In the afternoon on Friday, June 22nd, the Cole and Marmalade household accepted a new challenge. Four neonatal kittens, only about a week old, were found dumped carelessly in a paper bag on the steps of the local humane society. So young still, you could see a recently detached umbilical cord! Eyes not even […] More
If ever there was a cat that could be called a “survivor”, it is Norman. The handsome black and white boy was found injured on the side of Interstate 275, a 60-mile major highway in Tampa, Florida on January 13th this year. He was brought to a local animal services shelter, where unfortunately he […] More
Everyone loves surprises…well that is if they are related to kittens!!! The San Diego Humane Society in California has just launched a furtastic campaign. The goal is to help raise money for their Day Of Giving, coming up on June 28th, 2018. All the departments are devising creative ways to raise funds in the days […] More
Most cat lovers automatically swoon at the sight of a little ball of baby kitten fluff when we see them. Baby “talk” flows uncontrollably out of our mouths and our hearts melt. However, when an experienced shelter worker or rescue group sees kittens, their initial reaction can be a bit different. Their hearts drop and […] More
Meet Finley… This cute girl has been residing at the Great Plains SPCA in Independence, Missouri for over 400 days! She was a found stray and went into foster care for socialization and now sits in a colony in the shelter just waiting and watching her friends get adopted… Volunteers at the shelter say she’s shy, likes petting, […] More
I’m pretty sure everybody reading this right now likes kittens… in fact I’d be willing to bet money that most of you LOVE kittens, I know I do! Those tiny fluff balls are so cute, playful and inquisitive of their surroundings… So “Kitten Season” must be a good thing right?… WRONG! Although it sounds amazing, kitten season is the […] More
It still makes my head hurt and my heart ache when I read animal shelter euthanasia stats from around the world, year after year millions of healthy cats and dogs are killed because they couldn’t find a furever home. This problem is magnified each spring when cats give birth, flooding animal shelters and rescue groups across […] More