Cats in china have a friend

Thought I’d take a peek around at what life is like in China for felines. In doing so, I discovered the horror stories about cat culling to rid the city of its strays before the Olympics. I am doing some further investigations into this horrifying situation before going to ‘print’ here at the Newsroom.
Along the way, during my search, [...]

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The Great Kitty Rescue

Shelley Thayer recently spent seven grueling months in the Nevada desert where she and dozens of others worked to save 800 cats found starving in a remote compound. (The photo here shows her with Beignet, a poodle she rescued after Hurricane Katrina.)
Thayer works for the Best Friends Animal Society, headquartered on 30,000 acres in Angel Canyon, [...]

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Cats among the ruins

The Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary is an incredible place where dedicated volunteers have been working since 1994 to create a sanctuary for Rome’s abandoned cats. Here’s the introduction from their Roman Cats website. “Here at Torre Argentina our feline friends (which now number approximately 250) have found respite from the chaos and traffic amongst the oldest temples in [...]

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Nine Lives Greece

Cats in Greece don’t have such an easy life. They are not kept as pets like we are here, so there’s a lot of strays there. It looks like these humans are doing a good job of helping out my fellow felines.
This is from a group in Greece called “Nine Lives Greece”. They have been [...]

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