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I can see the dog had to wait for dinner..
Recently a cat here in Sweden was kicked by 2 boys 10 years old,the cat had to be euthanized.
the cat was very social and thought people were nice..
The boys are too young to be punished and nothing happens..
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New York Could Become the First State to Ban Declawing Cats
New York could be the first state in the nation to ban declawing all types of felines if a groundbreaking bill introduced by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal passes.
The bill, A 1297, would ban declawing of cats and other animals and would hold both veterinarians and owners accountable under current penal law, with exceptions for cases where the procedure would be medically necessary to treat an underlying condition.
“It’s like taking off your first knuckle,” Rosenthal told the New York Daily News. “(Cats) are born with claws and they are meant to have claws . It’s cruel to remove them for the sake of human convenience and saving your furniture.”
While declawing remains a controversial topic among vets, animal advocates and cat owners, the fact remains that it isn’t a simple procedure that merely removes a cats’ nails. Rather, the procedure, which is formally known as an onychectomy, involves surgically removing the last joint in a cat’s toe to which the nail is attached. For cats, it’s a ten-toe amputation, and while the procedures continues to be likened to cutting off the last joint of our fingers, we don’t walk on our hands.
Over the summer, the American Veterinary Medical Association took a small step for cats by amending its policy regarding declawing to clarify that it is a major surgery, also describing it as an amputation, yet it still didn’t advise against having it done, saying only that it should be used as a last resort to stop destructive behavior.
The majority of cats are declawed over concerns about scratching, which is a cat’s way of marking territory, maintaining their nails and stretching. Whether we like it or not, scratching is a natural part of who cats are and if someone can’t live with that then they shouldn’t have a cat.
Unfortunately, some people value their decor more than the physical and emotional well-being of their cats and continue to decide to modify their behavior via surgical mutilation, instead of trying a number of safe and effective alternatives, from scratching posts and deterrents like Sticky Paws to nail trimming or using plastic nail caps like Soft Paws, among other options.
Some supporters of this procedure argue that this surgery helps keep cats from being dumped in shelters, but declawed cats can and do wind up there anyway and their physical and behavioral problems may be worse, making them even more difficult to place. Without their claws, they may turn to biting as a defense and start avoiding the litter box because pawing is painful, or they may suffer from side effects of the procedure, like chronic pain.
While some vets are opposing the bill, it has so far received support from the New York Humane Society and the Paw Project, an organization dedicated to educating the public about declawing and ending the practice. While a number of countries and eight cities in the U.S. have banned declawing over ethical concerns, this would be the first statewide ban.
“Nobody’s stepped up to do it, that’s why I’m doing it. People talk about it a lot, but many people still do it, and they have veterinarians who agree to do it, so that has to change. Just like there are some surgeons who will keep performing plastic surgery on their clients as long as they keep paying. It’s the same sort of thing, but I think it’s totally unethical to perform these kinds of amputations on cats,” Rosenthal told the Gothamist.
TAKE ACTION!
Please sign and share the petition asking New York lawmakers to be leaders on this issue by making their the first state to ban declawing. The Paw Project is also urging people to send letters via snail mail and has more info and a sample here.
We can also help companion animals by asking our vets if they perform controversial and inhumane procedures, such as declawing and devocalization, and finding a new vet if they do. If you’re looking for a new one, Declaw.com has a state-by-state list of vets who have pledged not to declaw.
[video=youtube_share;Qw8OJN4ctyo]http://youtu.be/Qw8OJN4ctyo[/video]
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/new-yor...tate-to-ban-declawing-cats.html#ixzz3Q3h81kz1
New York could be the first state in the nation to ban declawing all types of felines if a groundbreaking bill introduced by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal passes.
The bill, A 1297, would ban declawing of cats and other animals and would hold both veterinarians and owners accountable under current penal law, with exceptions for cases where the procedure would be medically necessary to treat an underlying condition.
“It’s like taking off your first knuckle,” Rosenthal told the New York Daily News. “(Cats) are born with claws and they are meant to have claws . It’s cruel to remove them for the sake of human convenience and saving your furniture.”
While declawing remains a controversial topic among vets, animal advocates and cat owners, the fact remains that it isn’t a simple procedure that merely removes a cats’ nails. Rather, the procedure, which is formally known as an onychectomy, involves surgically removing the last joint in a cat’s toe to which the nail is attached. For cats, it’s a ten-toe amputation, and while the procedures continues to be likened to cutting off the last joint of our fingers, we don’t walk on our hands.
