Outrage ensued when a New Zealand organization announced their latest fundraiser – a junior hunting competition encouraging children aged 14 years or younger to kill as many feral cats as possible for a cash prize. The annual North Canterbury Hunting Competition, which raises money for a rural New Zealand school, offered a $250 reward for whichever child killed […]
The state of Michigan has officially been recognized as the second no-kill shelter state in the nation, following Delaware who was formally recognized last month. In order to receive the no-kill designation, a community must have a save rate of at least 90% of all dogs and cats entering its shelters. “This is an amazing
Animal lovers in Alberta, Canada, will be thrilled with this monumental news! The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (ABVMA) recently met to vote on two resolutions that would have a significant impact on the welfare of cats and dogs. The first resolution obligates veterinarians and staff to report cases of animal abuse and neglect and to take
Let’s get ready to SNUUUUGGGLLLLLE!! We’re just days away from the Hallmark Channel’s first annual Cat Bowl! Wouldn’t you rather see kitties battle it out on the gridiron, than a bunch of sweaty men in tights? Hallmark Channel announces the first-ever annual “Cat Bowl,” part of the network’s core philanthropic effort ADOPTION EVER AFTER, which uses
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person who may be involved in abandoning a severely matted cat at the Douglas County Animal Shelter in Gardnerville, Nevada. Early last Thursday morning, the man pictured above was recorded leaving a carrier near the front door of the Douglas County
A 50-year-old man from Switzerland pulled a bizarre online stunt in an effort to gain social media followers and, he says, to bring attention and support to the people in the hurricane-ravaged British Virgin Islands. Leo Ferraro, from Aargau, Switzerland, tweeted to Monty Python actor John Cleese’s official account, including a video in which a
Whiskers the cat went on an epic adventure. His owner had all but given up hope of ever seeing him again. This all goes to show you – microchips work! [playbuzz-item item=”c5396770-d61b-49ec-a50a-e9eea78b296a” format=”story”]
A cat in New Brunswick, Canada, has been reunited with his family after being lost for six weeks. And he owes at least one of his nine lives to an unlikely hero…a dog. Shelly Colette was walking her border collie lab mix Cash a few weeks ago when he stopped over a manhole and refused to move. She looked
While even the thought of using Fluffy and Fido as a food source is repulsive to most of us, dog and cat meat were once regularly consumed on the island of Taiwan. However, these animals are now more and more considered members of the family and not meals, and the laws are changing to reflect
A Rhode Island woman has been criminally charged after abandoning a pair of cats at a Taco Bell drive-thru. Early Thursday morning around 1:00 a.m., two people – a man and a woman – were captured on video in a Coventry, Rhode Island Taco Bell drive-thru area, arriving by car, taking two cat carriers out of
