

You may submit articles either by our online contact form, or by mail to:īe sure to include your name, address, phone number, FAX number and/or e-mail address on your manuscript. Do not, however, send book-length manuscripts. Although we prefer to use original material only, we do sometimes publish book excerpts.

Please do not send multiple submissions (articles that have been sent to more than one publication) unless you have received confirmation that the story will not be used by another magazine. Please ensure that any health facts or statistics that might appear in your article are accurate and come from an accredited source. Consider topics you know well and/or that will offer special interest and appeal to our readers. If you submit an outline for a story, please also send samples of your work.īefore submitting to Animal Wellness, we ask that you familiarize yourself with our publication so that you have a strong sense of the type of articles we publish. Articles may range in length from 500 to 1,500 words. We welcome unsolicited articles and story outlines as long as they focus on holistic healing, whether physical, emotional or spiritual. Our publication embraces the entire holistic spectrum, from physical health issues to the emotional and spiritual well being of our animals. As the #1 natural health magazine for pets in North America, we take pride in providing our readers with the information they need to make wise health care choices for their animal companions. Thank you for your interest in writing for Animal Wellness. But cats will not disappear simply because compassionate people can no longer legally feed them. In certain situations, feral cats who have been fed on a consistent schedule can become dependent on their caregivers for food, and in these cases, to abruptly discontinue care is cruel and can lead to the death of some cats.

Attempts to eradicate feral cats by starvation fail because there are other food sources that are a by-product of urban and suburban environments. According to the Alley Cat Allies feeding ban position statement:įeeding bans do not work, and are not scientifically supported. The idea is that by deterring people from feeding the cats, it will prevent them from hanging around.īut this approach to handling stray cats has been proven ineffective. This feeding ban, like many others, was put in place to decrease the number of free-roaming neighborhood cats. Segula was sentenced after a judge discovered she was in violation of a local ordinance that prohibits the feeding of stray animals. This week, 79-year-old Ohio local Nancy Segula is facing jail time for feeding stray cats. Ohio local Nancy Segula was sentenced to 10 days in jail for breaching a feeding ban – a law put in place to discourage the feeding of stray cats.