Over the summer, the American Veterinary Medical Association took a small step for cats by amending its policy regarding declawing to clarify that it is a major surgery, also describing it as an amputation, yet it still didn’t advise against having it done, saying only that it should be used as a last resort to stop destructive behavior.
The majority of cats are declawed over concerns about scratching, which is a cat’s way of marking territory, maintaining their nails and stretching. Whether we like it or not, scratching is a natural part of who cats are and if someone can’t live with that then they shouldn’t have a cat.
Unfortunately, some people value their decor more than the physical and emotional well-being of their cats and continue to decide to modify their behavior via surgical mutilation, instead of trying a number of safe and effective alternatives, from scratching posts and deterrents like Sticky Paws to nail trimming or using plastic nail caps like Soft Paws, among other options.
Some supporters of this procedure argue that this surgery helps keep cats from being dumped in shelters, but declawed cats can and do wind up there anyway and their physical and behavioral problems may be worse, making them even more difficult to place. Without their claws, they may turn to biting as a defense and start avoiding the litter box because pawing is painful, or they may suffer from side effects of the procedure, like chronic pain.
While some vets are opposing the bill, it has so far received support from the New York Humane Society and the Paw Project, an organization dedicated to educating the public about declawing and ending the practice. While a number of countries and eight cities in the U.S. have banned declawing over ethical concerns, this would be the first statewide ban.
“Nobody’s stepped up to do it, that’s why I’m doing it. People talk about it a lot, but many people still do it, and they have veterinarians who agree to do it, so that has to change. Just like there are some surgeons who will keep performing plastic surgery on their clients as long as they keep paying. It’s the same sort of thing, but I think it’s totally unethical to perform these kinds of amputations on cats,” Rosenthal told the Gothamist.
TAKE ACTION!
Please sign and share the petition asking New York lawmakers to be leaders on this issue by making their the first state to ban declawing. The Paw Project is also urging people to send letters via snail mail and has more info and a sample here.
We can also help companion animals by asking our vets if they perform controversial and inhumane procedures, such as declawing and devocalization, and finding a new vet if they do. If you’re looking for a new one, Declaw.com has a state-by-state list of vets who have pledged not to declaw.
[video=youtube_share;Qw8OJN4ctyo]http://youtu.be/Qw8OJN4ctyo[/video]
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/new-yor...tate-to-ban-declawing-cats.html#ixzz3Q3h81kz1
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Cats (and other animals) in Virginia shelters need your help. Two animal protection bills, SB 693 and SB 1381, passed the Senate Agriculture Committee and will face a full Senate floor vote as early as this Tuesday.
SB 693 would clarify that sterilizing and releasing feral cats back to their habitats (TNR) is not illegal, allowing cat advocates to continue doing so without fear of prosecution.
SB 1381 clarifies the language for what constitutes a private shelter in Virginia, requiring them to be "operated for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes and facilitating other lifesaving outcomes for animals."
If you live in Virginia, please contact your state Senator and ask for a "Yes" vote: http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/
https://www.facebook.com/nathanwinograd
Cats (and other animals) in Virginia shelters need your help. Two animal protection bills, SB 693 and SB 1381, passed the Senate Agriculture Committee and will face a full Senate floor vote as early as this Tuesday.
SB 693 would clarify that sterilizing and releasing feral cats back to their habitats (TNR) is not illegal, allowing cat advocates to continue doing so without fear of prosecution.
SB 1381 clarifies the language for what constitutes a private shelter in Virginia, requiring them to be "operated for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes and facilitating other lifesaving outcomes for animals."
If you live in Virginia, please contact your state Senator and ask for a "Yes" vote: http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/
https://www.facebook.com/nathanwinograd
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It´s common that people think that cat needs help,someone needs to help him...someone else ..not me..
His condition was operable and the surgery would have madeit possile for him to walk again but the condition of his kidneys wasn´t good.
R.i.P. Pablo
[video=youtube_share;VT-VhLdZRcQ]http://youtu.be/VT-VhLdZRcQ[/video]
It´s common that people think that cat needs help,someone needs to help him...someone else ..not me..
His condition was operable and the surgery would have madeit possile for him to walk again but the condition of his kidneys wasn´t good.
R.i.P. Pablo
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My cat Maja is dead and I made the decision that she should die.
