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"In the News" Archive
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Travel: Philly's going to the dogs
(and cats)
Kujo, a somewhat corpulent
Chihuahua, lounges on his quilted
bedspread in the William Penn Room.
"Napoleon Dynamite" plays on the
hotel TV.
[full story]
Make sure your backup pet caretaker
is reliable
In my last Buddy Beat column, I
began to reveal my top 10 list of
excuses why people return animals to
The Buddy Foundation. I left you
hanging and indicated that reason
No. 1 would be revealed today.
[full story]
Feline heartworm disease update
Until recently, feline heartworm
disease, unlike its canine
counterpart, was thought to be
relatively benign and infrequent.
(Mosquitoes that carry heartworm
larvae can cause heartworm disease
when they bite cats or dogs.)
[full story]
Pet Corner: Diligence pays off when
one feline’s problem won’t go away
A few weeks ago I met a cat named
“Snookie” (fictional name, real
case). Snookie is a young female
spayed cat, about three years old.
She had come in the day before with
signs of an upper respiratory
infection. The vet who saw her gave
the usual treatment for a sneezing,
sick kitty… antibiotics.
[full story]
Wayward feline sets off bank alarm
Manila: Police in suburban
Marikina City rushed to a robbery
alert just before midnight on Monday
after a wayward cat, which
apparently decided to relieve itself
at the wrong place and at the wrong
time, tripped a bank's burglar
alarm.
[full story]
Tracking Feline Memories On The Move
Science Daily — When a cat steps
over an obstacle with its front
legs, how do its hind legs know what
to do? A new study in Current
Biology reveals that it is the
foreleg stepping movement itself
that leaves a lasting impression. By
comparison, feline memories of
having just seen an obstacle proved
rather fleeting.
[full story]
The Cat in the Fat: They're
Getting Diabetes
A dense ten-page report in the
Journal of Feline Medicine and
Surgery, complete with pie graphs
and complex tables, analyzed 14,000
United Kingdom cats (all covered by
health insurance, no less) to
discover the following: If your cat
looks like a bowling ball, it's
three times more likely to get type
2 diabetes than your skinny cat.
[full story]
Sweet cat or furry grim reaPURR'?
(Rhode Island-WABC, July 25, 2007) -
It appears that a cat named "Oscar"
is predicting the deaths of patients
in a Rhode Island nursing home.
[full story]
Saving My Cat: Why No Price Was Too
High
It's often said that you can't
put a price on life. But what
happens when it's the life of a
beloved pet?
[full story]
Flat Headed Cat
Perhaps the most aquatic of all
cats, the Flat Headed Cat shares
many attributes with the fishing
cat, and yet is one of the most
unique of all felids.
[full story]
Emerging Feline Disease Causes
Tragic Loss for Cat Owner
Jeanne Prins never would have
suspected her cats could be at risk
for a deadly virus. As a longtime
cat owner, Prins took precautions to
keep her feline friends safe from
infectious disease.
[full story]
Greenville County cats dying of
disease
GREENVILLE, SC (AP) - The Greenville
Humane Society says a highly
contagious feline disease has killed
more than a dozen animals in
Greenville County.
[full story]
International Feline Heartworm
Disease Council Reconvenes
The International Feline
Heartworm Disease Council reconvenes
on July 12, 2007, for the first time
in 10 years. The American Heartworm
Society (AHS) will host the council
in conjunction with its 12th
Triennial Heartworm Symposium in
Washington, D.C.
[full story]
When Fido and Muffy start to squint
Cynthia Cook is an
ophthalmologist, but she doesn't ask
her patients to read the familiar
chart starting with the big letter
"E" at the top.
[full story]
Your kitty and osteoarthritis
Cats in the wild seldom suffer from
diseases associated with ageing. To
put it bluntly, if they slow down,
for whatever reason, they become
breakfast for another animal.
[full story]
Stray cat shot in neck with arrow
survives
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - When the
Parker family saw the black and
white cat with an arrow through his
neck, they thought his chances of
surviving were slim.
[full story]
This was no run-of-the-mill cat
rescue
DANVILLE, N.H. - Cats get stuck
in trees fairly often. Few of them,
however, require assistance from
power extraction tools.
[full story]
43 dead cats discovered in fridge in
St. Henri
He wanted only the refrigerator,
said Sam Fattal, the owner of the
building in St. Henri where a
veritable dumpsite was discovered
last week in a loft rented by a
couple in their 50s.
[full story]
Helping pets live long, healthy
lives
Sharing information with your
veterinarian can be more than a
purr-fectly good idea. It can help
you get better care for your pets.
[full story]
Pet Food News - ASPCA Warns of
Acetominophen Poisoning in Cats
We subscribe to the cat newsletter
produced by Dr. Jon of PetPlace.com.
Today, we received a warning taken
from an ASPCA press release about
acetaminophen contamination in pet
foods.
[full story]
Man faces 24 years in prison after
40 cats seized from house
A Martinsburg man is facing more
than 24 years in jail and fines of
up to $98,000 after more than 40
cats were seized from his home
blanketed in feces and urine.
[full story]
Cats overwhelm college campus
Cats — a whole lot of them —
roam the campus of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.
[full
story]
5 dead cats might be sign of disease
A dead cat in Sioux Falls has tested
positive for a bacteria that could
infect humans.
[full story]
This little kitty is a lion at
collecting
For the past 2½ years, Merrie
Maino's cat has been prowling her La
Jolla neighborhood and bringing home
just about anything he can get his
mouth around.
[full story]
Cats Face Chronic Renal Failure
One of the leading causes of
illness and death in older cats is
chronic renal failure, which means
that the cats kidney's no longer
filter waste effectively.
[full story]
SPCA: Too Many Stray Cats
Stray cats are becoming a
growing concern. The warm winter we
had could be partly to blame.
[full
story]
PetPAC Opposes AB 1634 to Eliminate
Mixed Breed Dogs and Cats in
California
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--“Unbelievable” was the
reaction today after Members of the
California State Assembly voted
41-38 to outlaw the existence of
mixed-breed dogs and cats in the
Golden State.
[full
story]
A
colossal cat comes with a princely
price tag
It's no great shock that cat lovers
can get a little excessive when it
comes to their feline friends.
[full story]
Latest Pet Industry News
Arthritic Cats Suffer Less Pain
Than Dogs - Discuss - Around 3
million UK cats are over the age of
8 and thousands may be living with
unrecognized or untreated arthritic
pain according to a new study.
[full story]
Potential cat owners should opt for
adults
It’s kitten season. Each spring
and summer, as sure as the tulips
and strawberries come, animal
shelters across the nation burst
with adorable feline furballs.
[full
story]
Software prevents cats from
e-mailing
It's not quite as dangerous as
butt dialing, but cat typing can
have its scary moments, like when
PayPal or your IM client are open
and in front.
[full
story]
2
cats dead, 2 pit bulls hunted
Two cats were found dead and
elementary students were kept inside
during recess after two pit bulls
were spotted running loose in the
west end yesterday. One of the dogs
was corralled by Toronto Animal
Services officers in the Dundas St.
W. and Lansdowne Ave. area but the
second was not located.
[full story]
AVMA introduces feline health
brochure
"What you should know about
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease"
is the newest addition to the AVMA
consumer educational brochure
series. The topic was recommended by
the AVMA Council on Communications
to expand the number of
feline-specific titles offered by
the AVMA.
[full story]
After days out on a limb, tree-bound
feline finally finds a friend
BIBLE HILL – With the rain
teeming down here yesterday, Tracey
MacKenzie climbed a tree to rescue a
cat which had been there for six
days. The cat had been some 70 feet
up the tree, behind homes on Hemlock
Avenue, since Saturday with no sign
of coming down.
[full
story]
KITTY 'KILLER' IS INDICTED
May 11, 2007 -- An ex-Met minor
leaguer and "Sex and the City" actor
accused of killing his girlfriend's
cat was indicted yesterday on
charges of animal cruelty and
harassment.
[full
story]
Feline makes long journey in cargo
crate
Hendersonville | China the cat got
her name after being delivered in a
crate holding motorcycle gear that a
North Carolina man had ordered to be
shipped from Shanghai.
[full story]
Luxury hotel for cats and dogs opens
in San Francisco
Excuse the pun, but there's no
ruff-ruffing it at the Wag Hotel, a
pets-only property that's having a
grand opening ceremony today in San
Francisco.
[full story]
Feline friends - Woman feeds, adopts
campus kitties
Carol Mitchell found a starving
cat on her walk through campus on
Thanksgiving day nearly five years
ago. Mitchell took the cat home and
now walks on campus every day with
food that she leaves for cats and
birds.
[full
story]
KITTY 'KILLER' IS INDICTED
May 11, 2007 -- An ex-Met minor
leaguer and "Sex and the City" actor
accused of killing his girlfriend's
cat was indicted yesterday on
charges of animal cruelty and
harassment.
[full
story]
Peru: Customs agents find 11 feline
and monkey skulls at airport
Peruvian Customs agents routinely
seize items that range from
contraband to cocaine. However,
Customs agents were surprised when
they found something a little out of
the ordinary at a warehouse located
inside of Lima's Jorge Chavez
International Airport.
[full story]
The First Vet Visit
When bringing home a newly
adopted kitten, it is imperative
that you get her checked by a
veterinarian as soon as possible,
not only for her own health, but to
ensure she doesn't bring with her
any serious communicable diseases,
such as FeLV or FIV.
[full story]
Not only will cat walk on leash — he
begs for it
Every morning, Mister Zi runs to
the footstool where his leash is
kept, drags it to the floor and sits
there impatiently, making demanding
noises, until owner Camilla Gresham
puts his halter on. Then it’s out
the door they go.
