When animal advocate Joan Ogner saw a Petfinder photo of a senior female cat at the Aurora Animal Shelter in CO this week, she felt moved and wanted to help get the pet transferred to a rescue group. While working on that, she learned the cat has some serious medical issues. Specifically, the cat is partially paralyzed, … Continue reading Aurora Animal Shelter Refuses Offer of Hospice Care for Cat
Month: May 2015
Discussion: How Have Pets Helped Make Your Community Better?
A recently published study in Australia found that pets help connect people within communities: "We found that people who had a pet were more likely, than those who didn't own a pet, to get to know people in their neighbourhood that they didn't know before," says [Associate Professor Lisa Wood from the University of Western … Continue reading Discussion: How Have Pets Helped Make Your Community Better?
I Don’t Know But I’m Guessing It’s Not Based on Merit
Last week a Memphis city council committee voted to accept a proposed 10.6% pay raise for employees at the city pound. The proposal includes an incentive for killing animals by paying workers who kill a higher wage than those who don't. MAS already had this financial incentive in place but the union representing the employees … Continue reading I Don’t Know But I’m Guessing It’s Not Based on Merit
Case Update: Changes in St Johns Co After Pet Killed Upon Impound
Readers may remember Tails, the Florida kitty who got lost and ended up at a rental car agency, having ridden there in the engine of one of the rented vehicles. Staff wanted to get Tails reunited with his owner so they contacted the St Johns Co pound to pick up the cat. But when the … Continue reading Case Update: Changes in St Johns Co After Pet Killed Upon Impound
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Treats on the Internets
Warning: Disturbing, graphic photo at first link: A photo of a bloody dog on the end of a chokepole at the Hesperia pound in CA has been causing outrage on social media. The photo may be from 2013. Readers may remember this video of a dog being casually dragged down a hall at Hesperia while … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
State Investigation Determines Two Injured Cats Left to Suffer at Columbus Co Pound
The troubled Columbus Co pound has received a warning letter from the state of North Carolina indicating that the pound "may be in violation of the North Carolina Animal Welfare Act". After receiving a letter of complaint from rescuers, the state investigated and determined that Columbus Co may have violated the portion of the law which requires … Continue reading State Investigation Determines Two Injured Cats Left to Suffer at Columbus Co Pound
ASPCA Will Teach You How to Kill Viable Kittens “Off the Books” to Keep Your Live Release Rate Shiny
The ASPCA and the Mayor's Alliance are teaching more people how to gut pregnant cats whose kittens are so close to being born that they would survive the gutting. Euphemistically referred to as "late term spay", this horrific practice inflicts violence on both the mother cat and her unborn babies. Once cut out of the mama … Continue reading ASPCA Will Teach You How to Kill Viable Kittens “Off the Books” to Keep Your Live Release Rate Shiny
Kern Co Pound Exporting Sick Dogs
The UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program consulted on the troubled Kern Co pound in CA in 2008. At that time, a report was issued which detailed, among other problems, lack of leadership and rampant disease at the shelter along with recommendations for how to reduce and prevent it. Standard protocols such as the quarantine … Continue reading Kern Co Pound Exporting Sick Dogs
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