Shelter kitties at the Etobicoke Humane Society in Etobicoke, Canada, will be napping in style thanks to a donation of 10 doll beds and $300 from Ikea! A video posted on YouTube (which now has over 50,000 views!) shows shelter workers constructing the beds and the cats checking them out: Rebecca Gordon, social media manager at […]
Following in the highly successful footsteps of 31 cities across the state, including Los Angeles, San Diego, and, most recently, San Francisco, California lawmakers are proposing a bill that would ban the sale of non-rescued dogs and cats in retail stores statewide. Bill 485, commonly known as the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act, seeks to
Have you ever heard meowing and weren’t sure where it was coming from? That’s what homeowners in Fort Lauderdale heard, so they called their local fire department for help finding the source of the meow. [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/scroogemacduck10/you-wont-believe-where-this-tiny-kitten-had-to-be-rescued-from-by-firefighters”]
Every year, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized in our nation’s animal shelters because there are more pets than there are responsible homes for them. Just how bad is the animal overpopulation problem? Some of these statistics, compiled by the Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society will shock you. The Shocking Facts and Figures: • Number of
85-year-old great-grandmother, Ruby Stein, was driving home after visiting family, when she accidentally took a wrong turn in the mountains of Colorado and ended up at the end of a dead-end road where her car got stuck in the mud with no cell service and only her cat, Nikki, to keep her company. Ruby honked her horn
Firefighters in Rochester, Washington are being hailed as heroes, but this time it’s not for their bravery in fighting flames. They came to the rescue of a kitten who had it’s tiny head stuck in the bricks underneath a woman’s home! According to the local Fox affiliate: The homeowner says she noticed the cat was
Looks like a cat with a taste for peanut butter got herself into a jam… Fortunately, 23-year-old animal lover, Alyssa Cline and her nephew found the black and white kitty with the jar stuck on her head and attempted to rescue her. They put the cat in a crate in their garage and Cline used
Continued from The Memoirs of Dalriada McPherson: Second Contact Now was the time for Lee and Kath to prepare for my arrival. No, wait. I should really say that it was time for them to prepare for my hoped arrival. You see, the Cat Shelter doesn’t work on fact but faith – not their faith where
Shelters and rescues are always looking for creative and unique ways to draw attention to their adoptable animals. The kitties at Sante D’or Adoption Center in Los Angeles were given silly “likes” and “dislikes.” Outside the Adoption Center, a local prankster and animal lover posted humorous signs for all the cats to help them get adopted.
A cat in Las Vegas is down to only 8 lives now after a house fire last Friday. Fortunately, though, firefighters were on hand to save the day – again! The North Las Vegas Fire Department responded to calls about a single-story home on fire and they were able to put the blaze out after about