[full
story]
Top 9 Toys for Home-Alone Cats
Common questions from readers
include, "Is it fair to keep a cat
cooped up indoors while I am at work
all day?" and "What can I do to help
keep my cat from being bored when I
am not at home?" These are good
questions, because bored cats can
sometimes become mischievous cats
while trying to entertain
themselves.
[full
story]
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret
in China
ZHANGQIU, China - As American food
safety regulators head to China to
investigate how a chemical made from
coal found its way into pet food
that killed dogs and cats in the
United States, workers in this
heavily polluted northern city
openly admit that the substance is
routinely added to animal feed as a
fake protein.
[full story]
Top 3 Personal Cat Carriers
A personal cat carrier is an
excellent means of including your
cat in short trips, taking him for
walks, or just bonding with him.
Personal carriers can be worn much
like baby slings or backpacks, and
some even convert like strollers for
cats, or car seats.
[full story]
A purr-fectly happy ending
After being stuck in a tree for
about a week and then brought down
by a fire hose, Kylie the cat is
back safe at home.
[full
story]
Woman fined for poisoning two cats
A 78-year-old woman will have to pay
more than $1,000 for poisoning her
East Side neighbor's cats nearly two
years ago, after she became upset
they were roaming free and killing
birds.
[full story]
Cats are mysterious and colorful
creatures
Cats are America's favorite pet,
pushing aside the dog for the No. 1
spot. We may have to work at earning
their love, but we share our home
with 56 million of these mysterious
creatures, more than double the
number we had a decade ago.
[full story]
Catnip enjoyable and beneficial for
your feline friend
For centuries, catnip has been
recommended to humans as a cure for
headaches, but most of us know it to
be a stimulant for cats.
[full
story]
Blood screening for cancer in cats
developed
OSAKA (Kyodo) A professor at Osaka
Prefecture University and a
veterinary medical screening company
have jointly developed a method for
screening cats for cancer by
detecting a tumor marker in their
blood
[full story]
Sneaky Parasite Attracts Rats to
Cats
When you see a cat pounce on a
rat, it seems like a classic story
about a predator and prey.
[full story]
Man who had hundreds of cats at home
charged with animal cruelty
OCALA, Florida: A Florida man
who kept hundreds of cats at a house
that was full of animal waste was
charged with animal cruelty. The
floor of Jonathan Terpstra's home
was covered with a layer of animal
feces between 2 and 3 inches (5 and
8 centimeters) deep, authorities
said.
[full
story]
Cats with FIV can survive if they
have vigilant owners
Cat AIDS? It's more common than one
might think.
Felines afflicted by feline
immunodeficiency virus, like this
cat "Jessie'' who was recently
adopted out of a local rescue group,
can live normal lives if their
owners are vigilant in looking for
signs of infections and illness.
[full story]
Vets Say Kidney Failure Up in Cats
WASHINGTON (AP) - A large
veterinary hospital chain says it
recorded a 30 percent increase in
kidney failure among cats during the
three months that pet food
contaminated with an industrial
chemical was sold.
[full story]
Bill would require California owners
to spay or neuter dogs, cats
A state lawmaker wants to force
pet owners to spay or neuter nearly
all cats and dogs by the time
they're 4 months old, part of an
ambitious plan to reduce the
hundreds of thousands of pets he
says are euthanized at shelters in
California each year. Owners who
fail to comply and get caught would
get slapped with a $500 fine.
[full
story]
Recall of pet food leaves
veterinarians seeking solutions
No
one knows how many cats and dogs
have fallen ill after eating the pet
food subject to a massive recall.
Many veterinarians are wondering
whether this sort of problem is
preventable as they struggle to
respond to the situation.
[full story]
Cat saves family from poisonous
fumes
Feline jumped on bed, meowed
wildly until owner woke and called
911.
[full story]
Woman's five cats treated for kidney
failure after eating recalled food
CLEVELAND -- Pet owners across
the country are watching their pets
die and have no idea why.
[full
story]
Claws for concern? Feline friends
can be stoic when it comes to
illness
Cats are subtle. This, of
course, is the whole point,
according to their fawning humans.
[full story]
Some Alpo Pet Food Added To Recall
List
(CBS/AP) The recall of wet and
dry pet foods contaminated with a
chemical found in plastics and
pesticides expanded Saturday to
include a new brand even as
investigators were puzzled why the
substance would kill dogs and cats.
[full
story]
Cats and human compassion: A
wonderful mix in Orange
ORANGE--Having recently moved to
the town of Orange, Marjorie Klein
was on her way home one evening when
she noticed several cats hanging out
behind the Route 20 Market in the
iron/metal recycling yard near the
intersection of Blue Ridge Drive and
State Route 20.
[full
story]
Feed a Dog, You Own It; Feed a
Feline, It Forever Owns You
Meow, meow, meow, M-E-O-W!"
The cat circled the yard as he made
an obvious plea. That danged
cat now owns me.
[full story]
Here's the reasons why a neutered
cat is a happy cat
Q: Both my parents are from the
"old country" and neither believes
in having dogs or cats neutered.
They prefer to have our two-year-old
tomcat remain intact and "natural"
as "nature had intended" (in their
words). How do I convince my parents
that it is in the cat's own best
interest to be neutered? Maybe you
could list all the benefits of
neutering male cats in your column
and I could show it to them.
[full
story]
Dogs and Cats Skinned Alive for
Their Fur in China
China has become the world’s
largest exporter of fur garments in
just a few years. Many of the
international fur traders,
manufacturers, and fashion designers
have shifted their business to
China, where they can exploit
China’s cheap labor and the absence
of restrictive animal welfare
regulations.
[full story]
CRITTER CARE: Your furry friends can
get asthma, too
Asthma is a disease of the
lungs, specifically of the lower
airways of the lungs called the
bronchi. It has also been referred
to as bronchial asthma, allergic
bronchitis, and feline allergic lung
disease.
[full story]
GARDEN SPOT: Catnip attracts our
furry feline friends best when it's
bruised, broken, fragrant
Two summers ago, I moved a
catmint plant in our flowerbed to a
more roomy area. The plant was
fairly large and becoming crowded.
It needed space to spread. Our cat
had paid no attention to the plant
in its original location, but after
I moved it, suddenly the feline had
a penchant to go roll around on it,
paw at it and squirm about.
[full story]
The cat's meow: Biology students
purrr-sue feral cats for disease
research
Three professors in Duquesne’s
biology department are using their
laboratory classrooms to help the
Pittsburgh community.
[full
story]
Cats Bonding With Their Owners
There are a lot of experts out
there who say that cats are strictly
independent animals. These very same
experts state that cats have chosen
to associate with humans due to
their strategy of survival. Although
many argue with this statement,
there are many who agree as well
although those that agree are
normally those in the percentile who
don't agree with cats.
[full
story]
Macquarie's feral cats: a delicate
ecological balance
The extermination of Macquarie's
feral felines was meant to safeguard
the island's indigenous birds. But
their demise has had an unexpected
effect: rats and rabbits are
flourishing - and pose a new threat
to the native species.
[full
story]
Cat Travels From Arkansas to Florida
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) -
Pickles the cat is in a predicament
a long way from her Arkansas home.
The calico feline from Bismarck,
Ark., stowed away in a moving van
unloading furniture at a neighboring
home. The truck's driver, who is
highly allergic to cats, discovered
her the next day in Fort Walton
Beach.
[full
story]
Happy ending for 30 rescued cats
Thirty cats saved from "cramped
and squalid" conditions in Aberdeen
have found new homes thanks to an
appeal.
[full
story]
Chinese Animal Rights Victory Takes
Cats Off the Menu
China's nascent animal rights
movement claimed a rare victory
today after rescuing more than 400
cats that were about to be
slaughtered for their fur and meat.
[full
story]
Mystery of mummified cat in office
basement
IT is difficult to imagine them
as anything other than cuddly family
pets. But hundreds of years ago,
cats were seen as mystical
creatures, associated with evil
spirits.
[full
story]
Johnstown Fire Fighters Make Daring
River Rescue
JOHNSTOWN -- Rescue crews
answered a call for help late
Wednesday morning. Braving cold
temperatures and icy water, they
were able to perform a daring water
rescue to save a stranded cat that
had gotten trapped in a small
Johnstown creek.
[full
story and video]
Column: Herpes can be danger for
cats
I have had cats who would
suddenly break out with eye ulcers.
The infection seemingly came out of
nowhere. One day, they were
perfectly clear eyed and healthy,
and the next, their eye was swollen
and they could hardly see.
[full
story]
Feral cats, and tenants, don't
deserve cruelty!
Feral cats that are sterilized and
vaccinated are at home outside and
can co-exist with humans.
[full story]
Men are acquiring cats because they
remind them of ... us
Have you noticed there are an
awful lot of men who own cats now?
When did that start? Did the
feminist movement backfire on us? I
mean we all know the point of the
movement was to take and not give.
[full
story]
Three cats rescued nearly two weeks
after fatal fire
COLORADO SPRINGS - A trio of
cats needed all nine lives to
survive a fatal fire that destroyed
a 135-unit apartment complex on
January 16.
[full
story]
Should cats have catnip?
Although cats are carnivores and
require certain amino acids (found
in meat) to survive, there are a
couple of leafy green plants that
they like to snack on.
[full
story]
It Takes Four To Free A Feline
Paramedic and firefighter Rob
Illingworth put years of experience
and training to good use yesterday
during a daring high-altitude ladder
rescue on Bealey Avenue.
Six-month-old kitten Texie, brought
down from his arboreal escapade by
no fewer than four firefighters, ran
off with no word of thanks.