My cats have been healthy despite that the first parts of their lifes haven´t been good.
Last week Maja was playing with something she found for a little while but this weekend something happened, she was walking like she was drunk and swung her head.
She couldn´t jump up to my bed or the couch anymore .
She did climb up in the couch and tried to get to the scratching post but she fell to the floor poor little Maja.
She was living with me for 11 years and the last year she decided I was good enough to hold her.
I don´t know her age but she was an adult when she was trapped, maybe she was 13 maybe she was 17
The veterinarian gave me option, bloodtest ,maybe it was diabetes ..then I needed to give Maja injections twice a day.
Maja was insured and I work in health care so it could be done.
But Maja wouldn´t have liked it and I thought it was best to let her go
While Maja fell asleep at the veterinarian I could hear the radio playing ;They don´t care about us...I´ll continue to fight for cats like Maja, there are so many who doesn´t care
[video=youtube_share;euxOI7unWXQ]http://youtu.be/euxOI7unWXQ[/video]
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Before clogging the hole, make sure noone is there...
Before clogging the hole, make sure noone is there...
The guy who rescued the kittens made the video and uploaded it in Hebrew, I asked him for a permission to upload it with english title, tags and explanation, this is not my original video.
He tells how there were holes on the sides of the road and they were shot by his neighbor. he heard kittens meowing, but he didn't know from where, and later he saw a grown up cat, who looks like she is in a her nursing period, standing near the sealed holes and crying non-stop. He realized what happened and went to his car and got a metal pole to break the concrete. the pole broke but he managed to make a small hole in the ground. then the kittens started picking out and he gave them food, the kittens got out slowly and went to their anxious mother. then the mother decided to take all of the kittens to a different place where it's safer for them (hopefully)
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MIST;4073495 said:
Sorry to hear about your cat Maja :better:
As long as there are people like you, many cats will get better life and they will be treated better.
About the song you heard on the radio, Years ago I had a cat who fell ill, so I took her to the vet to be checked. They said they wanted to keep her there for over night, but I knew they had no staff there over night so my cat would have been alone and in pain. I wanted to take her with me to home and be with her. As I was driving home, the radio was playing Andrea Bocelli It's Time To Say Goodbye, and I started to cry as somehow I knew she wasn't not going to make it, and she died early morning.
It is hard thing to lose your loved furry friend
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UGH That's so sad. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your cats. You gave them a wonderful life I'm sure.
UGH That's so sad. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your cats.
You gave them a wonderful life I'm sure.MIST
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Majas story
She was born and grew up in a cat colony at a cereal company.
The company had probably problems with rats and brought some cats there to help them with the problem.
The cats were not spayed or neutered and soon there became a problem with too many cats.
The cats were fed and could go inside the barns but many kittens died during, the winter they froze to death, and cats died in accidents.
It´s likely that Maja was born in the spring or summer.
A group with catfriends who wanted to help cats started 2004 and one of the first projects were this colony.One of the catfriends were a veterinarian and the company was willing to pay for a TNR-project.
I think there were about 40-50 cats and many kittens.
It was too late in the spring.. many female cats were pregnant, Maja was one of them.
She was placed togeteher with some other catmothers from her colony.
(I got 4 young adult cats in my shed from the same colony but some of them managed to escape)
Majas kittens were stillborn but she took another cats kittens instead.
(The cat was young and longhaired..they found out later that the coat was matted so she couldn´t feed the kittens.)
Maja took care of them and did her best to protect them from humans.
She was known in the group as an aggressive cat.
Her adopted kittens were adopted, by humans this time ,and her fosterhome were going on vacation, Maja needed a new home.
Some of my cats in the shed had escaped and when they called me I said I could take her.
Maja was a master in hiding, I could see her when I looked in through the windows but when I went into the shed I could only see three cats and it took me a while before I found her.
Even if the shed wasn´t big.
The other cats in the shed got other fosterhomes and Maja moved with me to my apartment in the town.
(The shed was at my summer house).
I had 3 cats on my own ,Maja, another cat from Majas colony, Ina and 2 of her kittens who hadn´t been adopted yet.
Maja and Ina came from the same colony but totally different.
Ina was a dominant cat , she wasn´t hiding and I could even pet her from the beginning.
Maja had a low rank, she stayed mostly under the couch but I remember she came forward to look closer to a cattoy but Inas kittentook it from Maja and maja knew her place ..went back under the couch..
