Tampa Bay, Fla. (WTSP) -- A dog owner got a call on Monday that shook her to the bone. "I got hysterical," said dog owner Kimberly Hayden. "I was like what are you (the Veterinarian's Assistant) talking about? She was there for a follow up. And she goes, 'no, we extracted her eye.'" To read more on this story, click here: Vet Removes Dog's Eye Without Permission
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One of Michael Vick's former dogs died this week. Hector the pit bull was two when he was rescued out of the NFL player's Bad Newz Kennels. He then got to live with a wonderful family -- Clara and Roo Yori -- who did all they could to give this dog the great life he so deserved, after his hellish beginning. Hector even got to work for a while as a therapy dog, while also galavanting around the country with his human parents, proving over and over again that even pit bulls who have suffered through the worst abuse can thrive, and live safely, in loving homes. To read more on this story, click here: Why It Matters That PetSmart Discriminates Against Pit Bulls
A curious kitten got more than it bargained for when eyeing up a meal. In this remarkable video, a kitten is dragged into a pond by a fish at least twice its size after it got a little too close to its prey. The footage, filmed in Japan, shows the kitten edging closer and closer to the pond's surface, transfixed by the koi carp passing underneath it. To read more on this story, click here: Fish Leaps from a Pond to Snatch Curious Cat in its Jaws and Drag it Beneath the Surface
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What We Do We live to celebrate cats and help them to find forever homes. Through our large social media presence, all year long we're able to partake in the wonderful world of cats and put the plight of cats in shelters, center stage and educate literally millions but on October 29th....it's party time! We encourage you to spoil your fur baby a little more on National Cat Day than any other day (you don't want them to get too demanding do you?) by buying them a new toy drenched in cat nip, giving them something simply scrumptious to eat, offering lots more cuddling and making a donation to your local shelter in their honor. The best way you can celebrate though is to save a life! So if you can....ADOPT....don't shop. To read more on this story, click here: National Cat Day 2014 - Presented by Naturally Fresh
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The annual “winterim” trip to San Diego taken by the seventh and eighth graders at Alexander Dawson School in Lafayette, Colo., will be missing one element this year. The students will no longer be visiting SeaWorld, thanks to the efforts of one intrepid eighth grader named Phoebe Goldstein. Goldstein, a longtime opponent of whale and dolphin captivity, had heard of other schools nearby that took field trips to the marine park. When she heard that her own school was planning a trip, she was shocked — and driven to action. To read more on this story, click here: Eighth Grader Convinces Entire School To Skip SeaWorld
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Today is National Cat Day – the cutest day of the year. We’ve teamed up with Cheezburger and the ASPCA® for a second year to bring you kittens… literally. To read more on this story, click here: Uber Kittens is Back
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Yes, in celebration of National Cat Day, Uber will once again deliver kittens right to your door. Because that's what Uber does now. For a cool $30, you can have an Uber driver come to wherever you are with a car full of kittens for you to play with for 15 minutes, if you're a cat person. Between noon and 4:00 p.m., request the "Kittens" option in the Uber app (use the promo code kittensdc to unlock the option), and an Uber driver will be there, kittens in tow. The kittens, which are coming from the Washington Humane Society, are adoptable and a rep from the shelter will accompany them if you meet one you want to adopt. Additionally, Uber says they'll be "matching all donations made to the participating shelters via the Uber app." Uber says they expect demand to be "very high" in all cities, so be patient with them, they ask. Still, kittens!
My story photo is of adorable Dox, a 3-month-old domestic kitten. He is available for adoption at the Washington Humane Society, #24145656.
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He has been bitten on the nose by a leopard and had his shoulder separated after wrestling with a full-grown Bengal tiger. But Carl Bovard, who is blind in one eye, believes living with 14 big cats including two lions, six tigers and a desert lynx, is a risk worth taking to raise awareness about endangered species. They all spend time living in his Florida home before moving into the outside enclosure and are seen clambering over the pool table and cuddling up in his bed. To read more on this story, click here: Meet the Half-Blind Sanctuary Owner Who Hand Feeds His 14 Big Cats and Lets Them Cuddle in His Bed
