Is Feline Diabetes Becoming An Epidemic?
Does your cat sport the feline equivalent of love handles? That extra cushioning might look cute, but it places your cat at risk for feline diabetes. Cases of this disease are soaring, to the point where some veterinarians consider diabetes in cats to be an epidemic. Last year a study at Edinburgh University in England found that of the estimated 90 million cats in the U.S., almost 400,000 will develop diabetes at some point in their lives.

Food Preferences
Why does one cat go crazy for chicken, while another craves beef? Or why does your cat only lick the gravy off of one wet food but gobble down another? As it turns out, your cat's nose often knows. The smell of cat food may not whet your appetite, but aroma is nearly everything for your feline when it's deciding when and what to eat, according to recent research.

Multi-cat Foods Simplify Mealtime
According to the American Pet Product Manufacturers Association, 71 percent of all domestic felines in the United States live in multi-cat households. Like a household with more than one child, owning multiple cats can be entertaining and fun, but it may also present some dilemmas, particularly at feeding time. "We have one dish for both cats, but usually the fat one pushes the skinny one out of the way, while the skinny one politely waits his turn," says 32-year-old Amy Morgan of Brooklyn, N.Y. Morgan had tried to feed the felines -- calico cats Mashy and Ruki -- separately, but "both cats have grass-is-greener complexes. They would start at their own dish but then notice the other had something else. They ended up switching ...

PETA urges Health Sciences Center to stop practicing on live cats
Cats from a West Texas animal shelter have been used for years to train students at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a practice university and shelter officials plan to continue despite outcries from the largest animal rights organization in the world.

Common Cat Health Myths -- Debunked!
Lots of fibs have been told about felines through the ages. For example, consider the popular notion that it's supposedly healthy for cats to drink cow's milk. The truth is that most cats are lactose intolerant and can't break down the sugars in milk, says Joseph Wakshlag, DMV, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Officials to discuss stray cats
Athens-Clarke officials will meet this week to begin to figure out how they will deal with unwanted tame cats after the nonprofit that was taking them in stopped providing the service.

Feral dogs euthanized; charges weighed after maulings
LEXINGTON - The dogs that authorities say killed a University of Georgia librarian and her elderly husband Friday night were euthanized Tuesday at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter by court order.

Resolving the Feral Cat Conundrum
In order to help any cat, you must first determine if it is truly feral or if it is simply a stray. A feral cat is one that was born away from human contact or was abandoned by its human family so long ago that it's reverted to wild ways. "Feral cats are not socialized to humans," says Becky Robinson, director of Alley Cat Allies, a national organization dedicated to helping control and care for feral cats based in Bethesda, Md. "They are not vocal, will run away from a human and will hiss and defend themselves if they feel cornered. By contrast, a stray or lost cat will meow and react to your approach with curiosity, and may even purr. But in physical features and biology, the two kinds of cats are the same."