The Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare is offering free adoption for all cats and dogs one year or older through September 23. Puppies are available for $50, and kittens are available for $25. An $11 licensing fee will be applied to all adoptions for Escambia County residents. “We recently partnered with Best Friends Animal […]
How to Groom Your Cat, Trim Their Nails, and Give Them Medication (PPiC Ep12)
Zazie and Kristi chat about how to groom cats, what to do with matted fur, trimming cats’ nails, and how to give meds to cats. This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Get Companion Animal Psychology in your inbox. Watch episode 12 […]
Weekly Top Animal and Video News: Golden Retrievers’ Pool Adventure, 9-Week-Old Puppy Finds Home, Kitten Saved from Euthanasia Befriends Rescue Cat, and More!
Every Sunday, One Green Planet brings you the week’s top animal news. For those who don’t have a lot of time to look through the news each day, this will be a great resource and an easy way to catch up! Animal News Source: soumen82hazra/Shutterstock As always, we had a ton of news to cover […]
Happy Cats and The Best Cat Stories about Gremlin
Learn about how to make cats happy and hear about Anna Webb’s amazing cat Gremlin in the Purrcast. By Zazie Todd PhD Sometimes cats come into your life and choose you. That was the case for Anna Webb’s cat Gremlin, who turned out to be a very special cat. Last year, I chatted with Anna […]
The Feline Grimace Scale Helps You Know if Your Cat is in Pain
Cat caregivers can successfully use this tool to spot acute pain in cats, study shows. Photo: Heidi Bollich/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Get Companion Animal Psychology in your inbox. Cats have a reputation for being […]
Good news: Big Cat Public Safety Act rules are now a reality
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block For over a decade, we have been fighting hard to prevent the suffering and abuse of captive big cats, confronting a dangerous industry and the individuals who take advantage of these animals. And we celebrated in December of last year when President Biden signed the Big Cat Public Safety […]
Simple Life Hacks for a Happier Cat
A new post on my Psych Today blog has some easy tweaks for cat guardians. Westfale/Pixabay By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Sometimes small changes can make a big difference. That applies to your cat too. Often […]
More Cat Chat with Radio New Zealand’s Sunday Morning
How cats were domesticated, whether to keep your cat indoors at night, and other cat questions answered. Photo: Anna Pasichnyk/Shutterstock By Zazie Todd PhD This page contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Get Companion Animal Psychology in your inbox. On Sunday Morning, I […]
Best Friends Animal Society to offer free cat adoptions all June
We New Yorkers love our pets—the dog-friendly restaurants and pet-friendly hotels around the city alone are proof—but if you’ve been mulling over whether or not to adopt a furry friend for a while, now’s the time. Not only is it Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, but Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization fighting to end […]
Shepparton Animal Shelter Hosts Cat Adoption Day Again
Following a successful adoption day in April that saw over 40 cats and kittens find loving homes, the Shepparton Animal Shelter is holding another cat adoption day. Image by Michael Sum The adoption day is this Saturday 27 May from 10am to 2pm at the Shepparton Animal Shelter on Wanganui Road. Adoption fees have been […]