[full story]
On the trail of cats ... and a
parasite that can be spread
Why did the cat cross Windsor
Road?
Illinois Natural History Survey and
University of Illinois researchers
don't think the answer is as simple
as "to get to the other side," in
the words of that old joke about the
chicken.
[full
story]
Cats, dogs feel the cold, too - tips
to care for furry friends in winter
Every winter, Misha Goodman said
she can count on getting at least
one complaint per day about pets
being left out in the cold.
[full
story]
Chip Implant In Cats Could Restore
Human Sight
Columbia, MO (AHN) - A
University of Missouri-Columbia
veterinary ophthalmologist has been
developing a microchip implant that
restores sight to blind cats and
hopefully to humans as well.
Preliminary results in clinical
human trials have been encouraging,
with 30 people implanted so far.
[full story]
All About Traveling With Cats
If you are planning to travel
with your cat, first ask yourself
these questions: Are cats allowed at
my destination? If so, will my cat
adjust to conforming to regulations
concerning pets and really be happy
away from home? Cats tend to be
creatures of habit and it is
important that your cat can adapt to
change.
[full
story]
Man
driven by devotion to cats
He starts out about 10 in the
morning, after he finishes his night
shift stocking shelves at the Kohl's
department store.
[full
story]
Bird flu back in Thailand and Japan,
found in cats in Indonesia
Phitsanulok (AsiaNews) – Concern
over the H5N1 virus and the bird flu
remains high in Thailand, Japan and
Indonesia.
[full story]
Feisty feline keeps the postman away
London - Postal workers are
threatening to stop deliveries to a
woman's house - because her cat is
too scary.
[full
story]
It's easier finding lost pet dogs
than cats!
London, Jan 15 (ANI): When it
comes to recovering lost pets, a new
research has found that worried
owners are more likely to be
reunited with their pet, if it
happens to be a dog rather than a
cat.
[full story]
Oregon man reunited with his tubby
tabby
PORTLAND, Ore. Here, KITTY KITTY
KITTY. Goliath, a 20-pound stray
whose girth got him stuck in a pet
door while trying to plunder some
dog food, is back with his owner.
[full
story]
Off-limits to cats
Will banning cats in the
countryside safeguard endangered
birds? The British ban has certainly
ruffled some feathers. Banning cats
to save the birds has provoked a
firestorm of controversy in
Britain’s otherwise tranquil
countryside.
[full story]
Fat pets join fat Americans in slide
to obesity
American people aren't the only ones
who struggle with obesity — American
pets are fat, too.
[full story]
Retainal Chips May Give Sight To
Blind Cats
Microchips could be a blindness cure
for cats with congenital problems,
and the treatment could someday be
used in humans.
[full
story]
Twice-a-year exams benefit cats,
owners
Did you know that by age 1, a cat
has already aged the equivalent of
about 20 human years? By the time
they are 4, a cat is already the
equivalent of 45 in human years, and
an 18-year-old cat is close to 100!
[full
story]
Animal research has come far
Helping Paws has done several
scientific laboratory rescues during
the last 10 years. These labs were
doing testing that in no way helped
the cats who were being used for the
research.
[full story]
120 kittens and cats vie for titles
in Malacca
A total of 120 kittens and cats
gathered at A' Famosa Golf Resort’s
cowboy town for the international
cat show, organised by the Feline
Society of Malaysia (FSM) and the
Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA).
[full story]
Agility course not major obstacle
for cats
Real cats don't fetch. But
they can run an agility course, if
they feel like it.
[full story]
YOBS TORTURE CATS
ANIMAL charities have reacted with
horror after a spate of attacks on
cats. Sick yobs put a cat
inside a recycling bin and placed a
breeze block over the lid, so it
couldn't get out. The creature
was rescued after the householder
heard its pitiful cries for help.
[full story]
Killing feral cats is more costly,
futile and cruel than
trap-neuter-release
Fiver was the runt. He was
constantly getting buried under his
seven brothers and sisters and
pushed away from his mom's nipples.
[full
story]
Villagers turn rescue of trapped
kitten into a family affair
For more than three weeks,
Village of Liberty Park resident
Gary Stebler and his wife Nancy
heard cries from a trapped feline in
a storm drain across the street.
[full story]
Harpers, meet the big cheese
The following is a letter I’ve
written to the prime minister of
Canada. I think you will agree that
it raises a matter of great urgency.
[full story]
Keeping Kitty a Cool Cat
Your partner has just moved into
your apartment. Now, you share
morning coffee, suppertime stories
and ever-increasing rent. You’re
both very happy about the new living
arrangement.
[full
story]
Feline problem not isolated
A Platte County program
simmering on the back burner may be
brought to a boil by an unlikely
source: Feral cats.
[full story]
Cats left in closed grooming shop
When the owner of a Crest Hill
grooming shop closed her doors for
good last month, she left behind a
couple of clients.
[full story]
Diagnosis Important in Determining
Cause of Cat's Weight Loss
If your cat has been losing weight
and condition it is time for a
consultation and exam by your
veterinarian. There can be many
reasons for weight loss in cats. Age
alone is not one of them.
[full
story]
Jeffersonville shelter seeking homes
for 30 cats
A common saying among cat lovers
is this: Cats are like potato chips
— you can’t have just one.
[full story]
Humane Society suspends accepting
young cats
Indianapolis - A fatal virus
outbreak among cats leads to a
temporary ban at an Indianapolis
shelter. The virus is especially
deadly to cats with weakened immune
systems, or very young cats.
[full story]
Animal Friends staff rescues 19
dogs, 3 cats
Nineteen dogs and three cats
scheduled to die before the start of
the new year received highly
publicized 11th-hour reprieves
yesterday.
[full story]
An old-age home for cats and dogs
Old age homes for humans are dime a
dozen but one for dogs and cats is
something unheard of.
[full
story]
Cats abandoned on a bitterly cold
night
THEY were curled up together,
trying to keep warm on one of the
coldest nights of the year.
Three cats were dumped at the gates
of The Blue Cross animal adoption
centre in West End.
[full story]
It rained cats, dogs at shelter in
Bellevue
There was room at this inn for cats
and dogs. Folks at The Humane
Society for Seattle/King County in
Bellevue opened their kennel doors
to critters displaced by the
windstorm.
[full story]
Hemingway cats in legal limbo
The fabled cats at the Ernest
Hemingway Home & Museum, many of
them the six-toed variety that the
author favored, are still living in
legal limbo after a federal judge
last week dismissed the attraction's
lawsuit seeking to define their
status.
[full story]
Animal group rescues 200 cats, seeks
help with care
The Emergency Animal Rescue Service
spent last week caring for 200
purebred Persian and Himalayan cats
taken from a Blount County breeder.
[full story]
Family found guilty of cruelty to 36
animals
A couple and their teenage son,
who kept more than 100 animals in
their three-bedroom council home,
were found guilty of cruelty to cats
and dogs yesterday.
[full story]
Palm Beach Zoo introduces rare
Malayan tigers to popular exhibit
Under a Tiger Species Survival Plan
from the Association of Zoos and
Aquariums, the Palm Beach Zoo at
Dreher Park received two rare
Malayan tigers from San Diego, zoo
officials announced.
[full story]
Kim
Thornton Honored by the Winn Feline
Foundation
At its October meeting, the board of
directors awarded the 2006 Winn
Feline Foundation Media Appreciation
Award to well-known journalist and
editor Kim Campbell Thornton.
[full story]
Ziggy’s feline good after tug of
love
A STOWAWAY cat which survived a
17-day trip from Israel will be
staying in Lancashire.
[full story]
The right way to feed feral cats
While feeding wild or feral
animals is generally a bad idea for
humans and the animals, a
considerable number of caring
animal-lovers statewide have been
feeding feral cats in an appropriate
way.
[full story]
Virus hits Nevins Farm cats; eight
euthanized, quarantine to end
tomorrow
METHUEN - An outbreak of feline
distemper infection has hit cats at
Nevins Farm for the second year in a
row, forcing staff there to
euthanize eight cats and quarantine
50 others.
[full story]
Cats, dogs and turkey
Christmas can often spell danger for
cats and dogs so, although it is one
of the busiest times of year, do
spare a thought for your pets. Here
are some top tips for ensuring that
your pets are safe during the
festive season.
[full story]
Rescue Me
As a small number of shelters across
the country adopt a "no-kill"
policy, refusing to euthanize
homeless animals, one of Boston's
best-known shelters isn't interested
in joining the movement. One
emotional day inside reveals why.
[full story]
Feline disease can be controlled
with vaccine
Feline panleukopenia, a highly
contagious illness that attacks the
lymphatic, gastrointestinal and
nervous systems of cats, until
recently was a death sentence for
cats. Now, with vaccines, it is an
uncommon disease.
[full story]
Felony charges sought after seizure
of 5 horses, 3 cats
RYE -- New Hampshire SPCA
spokeswoman Abigail Smith said she
wants second-offense charges filed
against the owner of five horses and
three cats seized by the
organization on allegations of
neglect.
[full story]
Iowa library's famous feline dies at
19
The 19-year-old cat, who became a
mascot for the city's library after
being found in a book drop, died
Wednesday in the arms of librarian
Vicki Myron.
[full story]
Some products help dogs and cats
come along for the ride
Whether you see your pet as a
member of the family, your best
friend or simply a nice companion
for your kids, chances are it's
going to be your travel buddy at
some point in time.
[full story]
Feline calicivirus may be spreading
in Taiwan
Feline calicivirus occurs worldwide
and affects all breeds of cats.
Outbreaks in Taiwan are yet to be
confirmed, but the Apple Daily
reported yesterday that two cats
died of this common viral disease.
