Big Speck

Big Speck

Click to view Facebook posts about Big Speck Submit Adoption Application (Call (903) 263-9807 after you submit) Signup to become Big Specks’s Kitty Advocate Big Speck is one of five kittens born August 1, 2021 to Queen Wren. Queen Wren and two older kittens about 4-6 months old from a previous litter (Woody and Willow) came […]

Greta The Great

Greta The Great

Greta arrived on August 13, 2021 as a tiny, shriveled up, and dehydrated orphan kitten found alone in a barn with eyes partially open and weighing only 91 grams. She was brought to us because we happened to have a nursing Queen (Wren) who had given birth to 5 kittens on August 1st  and we […]

Free Kittens

Free Kittens

In Texas, the overpopulation of homeless animals is staggering and Texas euthanizes more animals every year than any other state in the country except California. It seems like everybody is trying to give away FREE KITTENS or FREE PUPPIES. You see people on the Walmart parking lot with a sign for FREE KITTENS or FREE […]

Kilgore Texas TNR Program: How It Works: Spay, Neuter and Vaccination at No Cost To You

Kilgore Texas TNR Program: How It Works: Spay, Neuter and Vaccination at No Cost To You

Kilgore, Texas has implemented a TNR program as its preferred method of managing stray and feral cats and colonies. The city of Kilgore contracts with the non-profit, all volunteer group call “Wildcatters” who do all the heavy lifting for the city which in turn funds the spay, neuters and vaccinations.  From Wildcatters Facebook page: Currently […]

Nevada Kills Cats By The Thousands

Nevada Kills Cats By The Thousands

Cat Trap Fever: The best of the bad options for feral cats? by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current February 15, 2019 One every six minutes, seven days a week, eight hours a day.  That’s the rate at which the Lied Animal Shelter euthanized cats in 2009. Seventy-five a day, upwards of 27,000 a year, according to […]

Texas Law Now Requires A Scan For Microchip

Texas Law Now Requires A Scan For Microchip

In a lifesaving win for animals, Texas has officially passed into law a bill requiring animal shelters and releasing agencies, including rescues, to scan an animal in their custody for a microchip “as soon as practicable.” The act will officially take effect on September 1, 2021. Read full article  

Multiple Cat Colonies Reported In Henderson, Texas

Multiple Cat Colonies Reported In Henderson, Texas

Multiple Henderson residents have contacted me about stray cats and cat colonies near them. Each one has a common theme to their story, “I called the Henderson Animal Center and they are full.” Unfortunately, Henderson has a stray and feral cat population that is larger than the Henderson Animal Center has resources to manage. So […]

How To Get Rid Of A Pet Without Becoming a Felon

How To Get Rid Of A Pet Without Becoming a Felon

The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You Texas is ranked #11 in the United States for having some of the best animal protection laws on the books. In fact, animal neglect, abuse or abandonment is a felony in Texas. So before you become a criminal for dumping unwanted kittens or pups or even your pet […]

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