Mr. Stewart’s high school students are learning a valuable trade and an even more valuable lesson in compassion in his shop class. He’s having the kids build hundreds of dog houses and feral cat shelters for area rescues and needy families. It all started in 2002 when Barry Stewart, an animal lover and shop teacher […]
Last week, someone decided they no longer wanted their feline companion – and tossed him and all of his things to the curb in Brooklyn, New York. A passerby, Meredith Ferrel captured the heartbreaking photo, that was quickly posted to the Flatbush Area Team for Cats‘ (FAT Cats) Facebook page, calling for help catching the cat.
Cat lovers, get your passports in order! There’s a cat sanctuary on a remote beach on the Italian island of Sardinia, Italy. Rescue cats roam the beach, and the spot has been named one of Sardinia’s hottest tourist spots by TripAdvisor. Visitors can play with the cats on the beach or watch them lounging on
How would you describe your perfect wedding guest? Would he be barely paying attention, covered in fur, and occasionally licking himself? Cat-loving Montreal couple, Dominic Husson and Louise Véronneau are animal lovers. So when they were choosing the location for their wedding, they decided Cat House on the Kings, a no-cage, no-kill California cat sanctuary, would
It’s the news every cat lover who has followed the story of veterinarian Kristen Lindsey has wanted to hear for the last year. The Texas vet – who shamelessly shot a cat with a bow and arrow (now all but proven to be a neighbor’s cat named Tiger) and posted a photo, bragging about it on
Cat lovers everywhere won’t soon forget the horrific incident last month when Jody Cothron, 39, entered the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League shelter and allegedly brutally beat one of the resident rescue cats, Tilly, with a stick. Tilly was beaten so badly that she died as a result of her injuries. Court clerk Kathy Allen said Cothron,
Because of a vote by the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, LA is now the largest city to have a ban on the sale of cats, dogs, and rabbits acquired from commercial breeders. Under the new law, individuals can still buy animals from breeders if they want to, but retails shops cannot sell them – they
A man has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a cat was found beaten to death inside a Brookhaven, Mississippi animal shelter last Friday. Jody Cothron, 39, entered the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League (BARL) Friday afternoon and asked to see all the cats that were available for adoption. Normally, a cat caregiver would have been
For two years in a row, pest control company Orkin named Chicago “the rattiest city in the nation.” This is not exactly the kind of recognition any city wants, and they’ve got a big idea to solve the problem. Rather than poisoning all the rats, the city has elected to send in feral cats. The Tree House
3.4 million cats enter animal shelters every year. Almost half never make it out, but there are people trying to change that. This is a documentary profiling a unique shelter relocation program for cats entitled From Feral to Farm: A Cat’s Life in Spokane. Source: From feral to farm: A cat’s life in Spokane by