[full
story]
Bio-engineered cats open doors and
raise fears
In a recent step towards the
horrific predictions of
science-fiction author Philip K.
Dick in his book ''Do Androids Dream
of Electric Sheep?'' and the
resulting cinematic production of
''Blade Runner,'' the California
company Allerca has produced the
first hypoallergenic cats ready to
be marketed to the general public.
[full story]
Garden Grove woman has two weeks to
give away cats
GARDEN GROVE County health officials
said today that a 53-year-old woman,
who kept close to 200 cats in her
home, will have two weeks to give
away most of the animals.
[full story]
Gibsonton woman charged with animal
cruelty over her 51 cats
Gibsonton, Fla. (AP) -- A
47-year-old Gibsonton woman could
face up to five years behind bars on
animal cruelty charges over her more
than 50 cats.
[full story]
Bereaved cats need homes
TWO cats, formerly owned by a
Honiton woman who recently died of
cancer, are in need of new homes.
[full
story]
Dogs and cats long to be 'home for
the holidays'
The 4th annual "Home for the
Holidays" at the Northwest Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals on South Fifth Avenue in
Oroville runs from Nov. 6 to Jan
2nd.
[full story]
60 cats rescued from storage unit in
Milford, N.H.
MILFORD, N.H. (AP) - More than
60 cats were rescued from a storage
unit when the renter was evicted,
according to an investigator for the
Animal Rescue League of New
Hampshire.
[full story]
UK's Leading Feline Welfare Charity
Supports New Animal Welfare Act
Cats Protection - the UK's leading
feline welfare charity - welcomes
today's enactment of the Animal
Welfare Bill and looks forward to
the Act coming into effect in
England and Wales on 6 April 2007
(an equivalent law having already
been passed in Scotland).
[full story]
Be sure to have your new cat tested
for feline leukemia
The Animal Protective League of
Cleveland is no longer routinely
testing kittens for feline leukemia.
[full story]
How
to Make Ruffles a Star
Ever glance at your mangy tabby as
it stretches itself into the space
between the fridge and the wall and
think, "Gee, I think Ruffles could
be a contender"?
[full story]
Animal lovers form networks to
rescue feral cats
Kathy and Michael Gallagher
tended to dozens of cats in the
woods behind their jewelry shop in
Fox Run Shopping Center off U.S. 40
in Bear.
[full story]
Beloved feline vanishes Miss Chatham
lived in Stafford
A gray stray cat who made a southern
Stafford County laundromat her home
has been missing for two weeks.
[full story]
Dogs, cats missing after burglary at
Jackson animal shelter
As many as 13 dogs and cats are
missing from Jackson County Humane
Society shelter after an overnight
burglary reported to the Jackson
County Sheriff’s Department on
Sunday.
[full story]
Feline virus warning comes too late
An outbreak of a feline virus at the
Porter County Animal Shelter has led
to heartache for some who adopted
pets and caused the shelter to
euthanize its remaining cats and to
close its cat room for a period.
[full story]
Does your cat make you `cat-choo?!'
Have you ever wondered - if your
cat was allergic to you - whether
your cat would voluntarily take
allergy pills or shots, simply put
up with the sneezing and wheezing
and watery eyes or just leave?
[full story]
Humane Society Removes More Than 50
Cats From Home
DeFOREST, Wis. -- The Dane County
Humane Society removed 54 cats, a
rabbit and a ferret from a DeForest
home Wednesday.
[full story]
Man Accused Of Beating Cat With
Rocks In Pompano
POMPANO BEACH Police in Pompano
Beach sent a teenage man to jail
after they say he beat a
cat in the head with rocks on
October 26th.
[full story]
Your Stories: Cortland Cats Ready
for Adoption
After months of waiting, hundreds of
cats that were seized from an
overcrowded cat clinic in Cortland
are up for adoption.
[full story]
Animal Shelter Lowers Feline
Adoption Fee
The Helen Woodward Animal Center
is cutting adoption fees this
weekend for cats that are more than
6 months old.
[full story]
Birman Cats
Gentle, individualistic and very
loyal, Birman cats fall between
Siamese and Persian in character. If
you admire cats that are non
aggressive, that enjoy being with
humans and tend to be on the quiet
side, you may well find that Birman
cats are just the felines for you.
[full story]
Cash-Strapped Hospital to Treat Cats
and Dogs
A CASH-strapped hospital could open
its doors to dogs and cats to raise
extra funds.
[full story]
Cats creating a crisis in the metro
With just two months to go in this
year, the Animal Humane Society of
Golden Valley and Coon Rapids is on
track to set a new record, but not
the kind anyone wants to see.
[full story]
Martin woman's petition may aid
feral cats
STUART — Kristen Nielander's
efforts to aid feral cats reached a
new level this week when she began a
petition to change Martin County's
cat leash law.
[full story]
Wanted: good home for feline
fatherly type, kitten
BELMONT — A tomcat who stuck around
to tend his kittens after their
mother was killed deserves a home,
say two women who’ve watched the
unusual behaviour in their
backyards.
[full story]
Cat Coalition helps with rescued
cats
All the members are volunteers who
spend their free time feeding and
helping the cats until they can be
adopted. Coalition members say they
are trying to do more than what the
SPCA offers the community.
[full story]
Celebrity Cat Owners Clamber to Get
Their Paws on the Latest
Celebrity cat owners such as Sharon
Osbourne & Mischa Barton are known
to treat their feline friends to
aromatherapists, behaviourists and
stylists but a recent survey
commissioned by new super-premium
cat food brand, Perfect Fit, has
revealed the next celebrity cat
owner must-have – the Perfect Fit
Feline Foodologist™!
[full story]
Gorgeous Feline
You'd
look grumpy too if they shaved all
your hair off! Angelina, a beautiful
seven year old Persian, came to the
shelter with so many mats in her fur
that she had to have all her fur
shaved off.
[full story]
Guilty pleas in case of dead mom,
cats
DOVER -- Candy Jean Haas and Pamela
J. Haas each pleaded guilty Tuesday
to two misdemeanors filed after
their mother's corpse, and 130 dead
and sickly cats were found in July
inside a west Dover home.
[full story]
Dogs And Cats Are Not Allowed To Run
Freely
After receiving numerous complaints
of dogs bites - Rio Grande City is
trying to clean up the streets with
the new mandatory leash ordinance.
[full story]
Residents: Neighbor Harbors Dozens
Of Stray Cats
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A reported case of
animal cruelty and neglect hit a
Columbus neighborhood and residents
said they've witnessed more than two
dozen cats around a house and its
driveway.
[full story]
About animal acupuncture
What it is: A Chinese therapy,
usually performed by inserting
needles at points along the body's
energy meridians. Acupuncture causes
the body to release neurochemicals,
including endomorphins, rebalancing
the flow of energy.
[full story]
Dogs, cats and alleged crack lead to
arrest
Drug investigators arrested a
Hendersonville couple on drug
charges Oct. 11, but also removed
several pets from the premises due
to filth in the house.
[full story]
Volusia woman fights to keep 200
cats
PIERSON -- The phone call, like so
many others made to Kristy Grant's
rural Volusia home, was from a
stranger with an unwanted cat.
[full story]
Feline a lot better
A cat-astrophe was averted yesterday
when a prize-winning Russian Blue
feline that spent 14 hours on the
lam in Madison Square Garden was
found safe and sound.
[full story]
Lynn Thomas: New vaccine sterilizes
feral cats
Webster's dictionary defines
feral as untamed, wild, savage.
For the more than 70 million cats in
the United States defined as feral,
it translates into homelessness,
disease, starvation, exposure to
cruel weather conditions and prey
for predators.
[full story]
Cats seek safe and loving homes
The Cayman Islands Humane Society is
desperately seeking homes for three
homeless kitties all of which had a
very unfortunate start in life.
[full story]
Minnesota Principal Shoots Two Cats
at School
In some classes, the 'survival of
the fittest' theory may be taught.
But the majority of professors
resort to more text-based learning
methods.
[full story]
Homeless cats in Oceanside are
everyone’s responsiblity
Several people called me to see if I
had read the recent letter to the
editor on the destruction of feral
cats at the local SPCA. That outcome
is the reality for feral kittens and
cats.
[full story]
Feline Foundation of Maui
administering feral cat program
The Feline Foundation
of Maui will provide information
about its feral cat program Sunday
afternoon at the Maui Humane
Society, as part of an observance of
National Feral Cat Day.
[full story]
Tea Garden Cats Use 9 Lives
Two feral cats captured at the
Japanese Tea Garden will no longer
be destroyed. Instead, Animal Care
Services will turn them over to
Purr-fect Heaven.
[full story]
Firefighter saves dogs, but cats
perish
A single-alarm blaze that swept
through a home on Thursday killed
two pet cats, but firefighters were
able to pull two pet dogs from the
burning structure.
[full story]
Shelter can’t keep feral cats
forever
Staff and volunteers at the
Parksville/Qualicum SPCA take no joy
in having to euthanize feral cats,
says shelter manager Nadine Durante.
[full story]
Hypoallergenic cats and hype
Recent news reports have dangled a
stratospherically priced option for
wannabe cat owners who are allergic
to the bewhiskered, twitchy-tailed
set. Just plunk down $3,950 (plus a
$995 processing and transportation
fee) for a hypoallergenic Allerca
cat.
[full story]100 cats removed from dirty house
RAPID CITY, S.D., Oct. 4 (UPI)
-- Some 100 cats were removed from a
South Dakota home that was saturated
with cat feces and urine.
[full story]Abandoned feline siblings need home
Yin and his sister Fauna were
abandoned by their family when the
family moved out of state. A
neighbor found the two cats and
brought them to the Humane Society
of Washington County.
