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Yes. A percentage of kittens are born with a different blood type than their mother and because of that may be doomed to die when they take their first meal of mother’s milk. Feline blood types are important for nursing because kittens can develop neonatal isoerythrolysis (NI) if they nurse from a queen with a […]

A cat lover in Henderson, Texas who is a strong supporter of Rusk County Pets Alive and the Henderson Animal Center’s no-kill initiative finds herself foster failing a sweet, playful young  (3-month old) kitten that has tested FeLV+. Yes, she knows to test again later and to confirm, but she is assuming this poor baby […]

UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SAVE THEM ALL Why? Because rescues and shelters are far out numbered by irresponsible pet owners and the rapid reproduction rate among cats and dogs that are not spayed or neutered. I receive calls EVERY DAY about homeless animals that I do not have the capacity or resources to take in. Recently, […]

https://aldf.org/article/the-link-between-cruelty-to-animals-and-violence-toward-humans-2/ https://www.vftafoundation.org/are_animal_abusers_dangerous_to_people_open_discussion https://www.animallaw.info/article/link-cruelty-animals-and-violence-towards-people https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/the-link-between-animal-cruelty-and-human-violence https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7683760/  

Do you care a little or do you care a lot? Do you care enough to take action when you observe circumstances that evoke strong emotions even if taking action is inconvenient, costly or emotionally challenging for you? (Good samaritans, animal lovers and animal rescuers do this every day.) Do you care enough to kill? […]

The Henderson Cat Colony fundraiser has ended, so I am not even sure if posts still reach many, but I keep posting followups here to emphasize that the work of clearing the Henderson Cat Colony is not yet over. It has been — and continues to be — a MASSIVE $$, time and energy undertaking […]