Texas USA: low-cost and effective shelter medicine undermined by vets
Back in May of 2014 the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (TBVME) made a decision that the veterinary care at animal shelters should be the same standard as that in private practice. There is...
View ArticleWild Cat Species of Texas
At 2011, Texas Parks & Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas, USA: Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)...
View ArticleTexas Veterinary Disciplinary Records
*Source – Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Official Board Orders & Online & Archived Disciplinary Summary The data is presented by an independent website. It is not affiliated to the...
View ArticleEight-year-old Girl Beats Companion Animal But This is Not a Crime
An eight-year-old girl was videoed beating a puppy in Stephenville, Texas. All the evidence is there for a successful prosecution for animal cruelty under Texas animal welfare laws but the police were...
View ArticleUpdate on the Kristen Lindsey DVM Cat Killing Case
You may remember this high profile case well. Briefly Ms Lindsey is a Texas veterinarian who killed a neighbour’s cat, Tiger, with a bow and arrow. She proudly and boastfully published, on Facebook, a...
View ArticleEvicted library cat was a cause célèbre but now he’s back!
Pettiness amongst a Texas voting council resulted in a library cat, “Browser”, being evicted from his home despite having lived in the library for five years to the delight of patrons. The reasons were...
View ArticleIs it illegal to kill a feral cat in Texas?
Yes, it is illegal to kill a feral cat in Texas unless it is done in a humane way which can only mean in the conventional way that a domestic cat is euthanised i.e. by veterinarian or veterinary...
View ArticleTexas law on animal cruelty does not make sense
There is one aspect at least of the law regarding animal cruelty in Texas which does not make sense to me and I would like someone to explain it, please. It concerns Texas Penal Code-Penal 42.092....
View ArticlePets are now allowed at Houston evacuee shelters in the aftermath of...
According to an August 28 update by Alley Cat Allies, Houston evacuee shelters in the path of flood damage by Hurricane Harvey are now accepting pets. Their website announced “Pets are now allowed at...
View ArticleTexas animal rescuer files lawsuit after 111 emaciated dogs and cats removed...
This interesting case comes out of Tarrant County, Texas where a rescuer of shelter pets was charged with animal cruelty after police found 111 emaciated dogs and cats in a Keller home. A lawsuit has...
View ArticleReason why Kristen Lindsey was not charged with a crime when she killed...
Lindsey DVM was not charged with a crime under Texas animal welfare laws and laws governing criminal damage because of two essential reasons: The crime occurred in Texas and; The cat’s owners, Mr and...
View ArticleCat hair led investigators to Texas woman who mailed bombs to government...
A Texas cat owner was indicted last week in Houston district court on six counts for allegedly mailing potentially deadly homemade bombs to President Barack Obama and Texas Governor Greg Abbott in...
View ArticleWild Cat Species of Texas
At 2011, Texas Parks & Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas, USA: Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)...
View ArticleTexas Veterinary Disciplinary Records
*Source – Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Official Board Orders & Online & Archived Disciplinary Summary The data is presented by an independent website. It is not affiliated to the...
View ArticleEight-year-old Girl Beats Companion Animal But This is Not a Crime
An eight-year-old girl was videoed beating a puppy in Stephenville, Texas. All the evidence is there for a successful prosecution for animal cruelty under Texas animal welfare laws but the police were...
View ArticleUpdate on the Kristen Lindsey DVM Cat Killing Case
You may remember this high profile case well. Briefly Ms Lindsey is a Texas veterinarian who killed a neighbour’s cat, Tiger, with a bow and arrow. She proudly and boastfully published, on Facebook, a...
View ArticleEvicted library cat was a cause célèbre but now he’s back!
Pettiness amongst a Texas voting council resulted in a library cat, “Browser”, being evicted from his home despite having lived in the library for five years to the delight of patrons. The reasons were...
View ArticleIs it illegal to kill a feral cat in Texas?
Yes, it is illegal to kill a feral cat in Texas unless it is done in a humane way which can only mean in the conventional way that a domestic cat is euthanised i.e. by veterinarian or veterinary...
View ArticleTexas law on animal cruelty does not make sense
There is one aspect at least of the law regarding animal cruelty in Texas which does not make sense to me and I would like someone to explain it, please. It concerns Texas Penal Code-Penal 42.092....
View ArticlePets are now allowed at Houston evacuee shelters in the aftermath of...
According to an August 28 update by Alley Cat Allies, Houston evacuee shelters in the path of flood damage by Hurricane Harvey are now accepting pets. Their website announced “Pets are now allowed at...
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