It must be a sign of the times. Gone are the days of tossing a kitty a catnip toy and calling it a day – today’s tech-savvy felines demand more! Technology has finally made it’s way into one shelter in Saskatchewan, Canada. Last month, the Regina Humane Society launched the “iPads for Cats” program to help bring […]
Roger the cat barely escaped euthanasia. You see, he was found on the streets of Naples, Florida – unable to walk, with no control of his bodily functions, not neutered, and with a bullet lodged in his spine. According to The Dodo, a shelter veterinarian named Karen Brown at Collier Domestic Animal Services decided to take
“I hate this cat and this cat hates me — and my wife hates her, too.” That’s what this cat’s owner told the Humane Society of New York when he finally decided to “get rid of” the cat he’d kept confined to the attic of his home for the past 13 years. With little to
Here’s a happy story amidst all the sad stories coming out of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. A cat that was lost and injured in the Gatlinburg wildfires has captured the hearts of veterinarians at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center, and is being reunited with his owner. The male orange tabby cat, named Topper, owned by Katrina Cannon, was lost
No doubt you recall back in April 2015, when Kristen Lindsey, a Texas veterinarian, shot and killed a cat with a bow and arrow and then infamously bragged about it on Facebook, consequently losing her job and coming under fire from animal activists, the District Attorney’s office, and the Veterinary Board. In the post she bragged,
You filled up on turkey and stuffing, you shopped. Maybe there was one more thing on your list of things to do this holiday weekend: head to the ASPCA. The organization held its sixth annual “Cat Friday” event on Friday in Manhattan. On this special day, the ASPCA Adoption Center waived all fees for cat adoptions! Every kitty adopted from the ASPCA comes spayed or
Well, here’s a paw-some story! Leopard, a 6-year-old Shar-Pei at Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter in Ohio, who is recovering from a cancerous tumor, was out for a walk with a volunteer when she laid down on a sewer grate and refused to move. “Upon closer inspection the volunteer noticed a young grey cat stuck in the sewer,”
Six years ago, a tiny black kitten darted in front of Nicole Rienzie’s car. She slammed on the brakes, got out and chased after him. When she found the little guy, she found a kitten that was in really bad shape. Nicole told The Dodo: He was very, very thin, malnourished, covered in bugs and his eyes
Senior cats need love, too. One lucky family in Utah knew that, and rescued their black and white cat Dexter at the ripe old age of 20. According to his human, Jill Williams, Dexter was rescued from a bad hoarding situation. He was living in a home with around 100 other cats, most in horrible
Among the nurses, doctors, patient care techs, candy stripers and personnel at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, there’s a new – slightly furrier – staff member. A purrfectly trained black and white tuxedo cat who answers to the name Duke Ellington Morris. And, both patients and staff think Duke is one cool cat. He’s part of