Maja wasn´t aggressive towards me but she had different ideas than me about cat carriers.
Sometimes I managed to take her from summerhouse to my apartment in cat furniture she lay in, other times I thought I closed all ways with pillows, blankets so she could only move forward into the cat carrier.
Maja saw other ways and suddenly she was somewhere else I had to start from the beginning.
The only time it waseasyto get her into the carrier was her last trip.
Maja was hiding a lot from the beginning and wasn´t very fond of me, but she loved my old male cat.I could see she wanted to be close to him but not to disturb him..
I was happy when she was laying on my bed beside him and not under it.
One way to socialize a feral cat is through the food..
Other feral cats moved in after Maja and they could eat from my hand after a while but not Maja.She hit my hand with a paw and of course I dropped the good stuff so she could eat it.
I remember once I broke a rule when I petted her in the back when she went away after she had her cattreats, She turned and went back, sat down looking at me.
I turned out my hand towards her and she hit me gentle with a paw telling me i was doing wrong, breaking her rules.
Later she allowed me to pet her and loved to be brushed.
She had her catfriends before she decided I could be a friend too and she played with toys now and then.
There can be many cats in a cat colony and they have things in common but they are also individuals and have different feelings about things...and humans..
She was born and grew up in a cat colony at a cereal company.
The company had probably problems with rats and brought some cats there to help them with the problem.
The cats were not spayed or neutered and soon there became a problem with too many cats.
The cats were fed and could go inside the barns but many kittens died during, the winter they froze to death, and cats died in accidents.
It´s likely that Maja was born in the spring or summer.
A group with catfriends who wanted to help cats started 2004 and one of the first projects were this colony.One of the catfriends were a veterinarian and the company was willing to pay for a TNR-project.
I think there were about 40-50 cats and many kittens.
It was too late in the spring.. many female cats were pregnant, Maja was one of them.
She was placed togeteher with some other catmothers from her colony.
(I got 4 young adult cats in my shed from the same colony but some of them managed to escape)
Majas kittens were stillborn but she took another cats kittens instead.
(The cat was young and longhaired..they found out later that the coat was matted so she couldn´t feed the kittens.)
Maja took care of them and did her best to protect them from humans.
She was known in the group as an aggressive cat.
Her adopted kittens were adopted, by humans this time ,and her fosterhome were going on vacation, Maja needed a new home.
Some of my cats in the shed had escaped and when they called me I said I could take her.
Maja was a master in hiding, I could see her when I looked in through the windows but when I went into the shed I could only see three cats and it took me a while before I found her.
Even if the shed wasn´t big.
The other cats in the shed got other fosterhomes and Maja moved with me to my apartment in the town.
(The shed was at my summer house).
I had 3 cats on my own ,Maja, another cat from Majas colony, Ina and 2 of her kittens who hadn´t been adopted yet.
Maja and Ina came from the same colony but totally different.
Ina was a dominant cat , she wasn´t hiding and I could even pet her from the beginning.
Maja had a low rank, she stayed mostly under the couch but I remember she came forward to look closer to a cattoy but Inas kittentook it from Maja and maja knew her place ..went back under the couch..
Maja wasn´t aggressive towards me but she had different ideas than me about cat carriers.
Sometimes I managed to take her from summerhouse to my apartment in cat furniture she lay in, other times I thought I closed all ways with pillows, blankets so she could only move forward into the cat carrier.
Maja saw other ways and suddenly she was somewhere else I had to start from the beginning.
The only time it waseasyto get her into the carrier was her last trip.
Maja was hiding a lot from the beginning and wasn´t very fond of me, but she loved my old male cat.I could see she wanted to be close to him but not to disturb him..
I was happy when she was laying on my bed beside him and not under it.
One way to socialize a feral cat is through the food..
Other feral cats moved in after Maja and they could eat from my hand after a while but not Maja.She hit my hand with a paw and of course I dropped the good stuff so she could eat it.
I remember once I broke a rule when I petted her in the back when she went away after she had her cattreats, She turned and went back, sat down looking at me.
I turned out my hand towards her and she hit me gentle with a paw telling me i was doing wrong, breaking her rules.
Later she allowed me to pet her and loved to be brushed.
She had her catfriends before she decided I could be a friend too and she played with toys now and then.
There can be many cats in a cat colony and they have things in common but they are also individuals and have different feelings about things...and humans..
