St. Paul, Minnesota long-haul truck driver Paul Robertson was taking a break at a rest stop in Ohio to recover from a nasty bout of food poisoning. While he was asleep in the truck, his orange tabby feline co-pilot, Percy stepped on the power window switch and escaped out the window. When Robertson awoke and discovered […]
Police in Camden County, New Jersey are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in connection to an animal cruelty case. In the video, which was originally posted on social media, a man wearing a dark jacket and blue jeans throws a cat into the middle of the road. Police believe the
Immanuel Church, 20, and Denise Eddines, 21, face felony charges for torturing and killing a cat that belonged to the Las Vegas family they were living with. About 6 weeks ago, Nia Wulkan rented a room in her home to the couple. She had to leave town with her son Zane to help an ailing family
UK pet food retailer Pets At Home has issued a voluntary recall of four kinds of its private label brand AVA dry cat food products due to low levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1). The retailer said it was aware of three cats that had become ill after switching to one of the products. The affected products are:
You may recall a study that went viral a few years ago that said sharing your home with cats quite literally could make you crazy. (We didn’t actually publish this because we thought it was rubbish.) The study, by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, President of the Stanley Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, implied that the parasite Toxoplasma
In an effort to put an end to inhumane “puppy mill” and “kitten mill” breeding operations, San Francisco officials passed a law that permanently bans the sale of non-rescue dogs and cats, and puppies under 8-weeks old, by pet stores in the city. Under the new law, individuals can still buy animals from licensed breeders, but
A friendly stray kitty just got herself some fancy new digs, courtesy of the Boston Police Department! Officers in the Mobile Operations unit have been caring for the adorable stray calico, that they’ve named SWAT (of course!), since she wandered up to the BPD Special Weapons and Tactics base back in 2013 and never left. According to
WellPet, makers of the popular pet food brand Wellness announced a voluntary recall of a limited number of their 12.5 oz. cans of cat food on Friday. A small amount of metal was found in non-WellPet products manufactured in the same facility, so WellPet took this conservative step to help ensure cats are safe. This was not
A Russian tattoo artist named Aleksandr is under fire from animal rights groups after covering his Sphynx cat in gangster tattoos. Aleksandr is a tattooist in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Not content with all the tattoos on his own body, he decided to adorn his furless feline, named Demon, with four tattoos on its sides
An Ormond Beach resident could be facing animal cruelty charges after he fatally shot a neighbor’s cat in his yard last week. The man, who has not yet been identified, told officers he became angry after the cat “looked at him like he owned the place,” before pooping in his yard in the Pinewood Trailer Park. 60-year-old Hung Nguyen is now mourning the
