Cat stuck in the suspension springs of a car. Weird but successful rescue.
This is for Ruth aka Kattaddorra and the other regulars who are a bit down for all kinds of reasons one of which is all the bad cat news. Sorry for the bad news. The news media churn it out. … please...
View ArticleShelter fosters given responsibility to market cats and find adopters
This article deals with a new approach in finding homes for the unwanted shelter pets at Greenville County Animal Care Services, a high-kill shelter in upstate South Carolina. Please read over their...
View ArticleNo-kill Arkansas Animal Rescue Pleads for Help
This article is about a rescue in the United States who got overwhelmed, and is now asking for help. While sad, the outcome will be far better than those we hear about on the news, with authorities...
View ArticleUnlucky Cat Names
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home tell us that cats with the names: Charlie, Princess and Tigger a more likely to be at their rescue re-homing facility than cats with other names. These are some of the more...
View ArticlePakistan: Ahsan ul Haq – caretaker of a colony of feral cats
By Ahsan ul Haq I am a caretaker of a colony of 21 feral cats and a few of their kittens. I have gone through a terrible experience with 4 abandon kittens and out of which only one is left. One …...
View ArticleOUR LATEST VISIT TO KAYS HILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY
It has been a while since I have written about Kays Hill, so we caught up on the latest news from Kevin and Leanne yesterday and took some photos for PoC while we were there. A local leek club had …...
View ArticleAcute neglect at Malaysian cat shelter causes mass cat abuse
I have tried to find the name of this shelter in Kepong, Malaysia without success. There is an interesting newspaper report in the Rakyat Post about it. Kepong is near Kuala Lumpur, the capital of...
View ArticleRescued Repaired and Sheared Persian Cat
The story of Matt, the rescued Persian who was dumped in Northwest London, is very sad but I have to confess to being slightly amused by the photo of him zonked out after being sheared with his pile of...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Cat Rescue
USA: There is a dark side to animal rescue, says Heather. I am not that well qualified to write about the dark side of rescue but I do know about it. I am referring to USA rescue for the sole … please...
View ArticleRescue staffers spreading ringworm to cats
We know that ringworm is a zoonotic disease. When we discuss zoonotic diseases we almost invariably refer to the transmission of a disease from animals to us. In other words, we are referring to the...
View ArticlePalm Beach Failing their Own Mission Statement?
Elisa Black-Taylor, the Greenville Pets Examiner writes on examiner.com that Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control (PBCACCA) are euthanising cats that should be adopted and not employing their...
View ArticleShelter kittens euthanised and then their mother who is named posthumously
This is a rushed off short post following on from the previous two posts about Palm Beach Animal Care and Control, a rescue facility. There is internet an discussion about the quality of service...
View ArticlePeople Unfairly Criticise an Animal Shelter
This is another case where people associated with an animal shelter end up criticising it. It brings to mind an article by Elisa in which she wrote about volunteer gagging contracts and people being...
View ArticleFacebook opens the door to criticism of animal shelter management
Many animal shelters have webpages on Facebook. It is a great way to promote their organisation and to communicate with many people which facilitates the re-homing of rescued cats. There is a great...
View ArticleHSU join forces with Freshpet to promote shelter animal adoption in holiday...
Using a Christmas theme, real dogs and one cat (at the head of the table of course) the Humane Society of Utah and pet food manufacturer Freshpet joined forces to make an amusing video of the dogs and...
View ArticleA Christmas miracle: one week after rescue senior cat finds forever home
A lot has happened to Zeb this past week. This senior beauty has gone from the shelter to foster care with Sarah Trainor to a forever home with a lady named Beth Flor and her children. This story on...
View ArticleBritish animal rescue organisation insists that adopted cats are free to roam...
A British animal rescue organisation, which I can’t name today, insists that cats adopted from them are allowed to roam outside entirely freely. On what I have heard first hand, it makes no difference...
View ArticleNo cats euthanized in this shelter using Facebook networking and excellent...
We know that some shelters euthanise many more cats than other shelters even when they are in roughly the same place operating under similar circumstances. The difference can come down to management...
View ArticleNeighbors are paying attention and bad animal rescues are being exposed
This is one of those articles I really hate to write, because it shows examples of just how many bad animal rescues are out there. Many are functioning as respected 501c3 non-profits, right up until...
View ArticleLet’s Adopt! Global an animal rescue organization courting controversy
Let’s Adopt! Global (LAG) is an animal rescue organization founded in Turkey in 2008 by Viktor Larkhill and Fulya Ulusoy. Since 2011 it has had headquarters in Massachusetts, USA. It is a non-profit...
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