All posts tagged feral cats

Stacy LeBaron, host of The Community Cats Podcast

By | June 21, 2017 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Stacy LeBaron—a veteran animal welfare advocate (felines, in particular) who hosts The Community Cats Podcast—recalls her first memory of a cat…who happened to be named Duncan! Read more…

Michele Lazarow, activist against pet stores selling puppy mill dogs

By | April 6, 2016 | Advocates, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation | No comments

Michele Lazarow—a Hallandale Beach city commissioner and activist who has helped pass numerous laws across Florida preventing pet stories from selling dogs that come from puppy mills—recounts the dreadful experience she had in 2004 after buying her dog, Alfie, from a pet store, which misrepresented where the dog had come from, thereby launching Lazarow on the path of crusader to make such transactions illegal. Read more…

Jeanine Cohen, co-founder of Cat Crusaders

By | June 4, 2014 | Adoption, Cats, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Jeanine Cohen—the co-founder and co-director of Tampa Cat Crusaders, an all-volunteer cat rescue—recalls the circumstances that propelled her into cat rescue, a story which involves a semi-feral feline near Cohen’s office that had kittens. (That cat, Tramp, now lives with Cohen and her family.) Read more…

Ian Hallett, Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services

By | May 15, 2013 | Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

 

Ian Hallett—Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services—discusses his formative years in Riverview, the sort of animals he grew up with and around, including becoming a staff vet tech at 16. He explains how his educational path took him to Austin, where he began volunteering at the animal shelter there, taking on various volunteer roles, then getting hired as a staffer, ultimately ascending to Deputy Chief Animal Services. Read more…

Becky Robinson, co-founder of Alley Cat Allies

By | April 24, 2013 | Advocates, Cats, Educators, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | 1 Comment

Becky Robinson—co-founder and president of Alley Cat Allies, which bills itself the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and human treatment of cats—recounts the incident and surrounding circumstances that led in 1990 to the launching of Alley Cat Allies. Read more…

← Older Entries