Cat Stories

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Saving the pet who needs you the most

Saving a pet who needs you the most -- perhaps a dog or cat with special needs, a ...
Best Friends Magazine
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Top 10 reasons to foster a pet

What are the top 10 reasons to foster a pet? You'll be saving an animal'...
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Misinformation and scaremongering likely to undermine TNR efforts in Hawaii

Toxoplasmosis to blame for recent Hawaiian monk seal deaths puts trap-neuter-retur...
Julie Castle Blog
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NKLA: Calling all heroes!

Los Angeles foster homes needed for dogs and cats with medical conditions in order...
Julie Castle Blog
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Kittens, kittens, kittens!

Best Friends in Los Angeles has committed to save every kitten from L.A. city shel...
Julie Castle Blog
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Community cat playbook

Return-to-field (RTF) humane management models get stray and feral cats fixed and ...
Julie Castle Blog
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The Remarkable Dr. Kate Hurley: Evolution of a cat lifesaving legend

University of California, Davis' Koret Shelter Medicine Program director Dr. ...
Julie Castle Blog
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Two days, hundreds of dogs and cats adopted

Around 500 shelter dogs and cats are adopted at the fall 2018 NKUT Super Adoption ...
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Helping a cat lose weight and find a home

Overweight cat is put on a diet and exercise routine to help her lose weight and r...
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How fostering dogs and cats saves lives

Fostering a dog or cat saves a shelter pet's life, but that's not all. L...
Best Friends Magazine
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Designing a space for a cat in a New York City apartment

Adopter makes her New York City apartment cat-friendly, with places for her kitty ...
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LAPD officer by day, kitten foster by night

Read an interview with Michael Moran, a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reser...
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Recovery for a kitten with the heart of a lion

Kitten struggling to survive comes to the Best Friends Kitten Nursery with a serio...
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Loving a sassy cat with kidney disease

Senior cat in the early stages of kidney disease ends up at the shelter, but is th...
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Incontinent cats living the good life

Read about four cats with urinary incontinence who require little extra care, are ...
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