BOOKS: On Older Cats

June 1, 2003 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2003:

On Older Cats
by Judith Lindley
1stBooks (1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403), 2003.
302 pages. $14.50, paperback.

Judith Lindley was given her first litter of kittens 30 years
ago, at age 20. They won her heart. She had found her life’s work.
Lindley still devotedly nurses unwanted cats at the Animal Helpline
no-kill sanctuary, where she and her family shelter older and
handicapped cats, along with dogs, rabbits, geese and turkeys.
In On older cats Lindley shares her hands-on experience and
gives practical advice on the care of older cats. Some cat guardians
may be confused by the multi-faceted scientific explanations she
gives of the physiological and psychological changes within older
cats, but her practical tips will definitely be useful.

Australia commits to tail-docking ban

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2003:

BRISBANE, Australia–Five of the seven Australian states are
reportedly committed to introducing a national ban on docking dogs’
tails by June 30, 2003, to take effect on December 1.
“New South Wales and the Northern Territory requested more
time to consider joining the ban,” reported Larizza Dubecki of the
Melbourne Age. “The decision [to ban tail-docking] was made at the
April 10 Primary Industries Ministerial Council in Brisbane,
supported by the Royal SPCA and the Australian Veterinary Association.
The AVA first called for a ban on tail-docking in 1998, six
years after the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in Britain and
five years after the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, but
Australia is the first English-speaking nation to commit to a ban.
Rare outside English-speaking nations, tail-docking is done
primarily to comply with breed standards established in England by
the Kennel Club during the 19th century, later adopted by the
American Kennel Club and other kennel associations.

Breeders blast dog transfers for adoption as alleged biohazard

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2003:

HARTFORD, Connecticut; PORTLAND, Oregon–Rachel
With-erspoon, 40, of Litchfield, Connecticut, only wanted to help
the Kentucky Humane Society find homes for nine puppies. Her
misadventures in early March 2003, however, may have become Exhibit
A for introducing federal and state regulation governing what the
National Animal Interest Alliance decries as, “The mushrooming
practice of moving dogs around from one region to another and from
one shelter to another within regions,” also known as “humane
relocation.”
Founded in 1992 by Oregon dog breeder Patty Strand, the NAIA
represents many animal use industries, but most vigorously defends
the interests of dog breeders. The NAIA sees in humane relocation a
direct threat to breeders’ share of dog acquisitions.
As of 1994, three separate studies published by the American
Veterinary Medical Association and the National Pet Alliance found
that breeders and pet stores had about a third of the “new dog”
market. Shelters and rescuers had from 10% to 14%.

The dogs of war & other animals in liberated Iraq

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2003:

BAGHDAD; CAMP PATRIOT, Kuwait–Mine-detecting dolphins and
war dogs were the nonhuman heroes of the U.S. liberation of Iraq from
Saddam Hussein.
It was an evolutionary homecoming of sorts. Fossils found in
Pakistan indicate that the common ancestors of dogs and dolphins may
have first differentiated in this very region circa 70 million years
ago.

Breeders blast dog transfers for adoption as alleged biohazard

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2003:

Recent dog attack cases continue trend toward stiffer charges & sentencing

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2003–

Benjamin Moore, 28, of Richmond, California, who left
neighbor Shawn Jones, 10, for dead after Moore’s three pit bull
terriers mauled Jones beyond recognition in June 2001, was sentenced
on March 14 to serve six years plus eight months in federal prison on
a plea bargain for possession of cocaine with intent to sell. Moore
will not be prosecuted for Jones’ mauling because no applicable
charge would carry a stiffer sentence than he received on the drug
conviction.

P&G, Iams fire testing lab over PETA disclosures

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2003:

CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, DAYTON–The pet food manufacturer Iams
and Procter & Gamble, owner of Iams since 1999, took a public
relations beating from PETA on March 25-26 over alleged substandard
conditions at an unidentified contract laboratory.
PETA senior vice president Mary Beth Sweetland stated at a
March 25 press conference that undercover video taken at the lab,
which she refused to name, shows animals in “small, barren cages,
some for up to six years.”
Stating that “The lab is not in Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana,”
Sweetland said that animals there “are not given a resting board off
the cement floor when the temperature is less than 50 degrees, as
required by federal regulations,” reported Cliff Peale of the
Cincinnati Enquirer.

BOOKS: Sonya Fitzpatrick, The Pet Psychic

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2003:

Sonya Fitzpatrick, The Pet Psychic:
What the animals tell me by Sonya Fitzpatrick
Berkley Pub Group (c/o Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson St.,
New York, NY 10014), 2003. 272 pages, hardcover. $21.95.

The Pet Psychic is just too dumb to finish.
In childhood, Sonya Fitzpatrick claims, she had a hearing
impairment that made her relate better to animals and made her more
aware of her psychic/telepathic powers. Then one holiday her father
cooked her pet geese. Fitzpatrick became so traumatized that she
turned off her communication with animals, and didn’t start again
until she was an adult.

BOOKS: The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2003:

The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats:
A Journey Into The Feline Heart
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Ballantine books (c/o Random House, 1540 Broadway,
New York, NY 10036), 2002. 240 pages. $24.95 hardcover.

Cats, enigmatic creatures, what are they all about? What
are their emotions? How do they experience the world?
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of Dogs Never Lie About
Love (1997), who now lives in New Zealand with five cats, purports
to reveal many feline secrets in The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats.
Other observers might disagree with many of his beliefs.
According to Masson, the nine basic emotional states of cats
include narcissism, love, contentment, attachment, jealousy,
fear, anger, curiosity, and playfulness, often in mixed
combination.

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