Advice to Surfside Mayor:
Don’t Mess with Cat People
By Seymour Gelber, Columnist
Miami Sun Post, FL
http://www.miamisunpost.com/andsoitgoes.htm


Update on Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, FL
"Contrary to statements made by Mayor Paul Novack at the Tuesday Commission meeting, none of the Key Largo cats have been killed at the Refuge. Negotiations are still taking place for a humane alternative. Trapping only began on December 11, 2003 and no animals have been euthanized. We will keep you posted on this important, developing story."
http://surfsidecats.com/


Pittsfield to discuss stray-cat control
By Sharon Kiley Mack, Of the NEWS Staff
Bangor Daily News, ME
http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/articles/413208_121303pittsfieldtodiscus_skileymack.cfm


Cat Rescue centre full after breeding frenzy
Shropshire Star, UK
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/publish/article_9646.shtml


Maleah Stringer: Cats, just use the boxes, please
The most common and annoying behavior problem that a cat owner faces is when their feline companions do not use their litter boxes. It is also the No. 1 reason many cats end up outside, in shelters or dead.
The Herald Tribune, IN
http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/story.asp?id=786


Cat lovers help outsiders live
SPRINGFIELD - Already fighting freezing temperatures and snow drifts, homeless cats throughout the city are facing another tough winter on the streets.
By AZELL MURPHY CAVAAN Staff writer
The Republican, MA
http://www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1071305354145240.xml


Animal cruelty
By YENA PEACH SANCHEZ, MARIA BARAN
Staff writer
Fremont News Messenger, OH
http://www.thenews-messenger.com/news/stories/20031212/localnews/25589.html


A home of hope
The Star, Malaysia
http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2003/12/13/features/6896484&sec=features


Husband will testify against wife in animal abuse case
By MATTHEW HATHAWAY
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Jefferson+County/98269E3BEFC1903786256DFB00205F76?OpenDocument&Headline=Husband+will+testify+against+wife+in+animal+abuse+case


Mammals Struggle to Survive in Suburbs
By Jennifer Smith, Staff Writer
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/other/special/naturalworld/ny-nw10intro143576064dec14,0,1006140.story?coll=ny-linews-toppromo


Fondness grows for plant gifts
By John Starnes, Special To The News
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Have a friend whose cats are always munching on their houseplants?
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/gardening/article/0,1299,DRMN_60_2496815,00.html


Mutilated cat's assailant was likely a coyote
By Tracy Idell Hamilton
San Antonio Express, TX
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1098553


Autopsy Performed on Mutilated Cats
Posted By: Jim Forsyth
WOAI, TX
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=BCC0D7D5-BE41-4325-A781-E35A59415191


Blowfish knows the drill
Sean L. McCarthy
Arizona Republic, AZ
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1213blowfish.html


Influx of felines strains shelter
By LAURA TODE - IR Staff Writer
Helena Independent Record, MT
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/12/13/top/a01121303_01.txt