What affects us affects cats
Place: MOBILE, Ala., USA. This is another one of those shelter killings in breach of their own rules of when to euthanise cats. They happen quite a lot; too often sadly. This is a young cat, Porkchop, who escaped his home and was, unfortunately as it happens, picked up by a neighbour, Matthew Sneddon, …
A sweet black-and-white outdoor cat has been shot at point blank in the chest with a .22 calibre firearm (small calibre). The cat, Miss Kitty (7-years-old) survived but has lost her right leg as the bullet shattered it beyond repair. “Because it hit her, the shot was in the chest, the intent was probably …
Towards the end of 2013, when Dejion Roberson brutally killed a cat by kicking it like a football into power lines he was arrested and charged with animal cruelty but he was not punished as he received only probation. Now karma has been done. Roberson has been found dead in an isolated area in the …
Rwanda has been without lions for more than 15 years. They were all poisoned by cattle-herders after the 1994 genocide because the parks were left unattended. Incidentally when lions are poisoned with carcasses laced with poison, vultures are as well. The vulture population of Africa has plummeted by 97% over three generations for this …
A typed letter is being sent to residents who are cat owners living in the Brisbane area, specifically Deception Bay, in southeast Queensland, Australia. The letter is just about self-explanatory and is published below. The writer of the letter says he lives in the same area. The style of writing indicates a male. I …
A flash flood which tore through the centre of Tbilisi, Georgia has destroyed the city’s zoo, killing some of the captive animals but releasing others. Thirty-two predators are apparently missing amongst them eight lions, six tigers and several jaguars. Some could have been killed by the flood but the authorities just don’t know what …
In New Zealand and Australia, and in many areas of North America, there is this constant battle between two opposing forces: those that wish to trap and kill feral cats to eradicate them and those on the other side of the fence who wish to pursue the more humane policy of TNR. The simple …
“What I think now is his death sentence was sealed the moment she injected him.” On the left is Bosco, about 12-years-of-age and on the right is pensioner Lillian Carr, Bosco’s former owner. Bosco is now dead and cremated because unfortunately a veterinary nurse administered a dog drug (we don’t know the name) to Bosco …
