New York City’s Animal Care Centers keeps adoptable dogs drugged-up and in squalid conditions – only to then “mercilessly” kill them – while the agency uses half of its profits on salaries instead of on canine welfare, a new federal lawsuit alleges. Dogs at shelters run by ACC – a non-profit under contract with the … Read more
A cat with infinite lives. Soren High, a clothing designer from Portland, Oregon, paid $3,200 to freeze-dry Lokicat, her 16-year-old dead cat. In the viral video, posted on her TikTok account @teapourn, with 4.9 million views, High shared the preservation and mourning process with followers. “I witnessed my cat being killed by a dog I … Read more
It’s the worst memory of Kevin Burton’s life. As a teenager in suburban Baltimore 30 years ago — packing the car for a family trip — Burton heard his younger sister screaming from the basement. He raced downstairs. Inside the dryer was Tyson, the family cat — hot, shaking, bloody. Mr. Burton scooped up the … Read more