We know the fediverse needs no excuse, but just FYI, today is International Hug Your Cat Day. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard from Reader's Digest about where cats like kisses and get the zoomies, how to train them, and more.
A ban on having exotic animals as pet would actually be the best to honour these 'magnificent' animals.
I don't think the owner was necessarily bad. However, if you are a pet owner, of any animal, not just exotic ones, the least you can do if you go away for holidays is having someone coming to check for your pets.
NY Times: Catastrophic Floods in Brazil Set Off Another Crisis: Homeless Pets
Officials in the southern part of the country have rescued more than 12,500 animals in recent weeks since catastrophic floods inundated cities and towns.
NEW: Nearly 40 pups from #Texas are recovering from their long journey to #Massachusetts as we get set for our next fee-waived adoptathon! The dogs arrived in #Bedford last weekend and were immediately brought to the Northeast Animal Shelter to serve out their quarantine and get checked out 1/
This is our first transport with Operation Kindness, a shelter in Carrolton, Texas that takes in and rehomes #pets surrendered by their owners while also acting as a so-called way-station for more than 100 partners in #Texas, #Oklahoma, and #Louisiana 2/
This summer, watch out for the unassuming grass seed pod known as a foxtail. Its segment's stickiness can burrow into the skin, eyes, and ears of pets, be inhaled into the nose or even make its way into the lungs.
Roman, the commander of a fire support platoon, with his dog Marcel at a rest house near the front line in the Donetsk region in April. Roman adopted the dog after finding him in a demolished village where he is stationed. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
With so many unwanted #pets, staff say things are at a breaking point. People come to the shelter looking to surrender their animals but are turned away daily.
“We have about 45 #dogs on our waiting list to come in, we probably have double that in #cats waiting to come in.”
If you've lost a pet in the Valley View storm, All American Dogs Shelter has been out to the area and has picked up several pets.
They will be diligently searching for and picking up loose/stray animals and taking them back to the shelter in Pilot Point.
Please contact the shelter or (better) go out there and see if your furry family member has been captured and is waiting for you.
If you haven't had a chance to do so yet, and your pet is microchipped, please contact your microchip company to be sure the contact info is up to date.