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California Bans Pet Shop Sales Of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits
It’s the first U.S. state to do so

California has banned pet stores from selling cats, dogs and rabbits unless they work with shelters or rescue groups to supply the animals.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 485 into law Friday, The Orange County Register reported. It takes effect in January 2019, and pet store owners who violate it will face a $500 fine.

The Democratic governor’s signature was celebrated by animal welfare groups, including Social Compassion in Legislation, the bill’s sponsor.

“We are overjoyed with the Governor’s signature and broad support from the entire animal-loving community for this groundbreaking legislation,” the group’s founder and CEO, Judie Mancuso, said in a statement. “In banning the sale of mill-bred animals, California took a bold step forward. The deplorable conditions that animals suffer in these high-volume breeding facilities are not a secret and now they have a champion in California.”

One of the law's aims is to promote adoption from shelters and reduce animals killed. Orphaned, unweaned kittens are fre
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One of the law’s aims is to promote adoption from shelters and reduce animals killed. Orphaned, unweaned kittens are frequently killed in shelters without sufficient resources to care for them. This kitten is safe and in the care of the no-kill Best Friends Animal Society in Mission Hills, California.
In a statement sent to HuffPost, Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, praised the law for breaking “the puppy mill supply chain that pushes puppies into California pet stores and has allowed unscrupulous breeders to profit from abusive practices.”

Pet industry representatives criticized the bill as being bad for business. It “strips consumers of many pet store protections, risks hundreds of jobs, and reduces pet choice,” Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council President Mike Bober said in a joint statement with the American Kennel Club, a registry of purebred dog breeds in the U.S.

In the statement, Sheila Goffe, the AKC’s vice president of government relations, criticized the legislation as blocking “all of California’s pet lovers from having access to professional, licensed, and ethical commercial breeders.”

The law will not prevent breeders from selling animals directly to customers, meaning that people who want to buy an animal from a breeder still can, but they won’t be able to do it through a retail pet store.

More than 230 cities, towns and counties across the U.S. have similar laws, but California’s is the first statewide law.

The law has two primary goals. One is to cut down on financial support of large-scale breeding facilities, some of which keep animals in deplorable conditions. Those so-called “puppy mills” (though they also exist for other species) often supply pet stores. The Humane Society of the United States notes that responsible breeders who care about their animals want to make sure they go to good homes, meaning they typically won’t sell them through a store that wouldn’t allow them to meet potential owners.

Secondly, the law aims to promote the adoption of homeless pets. The ASPCA estimates that 1.5 million companion animals were euthanized in shelters across the country last year. Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach) said in a statement that in California alone, taxpayers spend more than $250 million each year “to house and euthanize animals” in shelters.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...cats-dogs-rabbits_us_59e216b2e4b0a52aca183fa3
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Maybe these cats are the most famous cats in the world just now
[video=youtube;9WtnSuPM3qY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WtnSuPM3qY&t=12s[/video]

Celia Hammond Animal Trust wrote...

Dumped in the night...

We were called out the night of 11th January by a lady returning from work who had noticed several sealed cardboard boxes in an alley in Stratford, near a busy road. She walked past the alley and then went back as she thought she heard miaowing - thank goodness she did, as the boxes were completely sealed shut with masses of parcel tape and the 11 young cats inside would have suffocated if we hadn’t raced straight out to collect them, as there were no air holes in the boxes. We didn’t know their temperaments so didn’t dare open the boxes and risk them flying out into the road, so made a few tiny holes to let air in but not big enough to allow them to rip at the cardboard and escape. Fortunately, it only took a few minutes to drive back to the clinic. The risk of cutting the cats would have made it too dangerous to use scissors to open the boxes, so we used a butter knife to get the cats out as quickly as possible.

We can only assume the intention was for them to die as surely everybody knows animals need to be able to breathe to survive. The boxes cannot have been there very long as without oxygen our vets estimate they probably wouldn’t have lived more than an hour or two. One really strange thing is that these cats are really friendly and have clearly once been loved, handled and cuddled - what on earth would drive an apparently loving owner to do something so terrible? Perhaps it was a family member or neighbour who hated the cats enough to do this.

All the cats are extremely underweight and covered in fleas - our vets treated them for fleas immediately on arrival in the clinic, but we will have to build them up before they are fit enough to be neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before they are rehomed.

If anyone in the Stratford area has any ideas about where these cats might have come from, please call us in confidence as we are concerned this situation may not have been resolved and there may be other cats in the owner’s property as we don’t think either of the two adult females are old enough to be the mothers of the nine adolescent cats. If the person who left the cats reads this, please email us on canningtown@celiahammond.org or call 020 7474 8811 so we can collect any other cats you may have and don’t want. There were no clues on the boxes to indicate an address.
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It seems there are many people who wants to adopt them and donate to their care.
 