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Your Maja sounds very much like my current cat (rescue cat). Her previous human "friends" were going to put her down because she was scared of everything and anything (long story). We took her in 2002, and in her first 5 years with us,she barely acknowledged us, never mind allowed us to pet her. Once she disappeared altogether, but eventually we found her hiding in chimney. Slowly she started trusting us and we have had great times with her.
She still doesn't trust strange people and hides from them, but she allows a few of our friends to get close to her, maybe even considers them as part of her family.
I'm absolutely dreading the day that she passes away because she is getting old, although recently vet told us that she is in good health. We got her in 2002 when she was 3 years old, and now it is 2015, meaning she is 16.
Your Maja sounds very much like my current cat (rescue cat). Her previous human "friends" were going to put her down because she was scared of everything and anything (long story). We took her in 2002, and in her first 5 years with us,she barely acknowledged us, never mind allowed us to pet her. Once she disappeared altogether, but eventually we found her hiding in chimney. Slowly she started trusting us and we have had great times with her.
She still doesn't trust strange people and hides from them, but she allows a few of our friends to get close to her, maybe even considers them as part of her family.
I'm absolutely dreading the day that she passes away because she is getting old, although recently vet told us that she is in good health. We got her in 2002 when she was 3 years old, and now it is 2015, meaning she is 16.
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This is the hardest thing with having a pet.
On the other hand it must be hard when you are getting old and sick and don´t manage to take care of your pets.
I haven´t heard of a home for elderly where you can bring your pets, at least not in Sweden.
I guess it´s ok if you know someone who loves them will take care of them but it must be terrible if you don´t find someone who wants them.
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How TNR can beat cruel cat culls in China
Animals Asia’s Cat and Dog Welfare Director for China, Irene Feng explains why Trap, Neuter, Release is the country’s best chance to humanely control stray cat populations.
Problems associated with stray cats exist in many communities across China. When populations get out of control, they can prompt complaints about noise, smell and hygiene.
While many people in Chinese communities care for stray cats and contribute significant time and money, they can’t stop the escalation of conflict between people and animals as populations increase.
The best form of population control will always be ensuring that large stray populations don't appear in the first place, through educating the public not to abandon their animals and persuading government to implement appropriate animal management solutions.
To this end we work productively with government and animal welfare groups on public education programmes, but the issue remains that there are still too many strays in the community who need our help.
That’s why Animals Asia supports and promotes a policy of Trap, Neuter, Release – known as TNR.
WHAT IS TNR?
De-sexing strays is globally recognised as the most humane and effective method of controlling populations.
TNR involves neutering, vaccinating and deworming stray cats before releasing them back into communities. The programme creates stable, clean populations of stray cats that don't come into conflict with neighbouring human communities.
Quite simply, we know that TNR works because results are monitored in stray populations around the world. By maintaining stable populations, the practice allows small stray cat populations to become a welcome part of the communities in which they live.
HOW WE PROMOTE TNR
As a vastly superior alternative to culling, Animals Asia actively supports TNR throughout China.
We directly support a number of local groups via our TNR Training and Funding programme. Providing direct assistance where resources allow – while hopefully also setting a good example for government programmes to follow.
Since 2012, the fund has provided finance and training for 11 grassroots organisations in nine Chinese cities allowing them to carry out vital TNR, vaccination and adoption programmes for the country's stray cats.
In 2012, we also launched the first China Cat Management Symposium, bringing together experts and cat protection groups from across the country to discuss and promote TNR for strays.
Authorities are also coming round to TNR. In east China’s Hangzhou city, the local government spent nearly $50,000 developing a local TNR programme, with public tendering among the local veterinary clinics beginning at the end of 2014.
We hope that the cruel practice of culling will become a thing of the past as the advantages of TNR become more obvious and attractive to the authorities, to Chinese animal lovers and to NGOs dedicated to ensuring enhanced animal welfare for their communities’ stray cats.
https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/me...ow-tnr-can-beat-cruel-cat-culls-in-china.html
Animals Asia’s Cat and Dog Welfare Director for China, Irene Feng explains why Trap, Neuter, Release is the country’s best chance to humanely control stray cat populations.
Problems associated with stray cats exist in many communities across China. When populations get out of control, they can prompt complaints about noise, smell and hygiene.
While many people in Chinese communities care for stray cats and contribute significant time and money, they can’t stop the escalation of conflict between people and animals as populations increase.
