Phew, this made me tearful too. This sweet lady is overcome by emotion on being reunited with her beautiful longhaired, grey cat. Their home was destroyed. The rescuer said she followed the cat’s pawprints in the mud and there he … please continue reading
Jennifer Petruska calls them “fire cats”. She is very concerned for them. She is an insomniac. She spends her nights searching for them, trapping them, struggling to reunite them with their owners. She entices them out of the Californian ashes … please continue reading
Associated Press presents a dire situation concerning the cats and dogs of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria devastated the island and shattered the animal shelter system while cat and dog owners have taken to abandoning their pets in large numbers for … please continue reading
Mass and rapid evacuations by residents caught up in the massive, raging California fires resulted in companion animals being left behind. The residents fled without their pets. It reminds me of the floods. It must have been rapid and terrifying. … please continue reading
Anticipating Hurricane Irma’s Arrival: A nerve-wracking experience Waiting to be deluged with either a CATegory 3 or 4 hurricane is not what I consider to be an exciting adventure. Over the past few days we have been gearing up and … please continue reading
This is a nice Facebook video showing Best Friends Animal Society in the process of transporting rescue animals out of the way of Hurricane Irma to network partners in northern Virginia. Interestingly for me, you only see dogs in the … please continue reading
A Houston family had just adopted a tabby kitten. The kitten was micro-chipped and registered with Harris County Veterinary Public Health. The registered ownership had not been transferred to the family at the time the disaster struck and their home … please continue reading
There is a mass evacuation of parts of Florida by people before Hurricane Irma strikes the state. Irma is said to be so fierce that it could cause deaths and there is predicted to be a considerable amount destruction of … please continue reading
Hurricane Irma is due to land in Florida on Saturday. Broward County shelter wanted to clear their facility entirely by shipping them up to California to make way for disaster victims. A well oiled machine lept into action. They called … please continue reading
This is a picture, which has gone viral to some extent, of President Trump manfully and heroically wading through Hurricane Harvey floodwater clinging onto a couple of cats (ginger tabbies) which he had apparently rescued single-handedly. A great promotional picture … please continue reading
