Articles: Winn Feline Foundation

2018 was the breakout year for Fear Free. Listen HERE as Dr. Marty Becker explains what the Fear Free initiative is all about on my WGN Radio Steve Dale’s Pet World.  Fear Free really extends into all our homes, emotional health and well-being does matter, explains Dr Becker. “How could (veterinarians) have ignored this?” We…

Dr. Susan Little is inspiring – there’s no other way to put it. Dr. Little is the most recent recipient of the Germinder20 Power of Pink Award. When our, then famous, piano playing cat Ricky succumbed to feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), I wanted to launch a fund to support research for this very common and deadly…

Some pets are like the Grinch; they just don’t appreciate the Christmas spirit. Everything in their lives are upside down. The family is busily trying to attend to last minute shopping, and frazzled attempting to keep up with your kids’ Christmas parties. Meanwhile at work, end of year deadlines loom, and you feel the pressure.…

Winn Feline Foundation celebrates every cat every day.  If you have a cat, there’s NO doubt, that cat every day benefits from work which Winn Feline Foundation has funded over the past 50 years.

Filmmaker/actor Paul Castro Jr. with actress Aly Miller produced a movie called “Aeris.”  The short award-winning short film is about a very unusual topic for a movie: a kitten with a presumed fatal disease called feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). We talk a bit about what FIP. Paul says he made the movie because he and…

Felines first! Today (October 29) is National Cat Day! Of course, according to our 16-year old cat, Roxy – everyday is National Cat Day. Roxy no longer bounds across the house at full speed or herds our dogs; instead she’s settled nicely in retirement. If she so desires, she snuggles with us at night. If…

Feline kidney disease is complex, and very common. In fact, it’s so common that if your cat makes it to about to 12 years old or so – odds increase to at least 50 percent that with each passing year of that cat will suffer some sort of significant kidney insufficiency. According the Banfield Pet Hospital…

Barbara Fawver has edited the Purina ProPlan Cat Update newsletter for many years, and is the 2018 recipient of the Winn Feline Foundation Media Appreciation Award. “Barb’s been incredibly proactive about focusing content in this publication on the latest cat health news,” says Winn Feline Board Member Steve Dale, who recently surprised Fawver with the award…

The Cures4Cats Day campaign aims to raise critical funds for feline kidney disease research and provide education for cat owners and cat lovers about this condition. Each new  gift made to Winn’s Feline Kidney Disease campaign between now and December 31, 2018 will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $50,000. Feline kidney disease impacts 1 in 3 cats…

Julie Legred, CVT is the new Executive Director of the Winn Feline Foundation. Legred has held leadership positions in veterinary medicine throughout her career. Most recently she served as the Executive Director of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, where she was instrumental in elevating the status of technicians and supported the current…