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Maribel Ramirez at the Humane Soc campus feeding the San Nicolas Island cats

The special cats of San Nicolas Island and the special person who looks after them

San Nicolas Island is one of California’s Channel Islands which are off the coast of southern California. San Nicolas is a pretty barren 14,000-acre island with an airfield because it’s been owned by the U.S. Navy since the 1950s. U.S. Navy personnel brought cats onto the island, and I guess some of them became semi-feral …

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Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees and their pets entering USA via Mexico

NEWS AND COMMENT-SAN DIEGO, USA: There is an interesting back story to the Facebook announcement by the San Diego Humane Society which posted that a Ukrainian refugee was able to reunite with her beloved Pomeranian after the dog had completed a 28-day rabies quarantine required by US law. The woman had entered the US via …

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Woman steals a cat from a Humane Society rescue centre

Security camera picture of a woman who is allegedly stealing a cat from Nebraska Humane Society

The Nebraska Humane Society has provided news media with a photograph from a security camera at their shelter which shows a middle-aged woman walking with a tabby cat in her arms allegedly from the shelter with the intention of removing the cat from the shelter permanently and taking him or her home. This is an …

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Chronically obese Sterling at the humane society

30-pound cat needs a special adopter to help him lose weight. How should they do it?

The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) is using their Facebook page to try and find a home for Sterling who weighs three times the normal weight for a cat of his size at 30 pounds. He is chronically obese. Cuddly, yes, but chronically obese to the point where his health is in jeopardy. Type …

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Big Red

Sad “Big Red” a special ginger tabby feral cat who decided to be domesticated

Big Red is a special ginger tabby feral cat, found in St George, Utah, USA, and rescued; and once rescued he decided to be domesticated and feel the warmth, both physical and emotional, of having a human caregiver look after him. I guess he had had enough of being a feral cat, struggling to survive. …

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Allegedly Councilman deliberately targets cats with his car

Councilman allegedly targeted 3 cats when driving down suburban road

BEAVER COUNTY, Pennsylvania-NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a report on an online news media channel, Channel 11, which has taken its information from a Facebook post. The post is still live. However, please note that eventually this post will be deleted I expect. It just depends when. The link to the post is at the …

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Cat and dog rescue flight from Hawaii in C-130 Hercules plane

600 rescue cats and dogs in a Hercules C-130 plane in historic flight

The charities involved have shipped 600 rescue cats and dogs from Hawaiian animal shelters in a Hercules C-130 plane to the US mainland in an historic operation. This is a really good photograph of cats on the tarmac at an Hawaiian airport by George F Lee. It shows the Hawaiian Humane Society admissions manager on …

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Case paperwork showing on of the cats

Not guilty: Edmonton Humane Society employee on trial for leaving three cats in a van for three weeks

EDMONTON, CANADA: You may remember this case from spring 2018. It was quite high profile at the time and was treated as a serious event by the Humane Society resulting in Mariah Berini being charged with causing or permitting animals to be in distress under the Animal Protection Act and failing to provide adequate food …

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A changed expression for this ginger boy who was the saddest cat

Stray went from the saddest cat to the happiest cat in a couple of hours

You may have heard of him; his name is Mister Bruce Willis. I’m told that he spent six years as an unloved, lonely stray cat on the streets during which he acquired significant health issues which is unsurprising bearing in mind the life he was forced to lead. His health problems included an eye injury, …

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What is like to remove many cats from a run down home which became uninhabiitable. Photo: Wisconsin Humane Society.

Excellent collage of cats being removed from uninhabitable home

Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) provide both the care for the rescued cats, the photography and the collage on their Facebook page, which I think is excellent despite the subject matter being depressing. I am sorry for this aspect of the photography. The collage does, though, bring home to us how some people end up living …

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