Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Commission: Who will pay to enforce animal ordinance?
Shreveport Times, LA
... two months, a committee made up of area law enforcement agents, Caddo commissioners, Shreveport city councilmen, and members of Caddo Animal Control has been ...

McHenry Co. weighs animal control plan
Chicago Tribune, United States
... For months, McHenry County Animal Control has been racked by public debate about how to balance the desire to keep all healthy, adoptable animals alive with ...

Change in city's law sought in bid to control cat population
Warwick Beacon, RI
Lesley Doonan sees no end to the slaughter or to the multiplication of cats. On an average the city’s animal control shelter euthanizes five cats a week. There’s no knowing how many cats are born weekly, but it’s safe to venture that it is many times that number.

City of Delta, Colorado - Minutes July 29, 2005
Councilmember Comments
[Excerpt]
Councilmember Thompson reported on a complaint she had received from a citizen via email concerning a cat problem. The citizen suggested that the City purchase more animal traps to be used in trapping feral cats.

City faces feral cat crisis
Auburn Journal, CA
Auburn police and volunteers are dealing with dozens of abandoned cats living in an home on Summit Street, in one of the biggest animal abandonment cases the ...

Warning in Bethlehem after rabid skunk is found
Allentown Morning Call, PA
... states. ''The public, especially children, should be warned to stay away from all stray and wild animals, including feral cats.''. ...

Health District: Raccoon Tested Positive For Rabies
TheDay (subscription), CT
... Rabies is spread mostly by wild animals, but stray dogs and cats also can become infected and spread the virus. Mansfield advised ...

Family finds rabid bat
Ann Arbor News, MI
... a rabid fox was found in Oakland County and two rabid cats were reported ... In general, Cook said, no one should hand-feed or otherwise handle stray animals and ...

New fox attacks bring total to 6
St. Petersburg Times, FL
... officials said residents should vaccinate their domesticated animals, from dogs to cows; stay away from wildlife, such as raccoons and feral cats; and report ...

Research centre takes national approach to tackling pests
ABC Online, Australia
A national approach has begun to tackle the worst of Australia's pest animals, including foxes, cats, rabbits, carp and cane toads . ...

More government support for conservation scheme
ABC Online, Australia
The Western Shield baiting scheme aims to protect native animals by controlling introduced predators like the fox and feral cats. ...

Cats will be available at Saturday Market
Salem Statesman Journal, OR
... office. It's a good deal, just a $20 co-pay for females and $15 for males. You can be a friend to a feline without adopting, too. Just ...

Skinned cats found at nature spot
BBC News

Cats, Dogs Found Abandoned In Hancock County
Iowa Channel.com, IA
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Authorities said dozens of cats and dogs were found abandoned at a farm Hancock County. The animals were found Saturday afternoon. ...

Couple Face Several Charges In Animal Neglect Case
Iowa Channel.com

Three Hamilton cats doused with turps
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
Someone in Glenview, Hamilton, dislikes cats enough to torture them by dipping them in turps. In the past two weeks ...

Cats rule council's agenda tonight at City Hall
Providence Journal (subscription), RI
Proposed ordinances would outlaw more than four cats at a residence and require spaying or neutering felines adopted from the shelter.

Coyotes Suspected Of Killing Cats In Grand Prairie
NBC5i.com, TX
Over the past month, seven cats have been killed, but there's no proof coyotes are to blame. "Granted, the city is getting bigger ...

Feline Companionship
LTVNEWS.COM, Canada
SADE is one of a pair of cats that find themselves living at the shelter after their owner passed away. A quiet and gentle two year ...

New budget increases state authority over animal shelters
News & Observer, NC
... "I'm hopeful with progressive legislation such as this, it will pave the way to get some spay and neuter legislation in place," said Hope Hancock, executive ...