[full story]
Overpopulation forces shelters to
kill cats
SKOWHEGAN -- There were yellow
cats, white cats black cats and
striped cats, fat cats and skinny
cats, old cats and young cats.
[full story]
Are cats color blind?
The answer is no, Jim. Cats aren't
color blind -- but their color
vision isn't as discriminating as
ours. Cats probably see the world in
shades of blue and yellow -- much
like people who are red-green
colorblind.
[full story]
Group continues to look out for good
of dogs, cats
BECKWITH — Although its name has
changed over the years, the goals of
the New River Humane Society are as
solid and consistent as they have
been from the beginning —
controlling the population of cats
and dogs and assuring that all
animals are treated with dignity and
respect.
[full story]
Woman told to pay fine for caring
for stray cats
STUART — Silver kittens shook
furiously from Ellie Booth's ears
this morning as she she stood up,
slung her leather kitty cat purse
over her shoulder, and scowled at
the Martin County Animal Control
officers walking out of the
courtroom.
[full story]
Crush of cats cries for limiting
breeding
Driving home one day last month,
Katie Kuzmenko saw two kittens
huddled on the side of the road.
They obviously had been abandoned,
and the 19-year-old Troutdale native
couldn't pass them by. She pulled
over, put them in her car and took
them home.
[full story]
DNA test project for Siberian tigers
short of funds
A project to test the DNA of captive
Siberian tigers and determine
whether the genes of the rare
species are deteriorating is short
of cash.
[full story]
Instead of circus, make trip to
feline rescue center
The circus has come to Indianapolis,
and with it a traveling troupe of
tigers that spend most of their time
on the road in small cages.
Why settle for watching a small
group of tigers in a bad mood at the
circus? Come to the Exotic Feline
Rescue Center.....[full story]
Dr. Phil Helps Woman Keep Cats
Talk Show Host Dr. Phil
developed a soft spot for a
cat-hording woman he interviewed
during one of his shows. When the
Florida woman faced threats of
losing her pets Dr. Phil came to the
rescue.
[full story]
Man Charged in Transport of Asian
Cats in a Carry-On
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 — Long
before there were snakes on a plane,
there were leopards in a carry-on,
and monkeys down a pair of pants,
according to a federal indictment
handed up on Monday in Southern
California.
[full story]
Abandoned cats need new home
More than 25 starving cats were
found at an abandoned trailer near
Colfax last week.
[full story]
Vets Assess Conditions of Cats
Cortlandville (WSYR-TV) - The
Cortland County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
checked out more than 270 cats
rescued from filthy conditions
earlier this month.
[full story]
Saudi Clerical Police Outlaw Sale of
Cats, Dogs
Saudi Arabia's religious police,
tasked with chiding women to cover
themselves and ensuring men attend
prayers, are turning to cats and
dogs. The police have issued a
decree banning the sale of the pets,
seen as a sign of Western influence.
[full story]
Gadsden crew wearing gas masks
removes 20 cats from house
GADSDEN, Ala. - Animal control
workers wearing gas masks removed
more than 20 cats from a filthy
house, and welfare workers moved two
disabled people from the residence,
which was deemed unsafe and in need
of repairs.
[full story]
Teen sentenced for killing feral
cats
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. A Spotsylvania
County teenager has been sentenced
to 50 hours of community service for
shooting and killing feral cats at a
trash dump.
[full story]
Rescued cats are on the road to
recovery in Cortland
274 neglected felines found ill,
emaciated in Cortland home.
[full story]
Squalid house of cats affected
neighbors
YOUNGSTOWN — Residents near a
Douglas Street house were being held
hostage by the smell of dead cats
and mounds of feces from live ones,
city Prosecutor Jay Macejko says.
[full story]
Local Case of Severe Animal Abuse
Discovered
A case of animal cruelty leaves
a Shiawassee Community shocked, and
the alleged abuser may even get away
with it. It all began with a phone
call from a Corunna home where the
renter told the Shiawassee Humane
Society she was being evicted and
had no place to put her animals, but
when workers arrived, something
seemed amiss.
[full story]
Someone cuts throats of horses,
dogs, cats in Tangipahoa
HAMMOND, La. -- Somebody killed
a horse, a dog and three cats at a
rural Tangipahoa residence near
Hammond. Another dog and two
horses were wounded in the attack.
[full story]
Cats receive emergency oxygen
treatment
No people were hurt but four
cats received emergency oxygen
treatment Monday after a fire
devoured portions of their home - a
fifth-wheel trailer parked in the
100 block of Avenue of Flags in
Buellton.
[full story]
Purr-fect treatment for Alex's
feline friends
BRITONS spend £15m a year on
treatments like massage, reflexology
and acupuncture - for their pets.
But Holmfirth woman Alex Chaloner
doesn't have to reach into her
pocket to treat her two cats with
complementary medicine.
[full story]
Dozens of cats abandoned in
apartment
Animal control and humane society
workers removed 27 abandoned cats
Wednesday from an apartment in
Nashua reeking of cat urine and
feces. The cats, of varying ages,
were left behind by tenants facing
eviction, said Melissa Gauveia, a
leasing agent for Gauthier Realty.
[full story]
A feline with a winning demeanor
Two years after he narrowly escaped
death by dynamite when Veterans
Stadium was imploded, a once sickly
stray cat has landed on his feet at
the top of the cat-show world.
[full story]
Veterinarians On Socialization
Classes for Kittens
A kitten's mind is a terrible
thing to waste. "It all began when
my clients in puppy classes wanted
equal attention for their cats,"
says Dr. Kersti Seksel, a veterinary
behaviorist in Seaforth, New South
Wales, Australia. "Kittens deserve
an education too."
[full story]
Dogs, cats displaced by hurricane
find comfort with new owners.
When Hurricane Katrina smashed
the Gulf Coast late last August, not
only were thousands of people left
homeless, but so were their pets,
many of whom became separated from
their families.
[full story]
The feds are sourpusses about
Hemingway cats
The nearly 50 cats that lounge
around the Hemingway Home in Key
West, Fla., are the descendants of
the famed writer's cat, and that for
years has been enough to afford the
felines a carefree and pampered life
at the historic attraction.
[full story]
Pets grieve, too
Animals may languish after owner
dies, but providing continuity will
help them adjust.
[full story]
Zookeeper could face charges after
tiger escapes from Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa, Florida- A Sumatran tiger
at the Lowry Park Zoo was shot and
killed Tuesday evening after the
rare feline escaped from a night
house cage while some visitors were
still in the park.
[full story]
Swimming Cats
Cottage Grove -
We've all heard of the doggy paddle
but what about the kitty paddle?
One Cottage Grove woman says all
five of her cats can swim and she
says most felines are probably able
to.
[full story]
Olympia Raccoons Dining On
Neighborhood Cats
OLYMPIA - Her name was Lucy. The
cat was Lisann Rolle's baby until
this past June.
[full story]
Police Find 75 Cats, 17 Dead In
Howard County Home
Howard County, MD Howard County
animal control officers discovered
75 cats in a Columbia home after
responding to numerous citizen
complaints about a suspicious odor.
Of the 75, 58 cats were alive, but
in critically ill condition and 17
were found dead.
[full story]
Wild Cats Rounded Up At Grapevine
House
Grapevine, TX city officials
moved to close a home filled with
nearly 100 wild cats Tuesday. They
were acting on complaints brought
last week, and when the homeowners
couldn't remove the cats by Monday,
police and animal control personnel
moved in with search and seizure
warrants to take the animals.
[full story]
Cats go vegan in Asia's biggest
feline shelter
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IANS) In Asia's
biggest shelter for rescued cats,
the feline inmates are turning
vegetarian these days, thanks to
animal lovers who import alternative
Italian food for the furry laptops.
[full story]
Cats, Dogs Found Dead In Shelter
BOSTON -- Five animals were
found dead in an animal shelter in
Oxford, Mass., and the town's animal
control officer was charged in the
case.
[full story]
Big cats in apartment pose risk of
disease to humans and other animals
Dubai: Wild animals from unknown
origins could carry a risk of
disease to other animals and humans,
said the director of Dubai Zoo.
[full story]
New homes sought for dogs, cats
CAMBRIDGE — The Humane Society
of Dorchester County is facing an
overcrowding problem at its shelter.
[full story]
Woman gave tireless devotion to cats
The 113 lions, tigers and other
castoff cats in Calhan won’t be
homeless after the sudden death of
an animal sanctuary’s owner. Karen
Sculac of Big Cats of Serenity
Springs died Saturday morning of
pneumonia at age 47. She became ill
with strep throat about a week and a
half ago, yet kept cleaning and
feeding her brood.
[full story]
Make no mistake: Oops is a fine
feline
A mixed-breed cat sired by
accident takes home three
first-place ribbons at Overland Park
show.
[full story]
Feline Health Tips
Cats are masters of disguise
when masking signs of illness, so
any change in normal behavior
patterns are key indicators that
something may be wrong. Hiding is
sometimes a tip-off that something
is bothering them.
[full
story]
Big cats to move out of Ranchi zoo
Ranchi, Aug 11 (IANS) Healthy
big cats in the Ranchi zoo -- mostly
lions and tigers -- will be shifted
to other parts of India to save them
from a disease that has claimed six
of the species.
[full
story]
Last Meow For Feline Crimefighter
CBS) BROOKLYN Fred the cat's crime
fighting days came to a tragic end
Thursday. The crime-solving feline
had been in the care of a Brooklyn
assistant district attorney at her
home when he accidentally got out of
the house and was hit by a car. Fred
worked undercover in May to catch a
man who was posing as a vet.
