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      US National Park Service sued over plan to trap Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 29 March - 01:20

    Activists say plan to remove 200 felines near Old San Juan fortress within six months is not enough time and worry cats will be killed

    A non-profit organization said Thursday that it sued the US National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the US territory.

    The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal welfare organization to remove an estimated 200 cats that live in an area surrounding a historic seaside fortress in Old San Juan.

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      Charity steps in to rehome 300 cats from ‘overwhelmed’ man in Canada

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 24 March - 14:40

    Man says he ended up in ‘a crazy situation’ after he began taking in cats abandoned during Covid pandemic

    An animal welfare charity in western Canada is scrambling to secure the resources needed to care for about 300 cats – all of them seemingly in good condition – after a call came in from a man who described himself as being “overwhelmed” by the sheer number of cats and kittens in his home.

    Bruce Robinson told the British Columbia SPCA that he had taken in cats that had been abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic but that the cost of caring for them had become a herculean task after he lost his job.

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      The pet I’ll never forget: Tiggy the serial killer, who ruled the house with naked menace

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 March - 11:00

    She was my first pet, so her aversion to affection came as a disappointment. But I couldn’t help admire her carefree, combative confidence

    My pyjama trousers must have been on the small side at the time – not unusual for a nine-year-old going through a mini-growth spurt. However, the reason I know that the trouser legs were hanging above my ankles is that when Tiggy took a swipe at them that morning, she managed to draw blood.

    To be fair, she had given me due warning. On the previous occasion I was slow to feed the cat, she had growled with such naked menace that had she been human, the message could not have been more explicit: next time I’ll cut you.

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      Tim Dowling: we thought the cat had miaowed his last. He had other ideas

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 2 March - 06:00


    He came in limping and in distress, and then disappeared, promoting a frantic search

    Sunday morning: the cat wakes me up in its usual way, by leaping on to my chest and placing a paw over my mouth to stop me crying out. I open my eyes, and the cat leans in.

    “Miaow,” it says, meaning: let’s go.

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