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CHANGE YOUR WAYS

by LAURA (SAN DIEGO) DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTERED PETS DIE!!!! Comments for CHANGE YOUR WAYS Click here to add your own comments Oct 07, 2010 a savannah bengal at a shelter, spca. by: wayne j...

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Test Tube Meat: The End of Vegetarianism?

Test tube meat is of interest to people who genuinely like cats. You kill far less animals to produce test tube meat. That should please genuine cat lovers because cat lovers are seriously concerned...

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The Woman Who Refused to Give up on an Angry Cat: Sarah’s Story

While I was perusing my favorite cat message board a few months ago, I ran across a touching story by a woman whom I will call Sarah. She was at her wits’ end about her 13 year-old brown tabby’s...

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Cat’s purr which was too loud

Can a cat’s purr be so loud so that nobody wants to adopt the cat? It sounds far fetched but it did happen. A homeless cat has been shunned because it is said that he has possibly the loudest purr …...

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Should people adopting a shelter cat have their vet perform a health check...

Are shelter cats more likely to have a medical problem due to being in a crowded shelter than adopting from a breeder or from a neighbour? The same question can be asked with respect to pet shop cats....

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Foster cat from a New York shelter saves baby and gets a forever home

Your feel-good story this week comes out of the New Springfield community in Staten Island, New York, where an unwanted shelter cat who was being fostered has proven his worth by saving a life. Because...

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Should you have your chosen shelter cat checked over by a veterinarian before...

I am sure that a very high percentage of shelter cats ready for adoption are clear of all health issues. However is it fair to say that a small percentage do have a health issue of some sort which has...

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Upstate family seeking to reunite cat they were forced to surrender with...

This is a very sad story because it could easily happen to any of us with a family. It’s doubly heartbreaking because in the process of putting their lives back together a young boy with Asperger...

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Toxic: Euthanasia drug pentobarbital in pet food

The story of the death of one dog and the serious illness of three others after they ate dog food containing a large quantity of a pentobarbital, an animal euthanasia drug, should be of great concern...

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Cobb County kitty was abandoned, adopted then abandoned again

UPDATE:  Paws Furever Home, Inc. rescued Yeller (as well as a kitty named Shadow) on March 31, 2017. Please pay pledges via PayPal email address: pawsfureverhome@gmail.com via mailing address below:...

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Methods to prevent the entry of infectious disease in cat shelters

Infectious disease is a major problem in cat shelters. The infection rate goes up 2 to 3 fold when a cat enters a rescue shelter. Some shelters at certain times may be worse places for a cat than being...

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Shelter cat rescue discussion: Pledge before rescue or donate after rescue

This debate has heated up on social media as to which is the proper and best protocol for saving a cat from being killed at the local animal shelter. The comment section of this article will “carry”...

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PETA versus Nathan Winograd

This is a long running battle based on two opposing viewpoints on how to deal with the surfeit of adoptable cats in shelters in America. PETA say they should be euthanised. They also say that feral...

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Test Tube Meat: The End of Vegetarianism?

Test tube meat is of interest to people who genuinely like cats. You kill far less animals to produce test tube meat. That should please genuine cat lovers because cat lovers are seriously concerned...

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Cat’s purr which was too loud

Can a cat’s purr be so loud so that nobody wants to adopt the cat? It sounds far fetched but it did happen. A homeless cat has been shunned because it is said that he has possibly the loudest purr …...

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Should people adopting a shelter cat have their vet perform a health check...

Are shelter cats more likely to have a medical problem due to being in a crowded shelter than adopting from a breeder or from a neighbour? The same question can be asked with respect to pet shop cats....

View Article

Foster cat from a New York shelter saves baby and gets a forever home

Your feel-good story this week comes out of the New Springfield community in Staten Island, New York, where an unwanted shelter cat who was being fostered has proven his worth by saving a life. Because...

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Should you have your chosen shelter cat checked over by a veterinarian before...

I am sure that a very high percentage of shelter cats ready for adoption are clear of all health issues. However is it fair to say that a small percentage do have a health issue of some sort which has...

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Upstate family seeking to reunite cat they were forced to surrender with...

This is a very sad story because it could easily happen to any of us with a family. It’s doubly heartbreaking because in the process of putting their lives back together a young boy with Asperger...

View Article

Toxic: Euthanasia drug pentobarbital in pet food

The story of the death of one dog and the serious illness of three others after they ate dog food containing a large quantity of a pentobarbital, an animal euthanasia drug, should be of great concern...

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