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 […]
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Stimulating A Kitten To Urinate and Poop
https://youtu.be/QGKFqz-dpVc Mother cats take care of stimulating their kittens to urinate and defecate, but kittens without mothers need help. This step-by-step video guide can get any human up to feline mother standards in no time and provides guidance on what to do if problems arise. For more information about this and other videos about orphaned […]
I Cannot Save Them All
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, […]
Animal Cruelty Begets Human Violence
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/
How Much Do You Care?
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? […]
Using A Drop Trap
Drop Trap Setup & Tear Down This 5:50-minute video shows how to set up and tear down the Tomahawk drop trap. Note: When trapping, we do not recommend completely removing both guilliotine doors as shown in this video. Experience has taught us that when a scared cat enters the transfer cage, you need to close […]
Tiny’s Big Adventure
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 […]
Texas Has A Public That Allows Random Pet Breeding and Irresponsible Pet Ownership
Says Who? Says the Texas Department of Health And Safety. The following excerpt from their training literature for personnel involved in euthanizing animals sums up the core problem, “…Understand that you are not responsible for the death of these animals. You are responding to a public that allows random pet breeding and irresponsible pet ownership.” […]