Clik here to view.
Screwworms: can Best Friends Animal Society “save them all”?
(Beth Clifton collage) Screwworm quarantines threaten adoption transport approach to achieving Best Friends’ “90% live release rate” threshold for “no kill” status AUSTIN, Texas––From agribusiness...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What if your cat could kill 10 billion insects?
(Beth Clifton collage) Allegation that cats are an existential threat to bugs is multi-magnitudes even more exaggerated than allegations of cats’ threat to birds SÅO PAULO, Brazil––Somehow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
California bans declawing cats without seceding from the United States
Gavin Newsom & friends. (Beth Clifton collage) 42 nations have now banned declawing cats, & nine of the ten Canadian provinces, but only four U.S. states SACRAMENTO,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How solving the blue pork mystery might save cats, hawks, owls & eagles
(Beth Clifton collage) Anti-coagulant rodenticides are less & less effective, so people use more & more of them GRAFTON, Massachusetts; MONTEREY, California––Blue pork from wild pigs in early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Injunction vs. San Diego HS “return-to-field” cat practices made permanent
(Beth Clifton collage) No more dumping kittens or cats with clear signs of ownership, orders judge SAN DIEGO, California––San Diego Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal on June 9, 2025...
View ArticleClik here to view.
H5N1 hits cats at Wild Felid Advocacy Center & wild pumas in the Olympics
(Beth Clifton collage) Wild cats stricken directly under the Pacific Flyway HARSTINE ISLAND, Washington––Killing 20 of the 37 large and exotic cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Veterinary greed vs. animal health on the Colorado ballot
(Beth Clifton collage) The Denver Dumb Friends League & Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain vet, are on the same side this time DENVER, Colorado––Veterinary protectionism vs. animal health is on a state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Hurry up & wait,” courts tell Paul Watson & San Diego cat advocates
Captain Paul Watson. (Beth Clifton collage) Watson to remain in Greenland jail until September 5; cat trial on hold even longer NUUK, Greenland; SAN DIEGO, California––British prime minister...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rare “staggering disease” found in a Colorado mountain lion
(Beth Clifton collage) Will the “staggering disease” discovery become a factor in the Cats Aren’t Trophies ballot initiative campaign? DENVER––How did “staggering disease” jump from domestic cats in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
H5N1 avian flu goes global: what that means for for us & for animals
(Beth Clifton collage) H5N1, much less deadly than it once was, has spread from pole to pole & from birds to cats & mice ANNAPOLIS, ATLANTA––No one at either the Program for Monitoring...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fourth of July, Diwali, the Big Bang, & entropic dissolution of the universe
(Beth Clifton collage) Fourth of July fireworks are not the end of the world, but animals do not know that ANIMALS 24-7 has a version of the Big Bang Theory, which holds, quite apart from theories...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fewer cats killed in shelters now than dogs. Effect of Feline Fix by Five?
(Beth Clifton collage) Shelter Animals Count finds more dogs euthanized than cats in shelters for first time since the first surveys were done PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania; BRUNSWICK, Maine; ATLANTA,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rabid kitten & dog jeopardize eradication success stories in U.S. & India
(Beth Clifton collage) Apparently isolated cases, but both rabies outbreaks came where they should not have OMAHA, Nebraska; CHENNAI, India––Recent discoveries of a rabid kitten in east-central...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mystery diseases hit dogs, cats, sea lions––are birds the missing link?
(Beth Clifton collage) H5N1 avian flu, a virus, has hit all of the outbreak areas, but many of the mystery infections appear to be bacterial SPOKANE, Washington; SAN DIEGO, California; LONDON,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lahaina: National Guard top brass defends keeping rescuers out on TV
Boots on the ground.(Beth Clifton collage) Cats and rare birds are still seen more often in & around the burn zone than the ASPCA LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii––National Guard adjutant general Kenneth Hara...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Birds killing cats? Avian flu hits cats in Poland, FIP hits cats in Cyprus
(Beth Clifton collage) FIP rages. Avian flu outbreaks among cats are few, but hint at increasing vulnerability of mammals to bird diseases NICOSIA, Cyprus; WARSAW, Poland; HELSINKI...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cat advocate Joan Miller, 88, linked breed fanciers & humane world
Joan Miller. (Beth Clifton collage) Architect turned lobbyist won 1990 law requiring California shelters to do spay/neuter before adoption Joan Miller, 88, who for more than 30 years bridged the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to heal pets, heal the humane community, & heal the veterinary profession
(Beth Clifton collage) Diagnosis by Dr. Jeff Young, Rocky Mountain Vet, & prescription by Bob Christiansen could provide a cure-all Drawing from a million to 1.7 million viewers per episode of his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is the Veterinary Profession Serving All Companion Animal Medical Needs in...
(Beth Clifton collage) A Case for Full-Service, Low-Cost, Non-Profit Community Veterinary Care Centers by Bob Christiansen Free download from www.bocafund.com. (See also How to heal pets, heal the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets
D.C. cats. (Beth Clifton collage) Birder claims about feral cats hugely exaggerated WASHINGTON D.C.––Three years & expenditure of $1.5 million after it started, the D.C. Cat Count...
View Article
