Animal Welfare & Policy

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (376+ words) When drawing cats, even just the tilt of the ears or the roundness of the cheeks changes the atmosphere in the picture. The moment they turn to look at you, the gesture of stretching their front paws, the chest fur…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (381+ words) Three weeks of keeping her distance, and Gabby suddenly decides Sara's legs are a perfectly good place to settle. The foster cat is sitting by her feet while Sara relaxes on the couch when she shifts her little body closer…...

13+ hour, 6+ min ago   (546+ words) Not all stray cats do well in a noisy, crowded shelter, especially if they’ve just given birth. They’re more likely to open up and show their true personalities in the safety of a quiet home. Thank goodness for the love…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (297+ words) Pearl is a mom to two children and 17 fur babies: all Ragdoll cats. One of them, Penny, recently had kittens, and like many new moms, decided she could use a break. She did what plenty of exhausted moms do: dropped…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (362+ words) Senior dogs and cats wait longer for adoption than their younger furry friends. Potential pet parents shy away from animals over a certain age due to possible health issues and limited life span, yet these older fur babies bring so…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (988+ words) Cats may identify one another through a surprisingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in their urine. The compounds appear linked to mysterious fat droplets in the kidneys and may represent a scent-recognition system shared across the…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (386+ words) Officials said this was the largest companion animal search warrant and rescue operation ever conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control. A California woman is facing more than a dozen charges after officials said more…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (548+ words) Hamlet looks like someone plucked Garfield straight out of the comic strip, dropped him off at a shelter in Arizona and forgot to tell him the world doesn’t deserve him yet. This 3-year-old orange-and-white domestic shorthair ginger cat was returned…...

2+ day, 15+ min ago   (78+ words) A power issue Thursday knocked out air conditioning to a room at Metro Animal Care and Control. Foster families in middle Tennessee are stepping up to take many dogs until the air conditioning can be fixed for that room. A…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (152+ words) The Punjab Wildlife Department on Sunday intensified its province-wide crackdown against illegal hunting,trafficking and unauthorized captivity of protected animals and birds.According to the department,13,730 cases of wildlife crimes have been registered since February 2024 while FIRs have been lod.....