UK Bans Pet Shops From Selling Puppies and Kittens
Britain has banned third-party sales of puppies and kittens to protect the animals from exploitation.
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Watchdog Can Run Transit Ads Decrying Kitten Tests
Ads protesting experimental testing on kittens by the Agriculture Department will soon appear on buses and trains in Maryland thanks to a settlement between a taxpayer watchdog group and the state, which initially rejected the group’s ad campaign this fall.
Read moreToo Many Cats
A husband and wife claim in a federal complaint that the Houston SPCA and Montgomery County illegally seized their 231 rescued cats with a “bogus warrant.”
Read more‘Grumpy Cat’ Licensing Fight Kicks Off in California
Internet sensation Grumpy Cat, the feline who lamented life’s many challenges in morose memes on social media several years ago, took center stage in a contract dispute on trial in a Southern California federal courtroom on Tuesday.
Read moreRare 8-Cub Cheetah Litter Unveiled in St. Louis
Unveiling a cheetah litter more than twice the average size, the Saint Louis Zoo touted the birth Wednesday of eight healthy cubs.
Read moreCat Hoarding Lands Seller and Realtors in Court
In a six-figure demand, a man who bought a suburban Phoenix home to remodel and flip it says he’s stuck with it now because the sellers didn’t disclose that it had been the scene of a notorious incident of cat hoarding, “far worse than any homicide scene.”
Read morePiping Plover Defenders Gear Up for Trial
A parks official is headed to trial on claims that the failure to rein in a colony of feral cats at Jones Beach on Long Island has put a threatened bird population at risk.
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