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New York bans declawing cats; Massachusetts next?

July 25, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Behavior & health, Cats, Cruelty & neglect, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom Tagged With: Christy Layton, Gary Richter, Jennifer Conrad, Linda Rosenthal, Lori Shepler, Marcy Hammerle, Merritt Clifton, Mitsie Vargas, Tina Roggenbeck

“Rabies roulette” in Tampa: the odds favor TNR

June 16, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

You are 32,250 times more likely to hit double zero than to meet a rabid cat in Hillsborough County          TAMPA,  Florida––With the 2016 final numbers yet to be reported by Centers for Disease Control & Prevention,  the lowest annual total of rabid cats ever found in the U.S. came in 2015,  the second lowest […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Animal control, Animal organizations, Behavior & health, Cats, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Feral cats, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife impacts Tagged With: Christy Layton, Don Thompson, Ellen Alence, Gary Richter, Katie Thompson, Merritt Clifton, Peter Wolf, Sherry Silk, Steve Andrews

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