The mind of a cat

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This is a rescue story of a different sort. Freddy, the cat, made the news in England lately by ending up on top of an electrical pole for 18 hours, just inches short of a live wire and electrocution.
From England’s Wilshire area, the Wiltshire Gazette article states:
“Balanced precariously on an electricity cable for about 18 hours, one [...]

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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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A story of daring and danger

In diplomatic and other compounds in Iraq, it is illegal to have a cat. Go figure. Last year over 7,000 cats were trapped and of these, more than 5,000 were killed. In the Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation where cats were first domesticated, most are well-fed and respected by the locals but there is no safety [...]

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