Special Collar Cover Curbs Cats’ Bird Hunting

A Third scientific study of the Birdsbesafe Cat Collar Cover, a bird-saving device made by a Duxbury company, has found that cats wearing the collar cover spend much less time hunting than cats that don’t have them on. The new scientific paper was published Jan. 7 in Applied Animal Behaviour …

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Animal Rights Activists BASH Snare Traps After Cat Loses Leg

STORRINGTON, SUSSEX, UK - Animal welfare campaigners are now calling for an outright ban on snares after a young cat lost her leg when she became trapped. Two year old Tabitha was left with such horrific injuries that vets had no alternative but to amputate one of her legs. For …

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Kentucky Hip-hop Artist Helping Stray and Feral Cats .. With Coffee!

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - A Lexington hip-hop artist is trying to keep neighborhood cats warm with the help of coffee beans. Hendrick Floyd, who performs under the stage name, “Sheisty Khrist”, has been feeding several cats who live near his home just outside of North Limestone. Realizing there are countless more …

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Cats Zipped in Suitcase and Deserted Animal Shelter in Maine

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MAINE - A woman who abandoned two cats zipped inside of a suitcase on the porch of the Franklin County Animal Shelterjust on Monday has not come forward despite pleas made by the shelter. The cats were left Monday around 11:30 a.m. with the Farmington shelter opening to …

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The History of the Post Office Cats

When the Royal Mail announced that it will be opening a Postal Museum and Mail Rail exhibition that will feature a restored section of a little-known underground railroad, it kind of overshadowed the real story. Sure, the institution is responsible for such mail-delivery revolutions as the postage stamp and the …

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Garage Door Kills 2 Cats And A Warning for All Cat Lovers

CALEDONIA, MICHIGAN. — A Caledonia family has a warning for all pet owners after two of their cats were actually crushed under their garage door and killed. Scroll down to see the video of the original news coverage of this story. It sounds strange, but it has been very traumatic …

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How Cat Breeding Seasons Are Changing Due to Climate Change

AUSTRALIA - When Kristina Vesk first started working at the Cat Protection Society of NSW in 2006, she rarely saw kittens in winter. Now warmer weather means that cats are breeding all year round, increasing the numbers of unwanted kittens and the threat to native wildlife from strays and feral …

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