I had the pleasure again recently of tagging along with Kurt Meyer, a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) expert, on one of his many missions. TNR is a practice whereby feral cats are humanely trapped, spayed or neutered, marked for future identification by a procedure called eartipping, then returned to their original location. It has been gaining widespread […]
Twiggy
Adopted!An adorable kitten, rescued off the streets, finds a home. She spends a few years in cat-heaven; the best of food, treats, catnip, toys and comfy beds. Not to mention the absolute adulation of her human, the man who gave her a home. Fast-forward after those few years, and tragedy strikes. Twiggy’s human suffers a […]
Petsmart Cont’d…
Yesterday we covered how Petsmart Charities is involved with helping pets into permanent homes. There are a couple of other programs that are part of the overall charity organization as well. Petsmart also offers grants; recently programs for spay/neuter, pit bull education, funding for the ASPCA’s research on ID tags and lost pets, even assisting […]
Stray to Extreme
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Please note the mention in the interview of their reliance on Alley Cat Allies for assistance with spay/neuter; this organization can be of tremendous help with feral cat issues in a community. Alley Cat Allies, as mentioned in a previous post, offers low-cost […]
Alley Cat Allies
Being pet lovers seems to go hand-in-hand with being animal lovers in general. And as animal lovers, we want the best life afforded to each and every one of them. This holds true, too, for cats who are not someone’s pet. Whether they’re the “big” variety that most of us have seen in zoos and […]