What affects us affects cats
There is such a high degree of variability in the behaviour of shelter cats and their potential adopters that there is no one single sign or M.O. which represents all the encounters. This is my thought about this topic. I have skimmed some stories and I can’t really see a pattern. It is surely …
This is a TikTok video from photographer Albert Harris. It’s a neat idea. He has put a small video camera in an animal shelter cage with an elderly ginger tabby cat. You see potential adopters walking by looking at the particulars on the clipboard attached to the front of the cage. It looks set …
CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA – NEWS AND COMMENT: In terms of cat adoptions, I think that the combined age of this woman and the cat she adopted is the highest on record. There should be a Guinness records for that! It’s a great little story and a great matchup. It reinforces the belief that …
I have taken the words in the title direct from the Reddit user who posted the photo because they are excellent. And the attitude of the woman is excellent. The photograph captures the moment beautifully and so it’s excellent too. I’ve seen this type of human behaviour a few times over 14 years. In …
Couple Tiffany McClure her husband David arrived at the Ed Sheeran concert in Chicago early. They had planned a meal beforehand but in order to kill some time decided to pop into Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society which is described as a ‘comprehensive animal welfare organisation whose mission is to build a community of caring by …
There are numerous reasons why you should adopt an older cat. However, it is useful to ask ourselves why kittens are more popular than older cats. For example, two cat rescues in Blackpool, UK say that when it comes to rehoming the cats in their care people almost exclusively want kittens or very young …
When a senior cat was recently brought to the New Hampshire SPCA after her owner passed away, the shelter knew they needed to find a home for this beauty right away. It turns out the kitty was much older than first thought, which made finding a new home that much more urgent. A Facebook …
A Reader’s Forum story by Cortney Rynex Posted March 3, 2019 In January the SPCA posted an urgent “12-year-old” cat who was found emaciated in a trailer park and had stomatitis. No rescue would take her, even after they did a full mouth extraction (FME) but she started doing better and a few days …
