“PETA’s position has never been that all feral cats should be euthanized.” The Infographic above explains PETA’s policy on TNR and feral cats in general. There has to be an overlap between their policy on TNR and their policy on feral cats. PETA has a reputation for killing cats. Some people think that they kill …
What is PETA’s policy on TNR (trap-neuter-release) and feral cats? Read More »
There is no doubt in my mind that the scourge of the cat ownership world is unplanned kittens. However, sometimes they are planned by which I mean the owner allows a female cat to become pregnant and have kittens because they think a “mother” means that experience to feel whole and happy ?. Wrong. However …
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An organiser of the Offaly SPCA Facebook page lost their cool after nobody came forward in response to an urgent request for volunteers to help a colony of community cats. I have published screenshots of the Facebook post requesting help and after no one came forward the exasperated response. It is quite telling and sad …
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At heart this is really a discussion about cat overpopulation in America and in the UK. Is there a cat overpopulation problem? The simple answer is, yes, because too many cats are killed at shelters because they are unwanted. However, this is a very complicated topic. Some people say that there isn’t a cat overpopulation …
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Pretty well daily we read stories of people who have gotten in over their heads in caring for cats because of one simple, glaring error: they failed to sterilise (spay or neuter) their cat or cats as soon as medically possible. Yesterday I wrote about a British man who went from one cat to 17 …
We need to interview people who fail to sterilise their cats Read More »
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 breed these cats because they believe that they are desirable. “She is super friendly and …
Rare Sphynx cat up for adoption at animal shelter but is unwanted Read More »
When is society going to walk the walk and take bold action through law to force a different approach to cat ownership?
Let’s be real and stop reacting. Cat hoarders depend upon a surplus of domestic and stray cats for their existence. If there were no unwanted cats there would be no cat hoarders. Let’s change things at the bottom.
CBC reports that Lincoln County Humane Society has nothing but empty cages at it shelter on Fourth Avenue in St Catherines. They say that usually the shelter is close to capacity or overcapacity. The executive director Kevin Strooband agreed that it was “a monumental day”. However, he did remind us that a lot of shelters …
Extraordinary photograph of cat shelter with no cats – success! Read More »
Mr Yang, 33, posted his Scottish Fold cat in a sealed cardboard box to an animal shelter because he wanted to get rid of ‘it’. It’s the first time, perhaps in the history of this planet, that somebody has sent an unwanted domestic cat to an animal shelter in a parcel. The New Taipei City …
Annually, Mississippi exports, by transporting them away, hundreds of unwanted cats and dogs to the north-east were there is a higher demand because of low supply. There is a low supply in the north-east because the area has a more enlightened approach to pet ownership. If a state like Mississippi transports to the north-east of …
Mississippi transports away to the north-east irresponsible pet ownership Read More »
This photograph is heartbreaking: a sweet yet sad photo of kittens curled up together outside awaiting their fate. It sums up the vulnerability of kittens born outside without human care and without their mother. I don’t know where their mother is or what happened to her but this photograph was taken by the neighbor of …
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An updating report to one carried out five years ago by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies tells us that progress has been made in reducing the number of unwanted cats in the country but more work is required. On an upbeat note, however, it is good to see that progress is being made and …
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I recently wrote about the 20% of American women who want their female cat to experience giving birth before spaying her. A study reveals that the reason behind this important ‘problem’ is attitude not a lack of knowledge about the problems of unwanted cats and full shelters. What is the root of this attitude problem? …
Women’s ‘Biological Urge’ is behind the 20% of US women who don’t spay their female cat Read More »
There are claims that global warming will result in more unwanted cats. It looks like humankind has screwed up again and it is ironic that one negative impact of manmade global warming is an increase in feral cats in a country where they are, in general, hated. The feral cat is certainly hated by the …
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