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Homeless cat’s long journey to ‘furever’ happiness

PoC avatarPosted on December 10, 2020 by Michael BroadDecember 10, 2020

This is the story of Bubby, a three legged, ginger tabby-and-white male cat with sad eyes and a charming character. He lives in Canada. Going back about eight years, he was a street cat enduring a difficult life. He showed … Continue reading →

Posted in rescue cat | Tagged canada, cat rescue, cat shelter, foster cat, homeless cat, spca, stray cat, three legged cat, volunteers

This man needs a taste of his own medicine after he terrifies his cat causing him to pee

PoC avatarPosted on July 1, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 2, 2020

This is not hot off the press news (11th March 2020) but it is interesting and sad from a number of perspectives. The story comes from Singapore. In very general terms, a couple owned a ginger tabby cat1. It appears … Continue reading →

Posted in animal abuse | Tagged cat abuse, cat anxiety, environmental abuse, fearful, singapore, spca | Leave a reply

Example of using positive reinforcement to socialise a cat (video)

PoC avatarPosted on January 20, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 20, 2020

We hear a lot about positive reinforcement in socialising feral and stray cats. Positive reinforcement is a way of training cats and it can be used to train a cat to trust a human and people in general at which … Continue reading →

Posted in socialisation | Tagged canada, cat socialisation, cat training, clicker training, spca | Leave a reply

France: 2 teenagers put cat in microwave and post video online (copycat cat cruelty)

PoC avatarPosted on December 20, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 20, 2019

NOTIFICATIONS: (1) the cat is okay. I very reluctantly read this news item but fortunately discovered that the cat is okay and (2) the reporting is skimpy so I don’t have a lot of detail. Two teenagers in Dunkirk, France … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat News | Tagged Cat News, cat rescued, rescue cat, spca | 1 Reply

Feral cat survives 3 weeks in container from China to Vancouver and is being rehabilitated

PoC avatarPosted on December 13, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 13, 2019

This cat, who has been appropriately named Journey by her carers, must have been completely feral when she tiptoed into a shipping container in Shenzhen China. She spent a least 3 weeks inside it. There was no food. There may … Continue reading →

Posted in good cat news | Tagged Animals of China, cat foster care, cat rescue, cats starved, China, feral cat, spca | 1 Reply

Breeder voluntarily surrenders 45 Ragdoll cats to the MSPCA

PoC avatarPosted on October 18, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 18, 2019

This is unprecedented. I have never read about a cat breeder surrendering all of their cats. In this case Ragdoll cats, which are particularly popular at the moment, have been surrendered to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty … Continue reading →

Posted in Ragdoll Cat | Tagged Cat News, cat relinquishment, cat rescue, ragdoll cat, spca | Leave a reply

Outer Banks SPCA, North Carolina, emptied of all cats and dogs (video) in prep for Dorian

PoC avatarPosted on September 7, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 7, 2019

Outer Banks SPCA is just north of Ocracoke Island which has been devastated by Hurricane Dorian with extensive and deep flooding. There have been massive floods on this thin sliver of land off the North Carolina coast. “Pray they all … Continue reading →

Posted in disasters | Tagged #hurricaneDorian, animal shelter, natural disaster, North Carolina, relocation, spca | Leave a reply

Rare Sphynx cat up for adoption at animal shelter but is unwanted

PoC avatarPosted on August 26, 2019 by Michael BroadAugust 26, 2019

It is ironic, very ironic that this classic looking purebred hairless cat, a Sphynx called ‘Sassy Pants’, has been relinquished to a animal shelter, adopted twice and returned twice. It appears that she is unpopular, almost unwanted and yet breeders … Continue reading →

Posted in rescue cat | Tagged adoption, cat relinquishment, cat rescue, shelter cat, spca, sphynx cat, unwanted cats | 4 Replies

San Francisco: conflicting ideas about how to deal with feral cat moms and their kittens

PoC avatarPosted on June 2, 2019 by Michael BroadJune 2, 2019

In San Francisco there has been a change in policy on how to manage feral cat moms and their kittens which has lead to disagreement and discussion.

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Posted in volunteers | Tagged America, animal shelters, animal shelters usa, spca, volunteers | 1 Reply

Young woman gamer donates $164,000 to BC SPCA

PoC avatarPosted on December 5, 2018 by Michael BroadDecember 5, 2018

Kristin Valnicek is not a well established entrepreneurial multi-millionaire; the kind of rich person we regularly read about. She plays a video game called Fortnight for a living. It’s a game that has been in the news recently for being … Continue reading →

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