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Note: This post is part of a series on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” If a community wants to stop killing adoptable pets in pounds and shelters, it has to change its philosophy, according to Linda Cadotte of Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn. That shift in philosophy is to stop blaming someone else and …

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912 cats were impounded in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo in 2011. 138 of those cats were re-claimed by their owners. Others were feral, abandoned or stray, waiting to be claimed by owners that did not exist. And some had owners that – for whatever reason – never came. 335 of those cats were taken in …

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When I mentioned my former foster dog Cosmo was doing well with his new owner, someone suggested I should’ve used the word “guardian” instead of “owner.” Perhaps someday I will call myself a pet “guardian.” Not today. I am very aware of the words I use to describe my relationships with my pets. I’ve used …

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Forty-four percent of the impounded cats in my community were killed in 2010, according to the pound statistics for our three local pounds located in Fargo (N.D.), West Fargo (N.D.) and Moorhead (Minn.). That’s 446 cats killed for no reason. It’s a number I can’t get out of my head. The cats here have needed some major …

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