If it interests you, a radical mastectomy for cats cost around three grand. This would be in dollars or pounds and I am pretty sure that most European countries would charge something similar except for the Eastern European countries where … Continue reading →
Featured above is Cow Cow, who arrived at the cat rescue I am the director of with a broken leg as a result of being hit with a bat and shot at repeatedly by a group of children. We rescued … Continue reading →
Novokuznetsk, Russia – news/opinion story: In freezing conditions, Dymka, a cat who actually looks like a blue British Shorthair but is probably a random bred cat, lost her legs, ear flaps and a good part of her tail to frostbite. … Continue reading →
When a lot of people feel that they have to cut bits off a cat to modify them it is one sign of the failure of cat domestication. It is a lack of acceptance. In two of the five cases … Continue reading →
There are two nicely optimistic pictures of cats without their ear flaps on the internet both of which come from Facebook rescue organisations. They both lost their ear flaps (pinnae) because of infections and haematomas. I wondered how it had … Continue reading →
An Atlanta orthopedic surgeon who had taken on the role of saving animals who would otherwise be euthanized has agreed not to operate on any more homeless animals. This is the heartwarming and now heartbreaking story of an amazing man … Continue reading →
The mascot at our rescue currently is Sir Hershey. Sir Hershey is a huge Ragdoll that we rescued from Saint Louis a few months ago. I was asked by a friend to pull him because we both believed that he … Continue reading →
This is a cat story which bridges polarised attitudes and behaviours in relation to the domestic cat; on one side there is horrible abuse and on the other beautiful care. Benny (his new name) was seen initially at Long Beach … Continue reading →
In China they believe that having double-eyelids make their eyes look larger and more attractive. Every year 1 million young Chinese undergo the operation. It makes them happy and it is fashionable. They say the eyes look bigger and brighter. … Continue reading →
This is the end result of a left flank spaying operation which looks very untidy. The incision looks messy and so do the stitches. There are question marks about the quality of the veterinary care in this instance.
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