The best form of population control will always be ensuring that large stray populations don't appear in the first place, through educating the public not to abandon their animals and persuading government to implement appropriate animal management solutions.
To this end we work productively with government and animal welfare groups on public education programmes, but the issue remains that there are still too many strays in the community who need our help.
That’s why Animals Asia supports and promotes a policy of Trap, Neuter, Release – known as TNR.
WHAT IS TNR?
De-sexing strays is globally recognised as the most humane and effective method of controlling populations.
TNR involves neutering, vaccinating and deworming stray cats before releasing them back into communities. The programme creates stable, clean populations of stray cats that don't come into conflict with neighbouring human communities.
Quite simply, we know that TNR works because results are monitored in stray populations around the world. By maintaining stable populations, the practice allows small stray cat populations to become a welcome part of the communities in which they live.
HOW WE PROMOTE TNR
As a vastly superior alternative to culling, Animals Asia actively supports TNR throughout China.
We directly support a number of local groups via our TNR Training and Funding programme. Providing direct assistance where resources allow – while hopefully also setting a good example for government programmes to follow.
Since 2012, the fund has provided finance and training for 11 grassroots organisations in nine Chinese cities allowing them to carry out vital TNR, vaccination and adoption programmes for the country's stray cats.
In 2012, we also launched the first China Cat Management Symposium, bringing together experts and cat protection groups from across the country to discuss and promote TNR for strays.
Authorities are also coming round to TNR. In east China’s Hangzhou city, the local government spent nearly $50,000 developing a local TNR programme, with public tendering among the local veterinary clinics beginning at the end of 2014.
We hope that the cruel practice of culling will become a thing of the past as the advantages of TNR become more obvious and attractive to the authorities, to Chinese animal lovers and to NGOs dedicated to ensuring enhanced animal welfare for their communities’ stray cats.
https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/me...ow-tnr-can-beat-cruel-cat-culls-in-china.html
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[video=youtube;2EMBlNr4CbM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EMBlNr4CbM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Meet Francesca Ciccodemarco, an animal advocate and dedicated cat colony caretaker in Woodbridge, north-west of Toronto. Working from her garage come recovery center, Francesca specializes in socializing abandoned and feral kittens. This video shares her story.
Here’s the problem: non-spayed abandoned cats quickly become pregnant. Suddenly you’ve got one abandoned cat and half a dozen feral kittens with no human contact. Although they won’t last long on the streets, they can be difficult to put up for adoption with no human contact.
So Francesca hosts the cats and kittens in her garage where, in addition to tending to their basic needs, she also provides much needed love and socialization. This helps greatly to ease the transition from life on the streets to the warmth of their forever homes.
Francesca has rescued and cared for many feral cats in York region. She is also a member of York Region Change for Ferals, an initiative to raise awareness, funds, and support for feral cats and those who care for them.
You have to be compassionate to these living creatures because we are not the only ones living on this planet. We share this planet. Therefore, we need to work all together and make the best of it.
~ Francesca Ciccodemarco
Meet Francesca Ciccodemarco, an animal advocate and dedicated cat colony caretaker in Woodbridge, north-west of Toronto. Working from her garage come recovery center, Francesca specializes in socializing abandoned and feral kittens. This video shares her story.
Here’s the problem: non-spayed abandoned cats quickly become pregnant. Suddenly you’ve got one abandoned cat and half a dozen feral kittens with no human contact. Although they won’t last long on the streets, they can be difficult to put up for adoption with no human contact.
So Francesca hosts the cats and kittens in her garage where, in addition to tending to their basic needs, she also provides much needed love and socialization. This helps greatly to ease the transition from life on the streets to the warmth of their forever homes.
Francesca has rescued and cared for many feral cats in York region. She is also a member of York Region Change for Ferals, an initiative to raise awareness, funds, and support for feral cats and those who care for them.
You have to be compassionate to these living creatures because we are not the only ones living on this planet. We share this planet. Therefore, we need to work all together and make the best of it.
~ Francesca Ciccodemarco
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Every morning before work, Helder Da Silva visits five cat colonies to feed and water the feral cats. This all began on a cold winter morning, with the discovery of one homeless kitten. On the previous evening, the kitten got soaked in the rain. The temperature dropped during the night, so the kitten sought shelter in the seat of an abandoned car. In the morning, Helder discovered the kitten frozen to the seat of the car.
