Beginning January 1, 2016, a new database will publicly name, those who have been convicted of animal abuse in the state of Tennessee. In May, the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation that allowed the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to create a website that compiles the names of animal abusers throughout the state. As […]
Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. is voluntarily recalling a limited production of Blue Kitty Yums Chicken Recipe Cat Treats that may contain low levels of propylene glycol, which is not permitted by the FDA for use in cat food. Cats reacting to high doses of propylene glycol may exhibit signs of depression and may have a
It’s no secret that cats rule the internet today, but now they’re making big waves in the fine art world, too! An enormous painting featuring 42 cats was auctioned off at Sotheby’s in New York for $826,000 – more than double it’s expected price of $300,000. The painting, entitled”My Wife’s Lovers,” weighs 227 pounds and measures
Christine Glover was sound asleep early Sunday morning when she awoke to her kitten, Milo, meowing and licking her face. That’s when she realized that the house she was renting with two other men was on fire. She got up and was able to get everyone awake and safely outside. One of the young men ran back inside to get the
Editors Note: This is an older story that’s recently resurfaced online. But, you’ve gotta read what this judge did! Park rangers in Ohio found 35 kittens abandoned in two different parks in in Mentor, Ohio. Many of the young kittens had upper respiratory infections and nine of them later died. The kittens were traced back to Michelle M. Murray, age
You’d be hard-pressed to find any pet parent who doesn’t want to see this film, whose trailer was released more than a year before its comes out on July 8, 2016. For their fifth fully-animated feature-film collaboration, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after
San Francisco police officers spent over three hours unsuccessfully trying to talk a suicidal man down off a window ledge. Then they switched to a more effective negotiator: the man’s cat. The suspected car thief ran from a traffic stop on Wednesday and spent more than three hours hanging out of a third-floor window, threatening to
The Texas Board of Veterinarian Medical Examiners reviewed the case of Brenham veterinarian, Kristen Lindsey, who is accused of killing a cat and then bragging about it on Facebook when she posted a photo of herself proudly holding up the cat with an arrow through it’s head. The photo went viral, causing outrage among animal lovers across the world. Though Ms. Lindsey was
Over 55 million people use the social media apps Foursquare and Swarm to check-in and share their locations with friends. If you’re one of them, now’s your chance to save kittens while you do it! This month, Foursquare is teaming up with Alley Cat Rescue to save abandoned and stray cats. From now until October 15th,
Big Heart Pet Brands linked to alleged slave labor in production of cat food. Hagens Berman, a consumer-rights law firm has launched a nationwide investigation into Big Heart Pet Brands, makers of Meow Mix, for failing to disclose to consumers that the pet food manufacturer knowingly supports a system of slave labor and human trafficking
