Two studies confirm skepticism of waiting for studies to confirm the obvious LOS ANGELES––The unacknowledged takeaway lesson from two new studies of neuter/return feral cat control, published respectively by the City of Los Angeles and the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, may be that by the time academia, the courts, and public policymakers […]
New York bans declawing cats; Massachusetts next?
2015 “Favorite Vet” contest outcome tipped balance toward declaw bans across North America ALBANY, New York––Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 22, 2019 signed into law Assembly Bill A-1303, making New York the first U.S. state to ban declawing cats. There are about 4.2 million cats in New York state, about half of them in […]
Albuquerque sued again for allegedly rehoming dangerous dogs
Earlier cases allege rehoming dangerous cats, too ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico––Already sued half a dozen times in under four years over issues pertaining to rehoming dangerous animals, the city of Albuquerque was in the fourth week of October 2018 sued yet again, this time by former Albuquerque Animal Welfare employee Victoria Murphy. Murphy in her filing […]
TNR protects African wildcats from “genetic pollution” & ferals from cruelty
Alley Cat Rescue begins project at Kruger National Park KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa––Alley Cat Rescue, of Mount Ranier, Maryland, is now “working to implement trap-neuter-return programs for stray/feral cats around Kruger National Park,” according to founder Louise Holton, to keep African wildcats from hybridizing with their domestic descendants. Having “advocated for the humane […]
Mystery marine toxo host kills sea mammals; cats wrongly blamed
Toxoplasma gondii finding in beluga whales points same way as sea otter and monk seal studies––& not toward cats MONTREAL––A new study widely publicized for allegedly linking domestic cats to losses of endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River estuary actually shows almost the opposite, read in context––and contributes to a growing stack of […]
Feline Fix by Five: the F-word campaign
One simple change can have profound results by Philip A. Bushby, DVM, MS, DACVS The Veterinary Task Force on Feline Sterilization for Age of Spay and Neuter Surgery was convened in January 2016 to review issues surrounding the overpopulation of cats and the standard recommendation that ovariohysterectomy and castration of cats be delayed until cats are […]
How a shelter “Blackjacked” adopters with the “nanny dog” myth
Four-year-old nearly lost eye to pit bull rehomed by the Humane Society of Catawba County LENOIR, North Carolina––Responding to a week of intensive pit bull adoption promotion by the Humane Society of Catawba County, mother of two toddlers Justina Danielle Turner on April 28, 2018 visited the Catawba County Animal Services shelter in Newton, […]
Are Southern California coyotes eating 68% fewer cats than 20 years ago?
Data indicates steep drop in the feral cat population LOS ANGELES, California––Southern California coyotes may be eating 68% fewer feral and free-roaming pet cats in 2018 than they did 20 years ago, indicate comparisons of findings from five major studies of coyote diet. Since coyotes are opportunistic predators who tend to eat whatever they […]
Cats: Life in the Great Indoors, by Gavin Ehringer
The following is an excerpt from Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer, which explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. Preamble, by Jessica Case, deputy publisher, Pegasus Books: The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who […]
All cats want for Christmas are their two front paws (and hind paws too, intact)
Nova Scotia and Denver ban declawing FREDERICTON, Nova Scotia; DENVER, Colorado––Christmas came early in 2017 for cats in Nova Scotia province, Canada, and in Denver, Colorado. Both jurisdictions recently banned elective and non-therapeutic declawing surgery, but through starkly different legal approaches. Nova Scotia vets make declawing “unethical” The Nova Scotia declawing ban was adopted, […]
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