The association DogRescue
January 17 at. 19:46 ·
Tonight we have been crying many tears and we want to pay tribute to Andrea Huszar who collaborates with Romanian Heart when she took courage and went into the private shelter named Rainbow Shelter in Brasov where she had previously been stopped from entering.

Not only a scandal but also a terrible suffering was discovered. Over 60 dogs were dead when they were neglected and starved to death despite the fact that the food stores were overflowing with unopened fodder bags and dog food cans. The man also had cats that also were found dead ..
Andrea Huszar, together with her father, an English Team and police officer, managed to save 17 dogs that tonight came to the vet, 3 of them in such poor condition that you do not know if they survive ..
A tradegi and a terrible suffering for these dogs rescued from a cruel suffering to a slow and dreaded fate that ended with death as a liberator.

We have today offered to help through Romanian Heart with what may be needed for these innocent souls ..
The back of the rescuing world has once again given a face to the total cruelty that no one wants to believe exists ...
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Both food and money had been donated to the "shelter"

There are real animallovers in Romania too
update;
Bogdan Cepoiu was picked up by the police! His good will remain there! We tried to get him into the house! He called the police and denounced herself! Smart boy....
Bogdan Cepoiu, you will surely see this post if you are released. Wherever you hide, we'll find you! You have seen why we are able today! No place is safe for you!
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Leonardo Da Vinci, a cat study

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Nathan Winograd
Igår kl. 18:31 ·
While Americans are spending more to take care of their animals, they are also buying fewer and adopting more, a trend that is likely to continue as two states (CA & MD) and over 400 cities have already banned the retail sale of commercially-bred animals in pet stores, with many more (including NY) trying to do so.

Spending on animal companions topped $70 billion for the first time last year. According to the latest report, “Today more than ever, pet owners view their pets as irreplaceable members of their families and lives, and it's thanks to this that we continue to see such incredible growth within the pet care community."

The report notes that the amount spent to purchase animals declined by 4.3% and is “the smallest area of total pet industry spend”: https://goo.gl/Y7wNB9.

Not surprisingly, as fewer people are buying animals, overall adoption rates have increased with shelter deaths falling to below two million across the U.S. for the first time (as low as 1.5 million by some estimates).

Onward and upward...
 
More than 2,000 feral cats captured, neutered in Osceola County
New community cat program aims to humanely curb feral cat population

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - All across Central Florida, there is a growing problem when it comes to feral cats in the community.

"It's very easy for the cat population to get out of control very quickly," Osceola County Animal Services Director Kim Staton said.
Since April 2018, a grant from the Best Friends Animal Society has enabled Osceola County Animal Services to hire two people to go out into the community to humanely curb the feral cat population.

The grant, which spans three years and includes up to $500,000, allows for a van and supplies to be used by two people to go and collect trapped feral cats to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and released back into the community.

"Putting these neutered animals back into the population helps stabilize the population and prevents growth of that population," Staton said. "What we used to do with trap and remove and euthanize, it doesn't work."

Since the community cat program began, the total surgery count is up to 2,021 cats.

The shelter is already seeing a noticeable drop in cats coming in, down 16 percent between 2017 and 2018.

"We got to the point a couple of times where there were no cats for adoption," Staton said.

But the true test is still to come now that kitten season is on its way. The span between early spring through late fall is the most popular time of the year in which kittens are born.

"We're all a little bit anxious about what this summer is going to bring," Staton said. "We know it's still going to be a difficult summer this year, but the way this should work is each summer should get a little bit easier, a little bit shorter with kitten season."

The grant allows this program to run in the county for two more years.

Osceola County residents who have feral cats in their neighborhood are asked to contact the Osceola County Community Cat Program by calling 407-608-2764 or emailing OsceolaCats@bestfriends.org.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/m...Ngqhz2ajVJEWYMjZEB9linq1HaG-rn2q78g6uzZFzKqIg
 
[video=youtube;c0-hzs9Nk0I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0-hzs9Nk0I[/video]

39 Kittens Surrendered at Shelter!
All 39 kittens were surrendered at a Texas shelter… this is a small shelter that doesn't get much traffic/adoptions/donations.

The kittens have been separated and other rescues have stepped in to help, purrlease check out their Facebook post to see how you can help - https://www.facebook.com/kaleysplace/...
Spay, neuter, foster, volunteer, TNR and as always ADOPT don't shop!
 