Since that day, rain or shine, Helder diligently attends what has grown to five colonies to provide food, water, shelter and love for generations of feral and abandoned cats. He also traps the colony cats so they can be either spayed or neutered to help slowly reduce the colony population. For abandoned cats that have been forgotten by everyone else, Helder and his five colonies are the final refuge. This video tells his story
I am hoping that a lot of people out there have the heart to join the cause. Call the Toronto Humane Society, call Toronto Street Cats… go in there and change the cages and feed the cats, whatever the case may be. Give them a hand and the world would be a much better place to live in.
~ Helder Da Silva
Every morning before work, Helder Da Silva visits five cat colonies to feed and water the feral cats. This all began on a cold winter morning, with the discovery of one homeless kitten. On the previous evening, the kitten got soaked in the rain. The temperature dropped during the night, so the kitten sought shelter in the seat of an abandoned car. In the morning, Helder discovered the kitten frozen to the seat of the car.
Since that day, rain or shine, Helder diligently attends what has grown to five colonies to provide food, water, shelter and love for generations of feral and abandoned cats. He also traps the colony cats so they can be either spayed or neutered to help slowly reduce the colony population. For abandoned cats that have been forgotten by everyone else, Helder and his five colonies are the final refuge. This video tells his story
I am hoping that a lot of people out there have the heart to join the cause. Call the Toronto Humane Society, call Toronto Street Cats… go in there and change the cages and feed the cats, whatever the case may be. Give them a hand and the world would be a much better place to live in.
~ Helder Da Silva
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Magnus was born in captivity, an innocent victim of that industry that degrades and abuses the most magnificent of animals turning them into nothing but a photo op available for purchase for a mere 20 bucks.
Barely days after he was born Magnus was separated from his mother and turned into a tourist attraction by a Spanish Circus.
Lions grow at an incredibly fast rate, but his owners wanted to slow down that growth for as long as possible before he would be too big and dangerous and therefore useless to them.
To achieve this Magnus was fed a mixture of yogurt and bread.
his clearly inadequate diet had severe effects on his bone, muscular and general development, creating what is called a Stenosis of the Esofagus, that is, a narrowing of the esofagus passage that renders impossible Magnus´s normal food ingestion.
At that point the Circus owner, having no use for a sick lion barely able to eat took him to a vet to have him euthanised. I was then contacted in the hope that Let´s Adopt Global would be able to help.
I had never been in the presence of a lion, in the wild or otherwise, and so, kneeling in front of this magnificent lion cub I was filled with an emotion unlike anything I´ve ever felt. The decision was taken in an instant. Let´s Adopt will do whatever it takes to save Magnus´s life and offer him the best possible future.
There are very few organisations in the world capable of taking such complex medical and logistical challenge. We hope, together, we will be able to save the life of this extraordinary animal, to help him become the great lion he was destined to be, and to offer him a beautiful future, away from suffering, abuse and maybe, who knows, a pride of his own.
MEET MAGNUS… PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO..
[video=youtube;YS8xHY9vz4s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS8xHY9vz4s&feature=youtu.be[/video]
http://blog.myletsadopt.com/2015/02/09/emergency-help-us-save-magnus-the-lion/
Barely days after he was born Magnus was separated from his mother and turned into a tourist attraction by a Spanish Circus.
Lions grow at an incredibly fast rate, but his owners wanted to slow down that growth for as long as possible before he would be too big and dangerous and therefore useless to them.
To achieve this Magnus was fed a mixture of yogurt and bread.
his clearly inadequate diet had severe effects on his bone, muscular and general development, creating what is called a Stenosis of the Esofagus, that is, a narrowing of the esofagus passage that renders impossible Magnus´s normal food ingestion.
At that point the Circus owner, having no use for a sick lion barely able to eat took him to a vet to have him euthanised. I was then contacted in the hope that Let´s Adopt Global would be able to help.
I had never been in the presence of a lion, in the wild or otherwise, and so, kneeling in front of this magnificent lion cub I was filled with an emotion unlike anything I´ve ever felt. The decision was taken in an instant. Let´s Adopt will do whatever it takes to save Magnus´s life and offer him the best possible future.
There are very few organisations in the world capable of taking such complex medical and logistical challenge. We hope, together, we will be able to save the life of this extraordinary animal, to help him become the great lion he was destined to be, and to offer him a beautiful future, away from suffering, abuse and maybe, who knows, a pride of his own.
