kindness towards the local …
If you feed a stray cat is it legally yours? The answer is No unless there is more, such as the cat lives in your home and you take her to the vets. If feeding a cat made you the owner how would that square up with TNR programs?
In Chesapeake, perhaps in all of the state of Virginia (the story is not clear), it is a crime to feed abandoned cats and find them good homes. The crime is peculiar and hardly fits the activity. Debbie Manzione was charged with “harboring a stray animal for more than 14 days” because she was …
