Zoo Visitors Mourn Loss of Jaguar, Zookeeper
Parents struggled Sunday to find ways to tell their children about the fatal mauling of a zookeeper at the Denver Zoo a day earlier, Rocky Mountain (Denver, Colorado) News reports. Read the article
“Papa Cat” Returns to What He Loves Most
When Paul Niedmann gets to work in the morning at Bridgeport's animal shelter, he greets his furry, whiskered charges and scratches behind their ears, The Connecticut Post reports. Read the article
Free from the Chimney
For days, Hazel the cat was trapped in the chimney of its owner’s Bellepoint home with no food or water. Jennifer Whitaker, the cat’s owner, believed Hazel would find a way out just like she found a way in. But as the days went by and Hazel’s meows grew fainter from the chimney, Whitaker knew she had to do something, The (Frankfort, Kentucky) State Journal reports. Read the article
Feral Cat Expert Calls for Education
The biggest opposition to trap, neuter and return programs for the feral cat population is human ignorance, a national feral cat expert told a local animal welfare coalition Saturday, The (San Antonio) Express-News reports. Read the article