Aug
Fort Worth postpones vote on feral cat ordinance
Fort Worth postpones vote on feral cat ordinance snishimura@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH — City Council members postponed a vote Tuesday night on an ordinance requiring cat lovers who care for feral colonies to register with the city and … Go to News Source Fort Worth News
Jul
Burleson pet patrol gets tool to protect furry friends
Burleson pet patrol gets tool to protect furry friends Burleson’s animal control officers are now armed with a new weapon to keep pets safe in the summer: An infrared temperature gun. It proves how hot it is in a vehicle with a dog or cat locked inside, and that proof can help with prosecutions. Go [...]
Jul
Area Animal Shelters Offer Unusual Promotions To Promote Adoptions
Area Animal Shelters Offer Unusual Promotions To Promote Adoptions Teddy, one of the dogs up for adoption at the Farmers Branch Animal Shelter. (Credit: Bud Gillett/KTVT) FARMERS BRANCH (CBSDFW.COM) – Animal shelters across North Texas are full to overflowing, and it’s taxing the limits of their facilities while stretching their human resources thin. So shelters are [...]
Jun
Fort Worth 10-Year-Old’s Committment Saves Kitten
Fort Worth 10-Year-Old’s Committment Saves Kitten FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Several neighbors say they heard strange noises coming from a manhole in a Fort Worth neighborhood, but it took a 10-year-old boy’s curiosity to investigate it and get a trapped kitten out of the gutter. Heith Housewright was trying to deter boredom and was riding [...]
Jun
Buckling Your Best Friend Becoming A Big Concern
Buckling Your Best Friend Becoming A Big Concern DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Being strapped-in is a “must” whenever we get behind the wheel of an automobile. But what about the family pet? There’s a growing movement to buckle up the family dog or cat—or put them in carriers—whenever we travel. Crash tests show a disturbing image, [...]
Mar
Quirky Play “Tigers Be Still” Open At Wyly Theater
Quirky Play “Tigers Be Still” Open At Wyly Theater How do you make the serious topic of depression funny? Leave it to hot young writer Kim Rosenstock. Her quirky new play “Tigers Be Still” puts the fun in dysfunction with endearingly neurotic characters, pop-culture hijinks and even an escaped carnivorous cat all acted out on the [...]
Mar
Cat And ‘Dog’ Chase Interrupts Basketball Game
Cat And ‘Dog’ Chase Interrupts Basketball Game JERUSALEM (AP) – A stray cat got the fright of its life when it ventured onto a basketball court – and was chased away by a giant dog. Maccabi Tel Aviv’s mascot Donny the Dog jumped into action when he spotted the confused cat in the middle of [...]
Mar
Missing Woman And Her Cat Rescued After Weeks In Forest
Missing Woman And Her Cat Rescued After Weeks In Forest A woman and her cat were found alive after they were stranded for nearly a month in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest. Go to News Source Fort Worth News
Feb
Cat survives being stuck underground for nearly a week
Cat survives being stuck underground for nearly a week If a cat has nine lives, an 8-month-old black cat named Rewind just used most of them up. Go to News Source Fort Worth News
Feb
Cat Saves Wis. Woman’s Life
Cat Saves Wis. Woman’s Life A newly adopted cat saved a Wisconsin woman from a seizure while she was sleeping, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported. Go to News Source Fort Worth News
