I recently read a heartbreaking story about a cat named Hadley who had been deliberately set on fire. Hadley suffered painful third-degree burns on his face, ears, neck, back and legs. A photo in a Michigan newspaper shows Hadley’s blackened ears, which vets say will probably fall off because they are so …

I have yet to meet anyone who wants to be kept alive by whatever medical treatment is possible if the end result is months, years, or the remainder of one’s life in a nursing home or institution dependent on assistance with even basic bodily functions. Have you? After my late …

Mornings are my favorite part of the day. My big old dog Zoey wakes me up like clockwork at 5 a.m. each morning with kisses to tell me it’s time for her to go out. The three young kitties sit patiently by the bed, waiting to follow me in line—like I am the Pied Piper—upstairs to the cat …

“If only I had the money, I’d open up a huge sanctuary for all homeless cats and dogs!” I’m sure you have heard this idea expressed as a possible solution to the homeless dog and cat crisis. Over the decades, I’ve found that these comments usually come …

Since I was a little girl, I have adopted (and been adopted by) old cats, young kitties, tabbies, calicos, fat cats, skinny cats, black cats, white cats, girl cats, and boy cats. The only thing they all have had in common is that they’ve all been spayed and neutered! I don’t understand why, …