[full story]
85 dogs, cats seized in raid
LAKE KATRINE - The Ulster County
Sheriff's Office on Monday executed
a search warrant and seized 56 dogs
and 29 cats from a property on
Potter Hill Road. The owner called
the seizure excessive and dangerous.
[full
story]
Plague cases found in cats
Cat and dog owners are being
advised to be on the watch for
possible symptoms of plague in their
pets by the University of Wyoming
State Veterinary Laboratory, after
the discovery of recent positive
cases in the state.
[full
story]
Feral cats wreaking havoc on NZ
birds
FERAL cats have been established on
the mainland of New Zealand since
the 1830s, and since then have been
wreaking havoc on many of our unique
bird colonies.
[full story]
Pigeon fancier 'shot neighbour dead'
in drunken row over cats
A pigeon fancier allegedly
gunned down his cat-loving neighbour
in a drunken rage after a
long-running dispute, a court has
heard.
[full story]
Felony fits for foul feline food
Sympathy for a Brownsdale man
charged with a felony for poisoning
stray cats is as hard to find in
Vista Village as one of the
manufactured homes without animals.
[full
story]
82 Cats Seized From Smelly Calif.
Home
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Animal
control officers seized 82 cats from
a couple's home after neighbors
complained about the odor they were
causing.
[full
story]
Getting cats to think inside the box
What is it with some cats? You take
them in off the street and provide
the lap of luxury, and they repay
you by peeing on your carpet - or
worse.
[full story]
Common cat parasite affects human
brains
LONDON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.S.
researchers say more than a quarter
of the world's population is
infected with a feline parasite
related to malaria and which causes
personality changes.
[full story]
Elderly Man And His Cats Saved From
Fire
(CBS4 News) MIAMI An elderly man
was pulled from his burning
apartment Saturday evening after
firefighters found him huddling in
his bedroom, clinging to life with
his 12 cats.
[full
story]
Shelter won't take kittens for now
because of virus
The Humane Society of
Indianapolis wants to alert area cat
owners about the recent outbreak of
a potentially fatal virus that
weakens feline immune systems.
Because of the virus, the animal
shelter has temporarily suspended
the acceptance of cats younger than
a year.
[full
story]
How a feline catapulted its way into
my wary heart
Three years ago, something happened
at my house that can only be
described as a cat-astrophe.
[full story]
Pet cats aren't hazard to pregnant
women
You do not have to give up your
cat if you are pregnant, according
to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Web site.
[full story]
Four Friendly Cats
The Trumbull Canine Shelter
recently raided the home of a cat
hoarder and rescued four friendly
cats from the home. All have been to
the vet
for a health check and are already
spayed and neutered.
[full
story]
Resident Escapes House Fire, But
Cats Perish Inside
MAITLAND, Fla. - Firefighters
were on the scene of a house fire in
Orange County early Wednesday
afternoon as smoke and flames poured
from the house on Duo Lake Road near
Maitland.
[full
story]
Spirit of High Andes Yields More
Feline Secrets
La Paz, Bolivia (July 26, 2006):
With exquisite timing, the exciting
news reached me here during a recent
conference of Alianza Gato Andino
(AGA), a coalition of groups
dedicated to conservation of the
Andean mountain cat (Oreailurus
jacobita), one of the rarest and
most elusive animals on Earth.
[full story]
Dogs, cats right at home on water
with boaters
Mate likes to run circles around
the cockpit, stopping at the bow and
stern, draping his huge curly paws
over the edge of the boat as he
checks out what’s going on.
[full story]
Feline Glove Thief Caught In Action
Pelham, NY (AHN) - Residents of
Pelham know to keep a look out for a
cat who notoriously steals gardening
gloves. The cat named Willy has
collected about two dozen gloves
since the beginning of springtime.
[full
story]
Bella's feline better after cruel
prank
Things are looking up for Bella,
the kitten found on a Bronx street
with a rubber band wrapped tightly
around her right rear leg. The
victim of a cruel prank, Bella
almost lost her leg. But the
sweet-natured kitty is on the road
to recovery, thanks to a story in
the Daily News.
[full
story]
Cats in Iraq with H5N1
Avian influenza is capable of
infecting mammals other than humans.
Like domestic cats. Cats are
companion animals (’pets’) in Europe
and North America and live as
closely with humans as birds do in
Indonesia, southeast Asia and China,
perhaps even more closely. They are
thus potential bridge vectors from
birds to humans, contracting the
disease by eating birds and then
nestling with people.
[full story]
Feline beauties go on show
Persians battled it out with
burmese, domestic and companion cats
at the annual Nelson Cat Show at the
Trafalgar Centre at the weekend.
[full story]
Abandoned Dogs and Cats Rescued from
Home
About a dozen dogs and cats were
rescued from a Northwest Bexar
County Home this week. The
animals were found living in
terrible conditions at a mobile home
on Ada Mae near Ralph Fair Road and
I-10 in Leon Springs.
[full
story]
Rare disease kills four big cats at
Eastern India zoo
A rare disease spread by ticks
has killed four big cats, including
a rare white tiger, at a zoo in
eastern India in the past week, a
news agency reported Tuesday.
[full
story]
Oxygen masks for dogs, cats
Pets at home during a fire now have
a better chance of being saved with
pet oxygen masks. These masks are
being distributed to the Loudoun
County Fire and Rescue Department's
20 stations.
[full story]
Appeal over 'appalling' find of
strangled cats
A COUNCIL refuse collector found
three cats strangled and dumped in
Leeds, the RSPCA revealed last
night.
[full story]
Animal control officers remove
dozens of cats from condemned home
(New Haven) Deplorable living
conditions discovered in one New
Haven home has crews rescuing dozens
of cats from that house for a second
day.
[full
story]
Becoming aware of feline illnesses
requires watching
You may believe the hidden life
of cats involves captive mice or
caches of catnip, but it could be an
illness that your cat is hiding.
[full
story]
Canine, feline, slender, stocky,
young, old: All need a home
To passersby on Walnut Street, the
sound of barking dogs is familiar,
and those who stroll down North
Willow Street may have seen the
occasional cat perched in the window
of an innocuous brown building.
However, the operations of PAWS
(Pound Animal Welfare Society),
Montclair’s local animal shelter,
are anything but innocuous.
[full story]
Activists urge government to neuter
and release cats
FURRY FRIENDS: Animal lovers
used a book launch yesterday to
promote the feral cat
Trap-Neuter-Release or Return
program for controlling stray cat
populations
[full story]
Volusia County Lets Woman Keep Her
200 Cats
PIERSON, Fla. -- A Volusia
County woman has won the right to
care for almost 200 stray and feral
cats at her home, despite objections
from her neighbors in Pierson.
[full
story]
TNR program is the humane way to
treat feral cats
I commend Ms. Conrad for caring
for her cats and, I assume, having
them spayed or neutered.
Unfortunately, for decades now, not
all humans have been so responsible
with their pets. Millions of feral
cats have resulted from the failure
of humans to have their pet cats
sterilized.
[full
story]
A dozen cats found in city home
Reports of as many as 100 cats in a
home in Bramalea turned out to be
exaggerated after the City of
Brampton found just 12.
[full story]
Good Samaritans help injured kitty
Instead of writing about another
tale of sorrow and woe created by
mankind, I have a gift that is sure
to brighten your day and maybe
beyond.
[full story]
Feline foiled during turkey attack
A feral cat was stalking five
turkey chicks along the north side
of 10th Ave. south of Barron
Thursday morning as their mother
watched nervously from the south
edge of the road, not intimidated by
the approaching photographer.
[full
story]
SPCA: Clayton cats in bad shape
Sixty-seven cats removed from a
West Clayton Avenue home are in
"rough shape" and investigating
officers stayed inside only 10
minutes at a time because of high
levels of carbon monoxide and
ammonia from the animals' urine, a
lead investigator said Wednesday.
[full story]
Whiskers purrs about caring for cats
ALBANY -- Three-week-old kitten
Luigi purred loudly in Kim Muller's
hands as she fed him with a bottle.
"It's good, huh?," Muller said.
[full story]
It's raining cats and cats - Humane
Society overrun, needs people to
adopt
BARRE TOWN – The folks over at
the Central Vermont Humane Society
are up to their whiskers in cats and
aren't quite sure what to do about
it.
[full story]
Ohio's Animal Shelters See Rise In
Feline Population
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A flood
of felines has become a major
problem for Ohio's animal shelters.
Veterinary researchers at Ohio State
University say their new survey
shows the number of cats taken by
shelters rose almost 20 percent
between 1996 and 2004.
[full
story]
Woman convicted in drowning family's
two cats
GOLDEN, Colo. - A 38-year-old
woman was convicted of charges
stemming from her ordering the
drowning of her family's two cats
because they repeatedly soiled the
house, authorities said.
[full story]
Ohio’s shelters overwhelmed with
cats
COLUMBUS - It’s a situation
approaching a cat-astrophe: The
state’s animal shelters are bursting
with stray or unwanted cats and find
themselves forced to euthanize
larger numbers of them, an Ohio
State University survey of
animal-control agencies found.
[full story]
Something must be done about feral
cats
Twice in the past couple of
months, we have had problems with
feral cats that Spotsylvania's
Department of Animal Control refuses
to help us with. The only response
I've received is that "cats are
free-roaming animals," and they
aren't responsible for picking them
up.
[full story]
Death rate cat-astrophe
ANIMAL WELFARE officers in
Keysborough have labelled the 30,000
cats that are put down each year in
Victoria a ‘cat-astrophe’. To
counter the statewide death toll,
the Australian Animal Protection
Society in Keysborough is
campaigning for locals to pick up a
furry friend for as cheap as $40
from its animal shelter on Homeleigh
Road.