MEET MAGNUS… PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO..
[video=youtube;YS8xHY9vz4s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS8xHY9vz4s&feature=youtu.be[/video]
http://blog.myletsadopt.com/2015/02/09/emergency-help-us-save-magnus-the-lion/
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Robin Sarafinchan makes the world a better place to live. She’s well known among cat rescuers, feral cat colony caretakers and cat lovers in Toronto. For the last 7 years, Robin has rescued many feral/stray cats and brought them to safe and warm forever homes. Cat colony maintenance requires a lot more commitment than most would imagine. Robin says that every day, including Christmas, she visits her colonies to feed the feral cats who depend solely on her for their survival.
Sometimes colony caretakers face harassment by people who do not like feral cats in their neighbourhood. To minimize conflict, Robin waits until the cats finish their meals so she can bring the empty dishes home to reduce clutter. The car trunk is always filled with several bags of dishes waiting to be cleaned.
Feral Cats are a People Problem
More frustrating than people’s unkindness is the sheer number of cats helplessly roaming outside. Most of these cats were once somebody’s companion but were abandoned or lost. Robin says that unless people spay/neuter all their cats and exercise responsible pet ownership, the feral/stray cat overpopulation problem will continue to grow.
I don’t want to be the person who turns away……I can’t help every situation in the world but for me I just try to save every cat that I can. This is what I can do with my skills, with my time, with my energy and I can make a difference. I see a difference in the lives of those cats.
~ Robin Sarafinchan
Robin Sarafinchan makes the world a better place to live. She’s well known among cat rescuers, feral cat colony caretakers and cat lovers in Toronto. For the last 7 years, Robin has rescued many feral/stray cats and brought them to safe and warm forever homes. Cat colony maintenance requires a lot more commitment than most would imagine. Robin says that every day, including Christmas, she visits her colonies to feed the feral cats who depend solely on her for their survival.
Sometimes colony caretakers face harassment by people who do not like feral cats in their neighbourhood. To minimize conflict, Robin waits until the cats finish their meals so she can bring the empty dishes home to reduce clutter. The car trunk is always filled with several bags of dishes waiting to be cleaned.
Feral Cats are a People Problem
More frustrating than people’s unkindness is the sheer number of cats helplessly roaming outside. Most of these cats were once somebody’s companion but were abandoned or lost. Robin says that unless people spay/neuter all their cats and exercise responsible pet ownership, the feral/stray cat overpopulation problem will continue to grow.
I don’t want to be the person who turns away……I can’t help every situation in the world but for me I just try to save every cat that I can. This is what I can do with my skills, with my time, with my energy and I can make a difference. I see a difference in the lives of those cats.
~ Robin Sarafinchan
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Delaware Tells PETA to Stop Lying
In 2010, Delaware legislators unanimously passed the Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA), an important piece of animal protection legislation based on a model law authored by my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center: http://bit.ly/WR7hRM. By eliminating the ability of shelters to kill animals out of habit and convenience, the law has been wildly successful, reducing killing in Delaware shelters by nearly 80%: http://bit.ly/1Fq2RIZ.
Despite its success in Delaware and other places, groups like PETA and their pro-killing enablers have vilified this law, saying that it has been a disaster there, forcing shelters to turn animals away.
https://www.facebook.com/nathanwinograd/posts/947479638609614:0
A letter in response to a spokesman in PETA
http://www.nathanwinograd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PETA-Response-Letter.pdf
Delaware Tells PETA to Stop Lying
In 2010, Delaware legislators unanimously passed the Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA), an important piece of animal protection legislation based on a model law authored by my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center: http://bit.ly/WR7hRM. By eliminating the ability of shelters to kill animals out of habit and convenience, the law has been wildly successful, reducing killing in Delaware shelters by nearly 80%: http://bit.ly/1Fq2RIZ.
Despite its success in Delaware and other places, groups like PETA and their pro-killing enablers have vilified this law, saying that it has been a disaster there, forcing shelters to turn animals away.
https://www.facebook.com/nathanwinograd/posts/947479638609614:0
A letter in response to a spokesman in PETA
http://www.nathanwinograd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PETA-Response-Letter.pdf
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Some things we can learn from a cat
http://kittylovernews.com/9-lessons-to-learn-from-your-cat/9/
Some things we can learn from a cat
http://kittylovernews.com/9-lessons-to-learn-from-your-cat/9/