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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Exotic Shorthair looking like Bagpuss might be up for adoption after being discarded

Bagpuss cat Exotic SH up for adoption

This is a 12-year-old tabby Exotic Shorthair (shorthaired version of the Persian) who might be up for adoption at RSPCA Putney, UK. She has a nice personality. Her name is Matilda. It appears that she was dumped in a bin in Croydon. Another thrown away cat. It is almost endemic. She was found by …

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Handsome cat overlooked at rescue center for 125 days because he has FIV

Twizzle

Twizzle is a handsome white-and-black cat with an attractive face but he has FIV – the cat version of human AIDS which has blunted his chances of being adopted even though FIV cats lead normal lives of a similar length to other cats. There is an argument that cat lovers should avoid equating FIV …

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20-year-old cat missing for nine years reunited with owner and euthanized two hours later

Babsy before she disappeared at when she came back aged 20.

This is the extraordinary story of a female cat named Babsy. At the age of 11, she left her home living with Mike Marshall. She disappeared for nine years. Mike presumed that she had died but she appears to have lived in the open air for those nine years. During that time she had …

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Colour-Coded Cats Used As Bait by Dog Fighters

Color-coded cat

Color-coded with paint or permanent marker unwanted cats are used as bait in dog fights. Spectators bet on which color will survive the longest. It doesn’t surprise me, almost nothing surprises me nowadays concerning acts of cruelty against animals. In this instance it has come to my attention that cats acquired in various ways, …

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Frightened nine-week-old kitten at shelter scheduled for euthanasia because he was too feral

Kitten deemed too feral in shelter and scheduled to die

This handsome, nine-week-old, long-haired, ginger tabby-and-white kitten was at a local shelter (I don’t have the name of the shelter), in a cage and he was flea infested and scared to death. He hid at the back of his cage. Sigh… You would have thought that almost any nine week-old kitten would be frightened …

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