[full
story]
Feline filth forces town
to shut woman's home
NISKAYUNA -- The stench, debris
and piles of cat feces in a house on
St. David's Lane are so bad that
officials don't know if the home
will ever be habitable again.
[full story]
Feline fine
The house may not have survived when
a digger driver attacked it but at
least the cat did. Janice Gledhill
and James Harvard feared that not
only had they lost their £250,000
home but also their beloved pet,
Ashley.
[full story]
Letter: Check out feline therapy
When the stresses of a world in
turmoil or merely a bad day at work
threaten to overwhelm us, help is
just a cat-in-the-lap away. Feline
therapy eases anxiety by lowering
blood pressure and releasing “feel
good” endorphins.
[full story]
Kangaroo Island cats to be
microchipped
Domestic cats on Kangaroo Island
will be required by law to be
microchipped and contained in a move
to combat the feral cat problem.
[full
story]
Reigning cats and dogs in America
Last week, a new study by
researchers at the University of
Arizona and Duke University revealed
that Americans have one-third fewer
close friends and confidents than
two years ago, and the number of
people who have no friends has more
than doubled during that time. As
companions, humans just aren't
cost-effective anymore, at least not
compared to pets.
[full story]
Would Americans Tolerate Pet Dogs &
Cats Being Eaten in Asia?
Americans would be outraged if an
animal shelter as a fund-raiser sold
all their cats and dogs to a meat
processing plant to be eaten in
Asian countries.
[full story]
115 dogs and 25 cats are found in
home
BRISTOL - Complaints from
neighbors helped lead police to the
largest puppy mill ever found in
Washington County, authorities said
yesterday. The stench of feces and
urine from 115 dogs and 25 cats
wafted out of the house on Nininger
Road as officers in biohazard suits
carried animals from the home.
[full
story]
Cats unwelcome
when piping plovers are born
SEABROOK, N.H. --You could call
it a cat fight. move to
protect the endangered piping plover
by ordering a group to stop feeding
stray cats near Seabrook and Hampton
beaches has angered area cat lovers.
[full story]
Dogs and cats get overheated, too
SEATTLE -- With a record high
temperature expected today in
Seattle, the city's animal shelter
is urging owners to take care of
their pets. Director Don
Jordan says whenever it's hot the
Seattle Animal Shelter gets hundreds
of calls about pets locked in cars.
[full story]
Raccoons Eating Pet Cats In South
Bay
Residents in one South Bay
neighborhood are on alert for
vicious raccoons. Neighbors
are posting flyers in Cupertino,
warning people to bring their pets
in at night. Hungry and aggressive
raccoons have killed and eaten three
cats within the past several weeks.
[full story]
45 West Deptford cats euthanized
CLAYTON … All 45 feral cats
removed from a Harker Avenue home in
West Deptford earlier this week have
been euthanized, officials said
Wednesday.
[full
story]
Kits, cats and how to produce
80 million cats
This month we have been
featuring kittens and cats in our
feature Pet of the Week. There is a
good reason for this, as this is
Adopt-a-Cat month. Making a
visit over to the Cass County Animal
Shelter this past week I was amazed
at the number of the furry creatures
who were looking lovingly through
the bars, hoping I would be the one
to take them home.
[full story]
Judge Orders House Arrest for Lewis,
the Attack Cat
Fears of a death sentence for
Lewis, the black and white cat from
Fairfield, Conn., whose attacks on
people nearly sent his owner to
jail, proved to be unfounded today,
as a judge imposed the feline form
of house arrest.
[full story]
Cats Removed From City Home
(Rochester, N.Y.) – A
72-year-old woman is under arrest
after Humane Society investigators
removed 10 cats from her Ontario
Street home. Five of the animals
were dead.
[full
story]
Animal House: SPCA Removes Dozens of
Cats and Dogs
WEST DEPTFORD - Gloucester
County animal control agents were
still trying to trap and catch the
last remaining cats roaming thru the
dilapidated home at 817 Harker
Avenue.
[full story]
Rescued cats doomed
A Harker Avenue home overrun
with dozens of feral cats and dogs
was fumigated Tuesday with the
owners' permission after the animals
were removed.
[full story]
Target: Feline Reproduction
From the 32-foot custom-made RV
she shares with a surgical table,
tiny gas masks and, each day,
another few dozen cats, Dina
Sicuranza likes to think about
Giants Stadium.
[full
story]
Big Brother plays cat and mouse
Those crazy Americans have come
up with another twist to the reality
TV format. They are running a
Big Brother-style television show,
but it won't be populated by humans.
[full
story]
Offer could be lifesaver for Lewis
the ferocious feline
A VICIOUS pet, facing the death
penalty after causing a real
ding-dong when he attacked an Avon
lady, has been offered a surprise
reprieve.
[full story]
All right, so who's feline lucky
today?
HOUSTON · In a chance of a
lifetime, formerly homeless Molly of
Houston is in New York to compete
for an executive position with a
major cat-food company.
[full story]
Proper care for cats will make them
purr
June is Love-a-Cat month, and
all month long the Hawaiian Humane
Society will be promoting the
wonderful relationships between
humans and felines. The Cat House is
purring with cats and kittens in all
colors, types and sizes.
[full
story]
Looking for fun and feline groovy
A trip to Memphis has finally
freed Cat Power of her demons, she
tells Will Hodgkinson. By way
of introduction, the Atlanta-born
singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, aka
Cat Power, tells me that she’s
sober. I tell her that I should
think so, too, at 10 o’clock on a
Tuesday morning, but Marshall is
announcing her sobriety as a new way
of life, not a temporary condition.
[full
story]
Cooking for the finicky feline
If you really want to pamper
your cat and show how much you love
the furry feline, consider making it
a gourmet dinner.
[full story]
Restaurant Inspired Feline Cuisine
ASPEN, Colo., Yellowfin Tuna Florentine, white
meat chicken, whipped egg souffle,
savory broths, garden greens -- all
things you might find at the Aspen
Food and Wine Classic held June
16-18. Visitors to the "Gallery of
Elegant Meals" at the renowned
Baldwin Gallery (209 South Galena
Street) will find all of these, plus
the Fancy Feast cat dining on new
restaurant-inspired Fancy Feast®
Elegant Medleys(TM) Gourmet Cat
Food.
[full story]
Move Over Bruno: Now a Lion May Be
AWOL in Germany
It seems Bruno the rampaging
Bavarian brown bear isn't the only
wild predator on the loose in
Germany. A large feline beast has
been spotted circling a little
eastern German village. But the
locals aren't sure whether it's a
lion or a big ginger tomcat. [full
story]
Daufuskie couple work to control
feral feline population
It's just after 6 p.m. on a
Thursday, and Laura Winholt's work
day isn't even halfway finished. On
Thursdays, it never is. Though the
nurse reported to work at the
Outpatient Surgery Center of Hilton
Head at 7 a.m., after her shift
she's taking a boat back to her home
on Daufuskie Island to care for an
altogether different set of
patients. On this particular night,
she's looking for "Stud."
[full
story]
Pet cats killed with antifreeze
A pet owner has spoken out after
three of his cats were fatally
poisoned with antifreeze in an
Aberdeenshire village. Former
soldier Ronald Kerr has been left
devastated by the deaths in St
Combs, near Fraserburgh.
[full story]
Fierce feline's no fraidy cat
WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- A black
bear picked the wrong New Jersey
yard for a jaunt earlier this week,
running into a territorial tabby who
ran the furry beast up a tree --
twice.
[full story]
House fire kills two cats
HUNTINGTON -- A fire killed two
cats in a house in the 409 West 9th
Ave. on Friday night. The fire began
around 8:15 p.m. according to Tim
Provaznik, deputy chief with the
Huntington Fire Department. [full
story]
Try to cat-proof your home before
adopting a kitten
JUNE IS BUSTIN' OUT all over and
so is kitten season, so making June
the official Adopt a Cat month is
quite appropriate. Life with a cat
or cats can be such fun, but before
you add a feline to your family,
everyone will be much happier if you
take some time to prepare your home
for the new addition.
[full
story]
Cats must be fixed in Rhode Island,
under law signed Friday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Rhode Island
became the first state in the nation
to require cat owners to spay or
neuter their pets, as Gov. Don
Carcieri signed a bill into law
Friday.
[full story]
Abandoned cats euthanized
(APPLETON, Wis.) - Nearly 30
cats found abandoned in a filthy
Appleton home have all been
euthanized. The Fox Valley Humane
Association says a number of the
cats were found to have feline
leukemia. [full
story]
Swift Action Needed During Outbreak
of Virulent Calicivirus
DAVIS, CA -- When virulent
systemic feline calicivirus (VS-FCV)
strikes, aggressive action is needed
to keep the highly contagious and
often deadly disease from wreaking
havoc within a veterinary practice.
[full
story]
Woman with 81 cats charged with
animal cruelty
A Bluff City woman who was found
keeping 81 cats in squalid
conditions has pleaded guilty to
animal cruelty.
[full story]
A perilous couple days
BRISTOL -- An unlikely
hitchhiker in the engine compartment
of a city police lieutenant’s
personal vehicle was rescued at the
police department Tuesday.
[full story]
New Rochelle students rescue
dogs and cats
They rescued dogs living under a
trailer, stray cats surviving by a
historic steam locomotive and one
female dog with its two puppies that
had been bitten by a male dog living
in the same pen.
[full
story]
Seized cats infected with leukemia,
euthanized
APPLETON — Thirty-three cats
seized from an Appleton residence on
May 27 tested positive for feline
leukemia and had to be euthanized,
according to the Fox Valley Humane
Association.
