Hoochie Pooch Rescue

05/05/2026

05/03/2026

keep kitties indoors for the health of you, kitty, and our native ecosystems. real rescue means caring about the life and well being of ALL animals. need outdoor options? catio & leash!

Outdoor cats are a hot button issue, at least for pet owners. We wanted to pass along new research that might help folks in making the decision to commit to the indoor kitty lifestyle. The researchers analyzed data from 604 studies covering more than 174,000 cats across 88 countries. They compared data from indoor, feral, and outdoor-owned cats. Researchers found the cats surveyed carried 124 pathogen species, nearly 100 of which can infect humans. They also found that OWNED cats allowed to roam outdoors carry infectious diseases at rates comparable to feral cats even with regular veterinary care. Vaccines and worming are not enough to keep an outdoor-owned cat safe from infection because they don’t address many of the potential infectious agents they are exposed to. Not only is kitty at risk, but the humans interacting with an outdoor cat are exposed to those infections. And it’s not just the owners. If an infected cat defecates in public areas, it is a public health issue, as well. So why does a wildlife rehab care about outdoor kitties? Domestic cats are a NON-NATIVE, INVASIVE SPECIES documented to kill over 2,000 wildlife species worldwide. About 10% of our admissions every year are from cat attacks. Only about 1 in 10 of those admissions survive. Annually, they kill about 3 BILLION birds in the U.S. alone. Small mammals, common carriers of disease, are among their most frequent prey. Since owners only see about 20% of the wildlife their cats kill, they are often unaware of the number and types of wildlife their cat has interacted with.
(Source: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014160)

04/30/2026

please contain your cats

04/10/2026

A woman is searching for a man who walked away after his dog violently attacked her Pomeranian at a West Hollywood park, leaving the small dog with serious injuries.
Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pomeranian-attacked-at-west-hollywood-dog-park/

04/10/2026

“It’s probably the most traumatic thing I’ve ever witnessed,” the pup's owner told The California Post.

04/01/2026

04/01/2026