LAKE ALFRED, FLORIDA - Over a dozen cats have recently been rescued and their owner has been arrested after deputies reportedly found them living in a single-wide trailer overloaded with trash, feces and disgusting filth. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy made the discovery on January 3 at …
Read More »Stray and abandoned cats Overpopulate Hudson Bay Dump
SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA - The landfill outside Hudson Bay, Sask., has become a dumping ground for unwanted cats over the years. “This is common across Saskatchewan. A lot of dumps have cats who are dumped there like garbage,” said Dolores LaPlante, the founder of Sask Alley Cats Association. “The one foreman …
Read More »3D Printed Wheelchair Assists Yet Another Fortunate Cat To Walk Again
It has always been said that cats always land on their feet. Unfortunately, this isn’t necessarily true all the time. Cats topple in undignified heaps after ill-advised attempts to scale bookshelves or jump onto magazine-covered tables, which inevitably sends them skidding like children at playtime. If you’re a watcher of …
Read More »Woman Admits to Neglecting Pet Cats and Birds
HANDY TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN - A Handy Township woman admitted on Friday that she failed to properly provide adequate care for 13 cats living in her home. Linda Lee Bevan, 67, pleaded guilty in Livingston County Circuit Court to one count of abandoning 10 or more animals and neglecting 13 cats …
Read More »What Scientists Are Saying We Can Learn from the Genes of “Lykoi Cats”
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – At the Plant and Animal Genomes conference in California this week, the University of Missouri at Columbia’s Barbara Gandolfi offered an overview of approaches being used to determine the genetic basis of features found in the newest domestic shorthair cat breed being called the Lykoi or …
Read More »Terminally Ill Child’s Dream To Have a Kitten Of His Own Comes True
The boy’s name is Ryan Mott. Sadly, the boy suffers from a form of cancer called DIPG. DIPG stand for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. It’s a disease which strikes at the heart of childhood. It is a condition for which effective treatment and a cure are still desperately needed. Ryan …
Read More »WINDCHILL AND COLD TEMPERATURES POSING THREATS TO PETS AND OTHER ANIMALS
Winter’s chill has descended in full force now over most of the United States. And the while the bitter cold is difficult enough for humans to deal with, it can be dangerous, and even lethal, for our pets. In an effort to keep pets healthy and warm this winter, various …
Read More »Yoga With Cats Connecting Shelter Cats to Forever Homes
BLUE RIDGE, GEORGIA - As the gathered yogis settled into the meditative practice, a loud meows rang out, but the serene mood remained the calm and peaceful — this was, after all, Yoga with Cats, a new weekly event starring adoptable cats at Sanctuary Brewing Company. Four cats from Blue …
Read More »Rescue of 2 Cats Brings Entire Neighborhood Together in Bangladesh
DHAKA, BANGLADESH - The compassionate spirit of the people of Dhaka has been demonstrated once again through the action of local residents and personnel from the Fire Service and Civil Defence, who teamed up to save two cats who were trapped on the cornice of a window of a multi-storied …
Read More »Stray Dogs, Cats and Birds Found Dead Near Bhayander Ground
MUMBAI, INDIA - A total of eleven stray dogs, two cats and three crow were found dead and decomposing on a ground in Bhayander (east) on Saturday. The animals and birds are believed to have died after ingesting some sort of poison. The Navghar police registered the case under section …
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