Feral cats at the Suncoast Casino Hotel in Durban enjoy their new “Happy Cat Hotel”

feral cat hotel

The feral cats at the Suncoast Casino Hotel at the northern end of the Durban (South Africa) Golden Mile got an ‘upgrade’ a few years ago when the development for the hotel spent R1.6 billion in 2017. The hotel now boasts Suncoast Casino’s Happy Cat Hotel, a perfect hangout and home for the feral …

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Boy with cleft palate and odd-eyes adopted a cat with the same two conditions

Madden and Moon his cat companion

“Moon [his cat] helps Madden realize that being born unique is an incredible thing; that he is magic.” AND “Funny how a pet can make you feel less alone.” The two quotes are by the boy’s mother, Christina. Wow, this awesome. Madden Humphreys, 7, was born with a cleft palate and odd-eyes which is …

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Success! USDA will stop using cats as part of any research protocol in any laboratory in ARS

Animal testing center in Maryland, USA

ARS stands for Agricultural Research Service. It is part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). You may remember the sad and unpleasant story that went viral about the USDA using cats, young cats we were told, to research toxoplasmosis. It had been going on for a long time and the cats were euthanised …

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Threatening to hurt your partner’s cat is domestic abuse under Scottish law

Domestic abuse

Wonderful. Threatening to hurt your partner’s cat is domestic abuse under Scottish law. This is enlightened thinking. A new law in Scotland, which came into effect on Monday 1st April 2019, makes a partner a domestic abuser if (s)he threatens to hurt the other partner’s pet. It treats that person as if he or …

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