At Adoptions for Love, a cat rescue currently sheltering 80 felines in the more upscale neighborhood of Playa, the number of people looking to adopt has plunged.
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Orlando Matos,
NBC news,
7 Oct. 2026
Also, wildlife and nuisance-animal trappers can be hired to humanely trap and relocate the felines.
The practice has declined with growing pet ownership and urbanization, and younger Vietnamese are more likely to regard dogs and cats as companion animals.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Oct. 2026
Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and household birds can accompany passengers in the cabin on flights within the US.
Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven.
Recently, in the Simi Hills north of the crossing, his team marked three kittens, the first litter for the 3 ½-year-old lion known as P-113.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2026
Neutered kittens, more often seen in shelters where neutering happens at a younger age, also had a markedly higher likelihood of infection, which may be due to exposure to other rescue animals.
Officials now are seeing more house cats abandoned on the streets as the price of pet food and veterinary care has skyrocketed since the pandemic, according to Sarai Rivera, founder of My Bella TNR cat rescue in Hartford.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
But the feral ones steer clear of humans, while the former house cats have roughly 10,000 students to spread their affection.
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