I ADOPTED YOUR CAT TODAY

I adopted your cat today…
The one you left at the pound;
The one you had for ten years
And no longer wanted around.

I adopted your cat today…
Did you know that he’s lost weight?
Did you know that he’s scared and depressed
And seems to have lost all faith?

I adopted your cat today…
He had fleas and a little cold;
Guess you don’t care what shape he’s in
- You abandoned him I am told.

I adopted your cat today…
Were you having a baby or moving away?
Did you suddenly develop allergies,
Or was there NO reason he couldn’t stay?

I adopted your cat today…
He doesn’t play or even eat much;
I guess he’s very sad inside and
It’ll take time for him to trust.

I adopted your cat today…
And here he is going to stay;
He’s found his FOREVER home
And a warm bed in which to lay.

I adopted your cat today…
And I shall give him all that he will need,
- Patience, love and security,
So he can forget your selfish deed.
 
US workplace standards agency removes feral cats from list of vermin
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) which is an agency of the US Dept. of Labor has decided to remove feral cats from its list of vermin under a process of updating the rules: OSHA’s Standards Improvement Project – Phase IV final rule. The rules state that vermin infestations must be eliminated but cats won’t be on the list. Great news for cat advocates and common sense.
https://pictures-of-cats.org/us-wor...OZ93KDVREarxF3Eyy-iFo2XTdUTKOLoOHxVlVPmWP8S48
 
The sad truth about this story is that JoAnn Wiltz also found two additional kittens who were already dead. We didn't want to get blocked or have the video have an age restriction, but it's just the reality - it's rough out there for cats who are giving birth in challenging places where it's hard for tiny babies to survive.
Luckily JoAnn was able to save two of her babies - Fromage and Baguette. A week later, JoAnn found an abandoned kitten named Escargots, and mama Paris adopted him and she nursed him back to health.
Paris was feral, so she was released to an FIV positive colony where she will have food and medical care when she needs it.

We are working hard to spay and neuter thousands of cats so we can reduce the number of animals suffering out there but we need your help with that. It cost an average of $60 to spay/neuter a cat. If every viewer will donate just $1, we will be able to help so many more animals: https://www.HopeForPaws.org
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Birds and Cats: We love them both
Community

Approximately 5 years ago in Halifax/Dartmouth there was a two year wait list to surrender a cat to the local SPCA, rescue groups were full and kittens were being born outside into a feral life.

A local rescue in Halifax, Spay Day NS, partnered with the SPCA to do a TNR. Since then, with the help of some city funding, local rescue groups work in partnership with the SPCA to conduct a year-round TNR. Both shelters in the city, in addition to Spay Day, have started spay/neuter programs for owned cats. The outcome:

- Some people wanting to adopt a kitten look for months;
- Rescued kittens placed in vets clinics and pet stores for adoption are welcomed with excitement and are snapped up in days, if not hours, all going to good homes approved by their rescue group;
- A rescuer who cares for bottle babies, is able to help kittens external to the city vice the situation 5 years ago when she could not keep up with the need in Halifax;
- A local rescuer who traditionally would have had dozens of calls to rescue kittens born outside by now each year has had very few calls this year.

In essence, there is a noticeable difference between Halifax/Dartmouth and other communities who do not have similar programs of TNR and low income spay neuter programs. It is also worth noting that the NS SPCA shelters are no kill AND open admission. We aren’t there yet but are getting there – the TNR, low cost spay neuter formula with rescue groups working together and in concert with the SPCA and supportive vet clinics is the key to humane population control.
 
TinyKittens HQ
Publicerades den 5 juni 2019

In October of 2016, we trapped a dying feral cat named Mason so we could give him the comfort and dignity every living creature deserves after a life well-lived.

What happened next BLEW. US. AWAY.

A few months after his rescue, Mason found a new purpose in life: being a grandpa to rescue kittens. Since then, he has shaped dozens of young minds, passed down important grandpa secrets, demonstrated tremendous hunting prowess, taught manners, quashed impudence and created a multitude of fashion-forward kitten hairstyles.

As of today, Grandpa Mason has outlived his initial prognosis by an incredible 963 days. Each one of those days has been filled with joy, comfort and love... on his terms.

What Mason has taught us in the last two years has been shocking and remarkable. This “lost cause” “worthless” old feral cat has enriched our lives in ways we could never have imagined.

We work hard every day to keep him feeling good, but we can't know how many days, months or years he has left. We do know he is living his best possible life, the life he always deserved. If you'd like to help cats like Grandpa Mason, please support Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts in your community.

[video=youtube;WeXOyX0tEb4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeXOyX0tEb4[/video]
 
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