• Wally, Sir Wallace Grey, Persian cat, Brachycephalic airway syndrome, stenotic nares surgery, breathing difficulty, Wolfie Smiles, Friends for Life Rescue Network, Los Angeles

Rescued Persian Gets a Breath of Fresh Air with Special Nostril Widening Surgery

By |2023-08-04T09:45:39-04:00August 4th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Education|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Wally, a Persian cat, has an adorable little smushed face but the little guy could hardly breathe properly. Fortunately, rescuer Jacqueline, who took in

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  • Brooklyn Cat Rescue Danaandthecats, Ham the elusive feral cat becomes a housecat, Brooklyn Animal Action

Feral ‘Ham’ Becomes ‘Fully Fledged Housecat’ After Eluding Capture and Losing His Vision

By |2023-07-27T15:06:38-04:00July 27th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Rescue|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A four-month-old kitten, Ham, or Ham Sandwich, earned his name because he refused to be caught by TNR (trap, neuter, release) rescuers. Instead, he

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  • Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE) receives $6.5 million grant from Maddie's Fund, Sterling TrapKing Davis, Brooklyn rescuer Latonya Sassee Walker and CARE's Marilou Chanrasmi

Historic 6.5 Million Grant to CARE Will Help Advance Inclusion in the Animal Well-Being World

By |2023-07-27T09:48:15-04:00July 27th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Mews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A nationwide initiative to support underserved communities and pets is getting off the ground after a historic Maddie's Fund awarded a $6.5 million grant to Companions

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  • Megachonker Charlie the cat, 26.5 pounds, Feline Friends Chicago, weight loss, physical trainer for cat, overweight cat

Megachonky Charlie Seeks Furever Family/Personal Trainer to Help Him Cat Again

By |2023-07-12T15:42:16-04:00July 12th, 2023|Categories: Adopt, Animal Welfare, Awwdorable|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Charlie, the 'megachonker,' is nine years old and weighed 26.5 pounds when he arrived with rescuers at Feline Friends Chicago. His former family had

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  • Nancy Sauer, 7 persian cats, Tampa Bay, woman leaves mansion to her cats, judge orders they find new homes, Humane Society of the Tampa Bay

Tampa Woman Leaves Her Seven Persian Cats a Mansion and Inheritance

By |2023-06-26T09:46:28-04:00June 26th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Mews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A wealthy Tampa woman, Nancy Sauer, died at age 84 on November 26, 2022. Her son and husband previously passed, and she left a

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  • Amsterdam's Floating Cat Shelter, De Poezenboot, Has Rescued Cats for 55 Years, The Cat Boat

Amsterdam’s Floating Cat Shelter, De Poezenboot, Rescuing Cats for 55 Years!

By |2023-06-25T15:53:44-04:00June 25th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Rescue|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

When it comes to cat rescues, one may not imagine one on an aquatic houseboat. But you'll find one in the canals of Amsterdam,

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  • Patches Journey, 42 pound cat, Richmond, Virginia, Wellesley, weight loss for cats

Patches, Once 42 Pounds, Plots Furtastic Future with His Mini-Me Exercise Coach

By |2023-06-14T10:00:46-04:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Mews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Here's an update on Patches, the once 42-pound cat adopted from a shelter in Richmond, Virginia. We previously shared how owner-surrendered Patches, age 6, began a

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  • Tree House Humane Society, Cats at Work, rodent control, feral cats, rescue, rats

Chicago’s ‘Cats at Work’ Program Drives Out Rats with Strategically Placed Adopted Feral Cats

By |2023-06-01T10:13:46-04:00June 1st, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Mews|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

What to do about a city overrun with rats which unfortunately carry transmittable diseases and cause all kinds of damage to structures? Well, in Chicago,

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  • La Quinta, California, trash compactor, NBC Palm Springs, rescued kittens, Robert from Burrtec waste disposal, Furever Home Kitty Rescue

‘Heart-Thumping Rescue’ of Kitten from Trash Compactor After Huge Community Effort

By |2024-11-09T16:44:02-05:00May 24th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Rescue|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Kittens dumped like garbage in a trash compactor made the news when a caller in La Quinta, California, phoned their local station at midnight.

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  • Timber's Legacy, Pumpkin the 14-year-old cat surrendered by elderly owner, palliative care, fospice home, Manhattan, New York

Elderly Owner Forced to Give Up Senior Cat, But Rescuers Give Him a Loving ‘Fospice Home’

By |2023-12-31T11:23:30-05:00May 18th, 2023|Categories: Animal Welfare, Awwdorable, Rescue, Senior|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A lovable senior cat, Pumpkin, was 14 and struggling when his elderly owner had no choice but to surrender him. He ended up at

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