[full
story]
Feline feat: Cats emerging as model
for human disease research
FREDERICK -- For scientists in
the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity
at the National Cancer Institute at
Frederick, genes are the cat's meow.
The Cat Genome Project studies wild
and domestic cats to develop the
species as a genetic model for
infectious and hereditary diseases
in humans.
[full
story]
Feline friends await homes
ST. PETERSBURG - Linda Spaulding
has what some might call a large
family. She shares her Brighton Bay
home with two sons, two dogs and 13
cats, four of which are foster cats.
She took in the animals because of
the swelling overpopulation of cats
and kittens in local shelters.
[full
story]
200 Cats Removed From Fla. Home
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Authorities
were forced to euthanize more than
200 cats found in a Sunrise town
house after the animals were found
living poor health and suffering
from ailments such as upper
respiratory infections and
malnourishment, according to Broward
County Animal Care and Regulation.
[full
story]
Fire causes $250,000 damage, kills 4
cats
A London Road house fire caused
an estimated $250,000 damage and
killed four cats in eastern Duluth
Thursday morning.
[full
story]
Salt Lake County pets of the week
This cute guy is Dante, a
handsome 2-year-old black and white
domestic shorthaired cat. He has
perfect polka-dots on his side and a
darling dot in the middle of his
pink nose. He's calm and friendly
and loves people. His discounted
adoption fee is $55.
[full
story]
Contest
seeks furniture for
feline sensibilities
Portland's Design Within Reach
contemporary furnishings studio will
host a Cat Revolution competition
June 21 and 22 at its Pearl District
quarters.
[full
story]
Adopt-A-Thon seeks homes for dogs,
cats
Homeless dogs and cats are
looking for good homes, and the
Humane Society of Southern Arizona
will try to help them find human
companions with such accommodations
at the Adopt-A-Thon on Sunday.
[full
story]
Feline Festival
The Animal Protection League
hosted their ninth annual "Feline
Festival" held at the River City
Mall in Keokuk. The festival is
designed to celebrate the unique
qualities of cats and the people who
love them. It also benefits the
Animal Protection League's Homeward
Bound project.
[full
story]
Study Links Cats and Childhood
Allergies
A study linking cats and eczema
suggests that mothers with newborn
babies should lock the kitty away.
Dogs are more child-friendly when it
comes to allergy, according to the
findings.
[full
story]
New kittens need to be checked for
feline virus
Kitten season is here and cats
are America's favorite pet.
Americans own about 77.6 million
cats as compared with 65 million
dogs.
[full
story]
Just like people, fat cats need to
get slim and trim
My two indoor cats just seem to
be getting fatter and fatter. I feed
them only a half cup of food a day
and they don't seem to be able to
lose weight. Is there anything I can
do?
[full
story]
Abandoned cats and dogs on rise as
summer nears
A two-week supply of food, a
leash, a muzzle, a favorite toy - in
the event of a crisis, these are a
few of the items that the Dane
County Humane Society advised would
help keep pets safe and with their
caretakers.
[full
story]
Woman who had 250 cats gets jail
time
In
sentencing a woman who had more than
250 cats in her Town of Ottawa home,
a judge said owning that many
animals was "obscene".
[full
story]
Cooking for the finicky feline
If you really want to pamper
your cat and show how much you love
the furry feline, consider making it
a gourmet dinner. Unsure what
entrée would please your finicky
pet?
[full
story]
Iowa city fines people who feed
stray cats
CLERMONT, Iowa - The city isn't
going to pussyfoot around when it
comes to stray cats. The City
Council has decided that anyone who
feeds the cuddly creatures are
aiding a nuisance.
[full story]
Fostering kittens a full-time job
This year's cat population explosion got off to a late
start, maybe because of the heavy rains earlier this year.
But the kitten deluge is underway now.
[full story]
Overfeeding, table scraps lead to an 'epidemic' of
overweight pets
In this era of pet resorts, doggie yoga, feng shui pet
gardens and Retin-A acne treatments for cats, it was just a
matter of time.
[full story]
Home With Dozens Of Cats Inside
Condemned
A house in Hazleton with dozens
of cats inside has been condemned.
The owner of the West Fourth Street
home, Aileen Kulpon, now has until
six Thursday evening to remove some
50 cats living in the home.
[full
story]
Rescued Mistreated Cats Recovering,
Nearing Adoption
Nearly two weeks after more than
three hundred sick and emaciated
cats were seized from the Rocky
Mountain Cat resort in Twin Falls,
they're nearly ready for adoption in
Boise. Those who know what a
Himalayan or Ragdoll cat is, are
lining up to take them off the hands
of the Idaho Humane Society.
[full
story]
Veterinarians now using Retin-A to
treat acne on cats
Acne
is a common skin disorder of cats.
Whereas human acne is typically
linked to puberty, feline acne may
occur in a cat of any age, although
it's more common in adults. Its
severity can ebb and flow over a
lifetime in affected cats.
[full
story]
3,000 Offer To Take Rescued Dogs And
Cats
More than 3,000 people have
asked animal charities if they can
take more than 200 distressed
Yorkshire Terriers and cats that
were discovered at the site at
Crowpot Cottage in Malthouse Lane,
on the outskirts of Burgess Hill
after widow Elizabeth Stevens, 72,
was taken into hospital and died on
Easter Sunday.
[full
story]
Cat
lover extraordinaire
Ocala - Jessica Barbazon
rescues felines, one lucky cat at a
time. Her latest arrived at
Barbazon's Feline Estate shelter
last.............[full
story]
New Animal Shelter Seeking SpokesDog,
MasCat
The new McKamey Animal Care and
Adoption Center is holding a
SpokesDog and MasCat Contest from
May 1-13. [full
story]
Dead cats? What's
wrong with people these days?
I am utterly
appalled at the slaughter of
innocent, abandoned animals that are
initially dumped by thoughtless,
irresponsible people and left to
suffer from the elements, predators,
and demented human beings.
[full story]
Reducing stray
animal population is clinic's
mission
ODESSA - When
Blackie came poking around Linda
Hamilton's yard, she knew the wild
feline was in need of more than just
food.
[full story]
Puppy, Nursed By Cat, Dies
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. - A puppy that
was nursed by a cat after being
rejected by his mother has died.
Kelly Kent, of Connellsville, says
her 2-year-old cat, Zoey, had been
nursing and cleaning the black runt
since late March. [full
story]
City workers save
two cats in a box
City workers
made a disturbing discovery while
cleaning a ditch by the Regina
landfill gates Tuesday afternoon.
[full story]
Cats Indoors!
The Campaign for Safer Birds and
Cats, was initiated by ABC to end
the unnecessary suffering and death
of birds and other wildlife caused
by free-roaming domestic cats. Cats
Indoors! seeks to educate cat
owners, decision makers and the
general public that free-roaming
cats pose a significant risk to
birds and other wildlife, suffer
themselves, and pose a threat to
human health.
[full
story]
Extra boots needed for this puss
EDMONTON -- If cats always land
on their feet, there's one freaky
feline who has an added advantage.
[full
story]
Have you lost that loving feline?
A veterinary
practice is appealing for the owner
of a lost cat to come forward.
Shaw
Veterinary Centre in West Swindon is
currently looking after the grey cat
that an RSPCA inspector found in
Gorse Hill. [full
story]
Animal Shelter Nearing Capacity
The Delta County Animal Shelter is
almost at capacity, officials say,
and they're expecting more cats in
the next few weeks.
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story]
More than 100 cats have to be put
down
TWIN FALLS --
Of the 323 cats removed last week
from Rocky Mountain Cat Resort on
South Washington Street, 117 have
been euthanized.[full
story]
Rejected puppy
welcomed into feline family
A pug puppy
rejected by his mother has found a
new, more welcoming family — a cat
and her three kittens.
[full story]
Feline fanciers find purrfection at
show
Nearly 180 cats and kittens from
across the Northeast vied for the
judges' attention over the weekend
at the Genesee Cat Fancier's 54th
annual All Breed Cat Show.
[full
story]
Woman looking for someone to adopt
cat with feline AIDS
Laura Katz was the
tender-hearted type of little girl
who brought home the bird with the
wounded wing, the puppy with the
punctured paw and the homeless alley
cat.
[full story]
The Feline Link in
the Bird Flu Chain
For fear that
cats could contribute to a more
rapid expansion of the bird flu
virus, H5N1, several European
governments have taken precautionary
measures related to these and other
domesticated animals. Many citizens
are even turning their pet cats over
to animal shelters.
[full story]
Mathew McConaughey is our kind of
chap
The Sahara star bravely saved an
innocent little kitty from being
potentially burned to death.
[full
story]
Humane societies seeing feline
increase with "kitten season"
The latest arrivals to Stray
Haven Humane Society in Waverly,
N.Y., came Wednesday morning in the
form of five four-week-old kittens
and their mother, who were found at
a dumpster at a gas station in the
Town of Candor, N.Y.
[full story]
Outsmarting the cat that wakes you up
Gloria Stepps treasures her sleep. When her beloved
6-month-old kitten, Bongo, began interrupting her blissful
slumber, she wondered what he wanted. At first, she thought
he was just hungry so she gave him breakfast early. When her
sleep disruption continued, she tried soothing him with
verbal cooing.
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story]
U.S. is a nation of 360 million -- pets
(CNN) -- Pets outnumber people in the United States by about
60 million, with furry, feathered and scaly inhabitants
numbering about 360 million, according to the pet industry.
[full
story]
Dead
cats found at trash site
Spotsylvania animal control investigating the death of four
cats after carcasses were found at a trash drop-off site in
Partlow yesterday.
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story]
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