The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of an over-the-counter drug to treat New World screwworm infestations in dogs and cats as officials work to contain the parasite’s spread in Texas, New Mexico and other affected areas.

A free drive-thru pet food pantry event will be held on February 25 at Bella Vista Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, organized by Best Friends Animal Society in partnership with the Houston Humane Society and Houston City Council Member Mario Castillo. The initiative aims to support families facing financial hardship by providing essential pet food on a first-come, first-served basis, helping prevent the surrender of pets due to economic challenges. Community members are encouraged to donate cat and dog food through Best Friends' Amazon Wish List or directly to the Best Friends Pet Lifesaving Center by February 24, as past events have seen high demand and quick depletion of supplies.

It is National Cat Health Month, and we celebrated in the most Houston way possible with a local celebrity who has claws, confidence, and couture. Meet Mersha the Mini Panther, a stylish black cat with more than 170,000 followers on Instagram. Joining him were the humans who keep him healthy, happy, Stef and Adam Eaton.

After nearly three weeks, a single mother allegedly swindled out of a deposit on a used car finally has her money back.

Getting a cat from the El Gato Coffeehouse in the Heights isn‘t as easy as just paying the adoption fee; it’s a whole process. And if you already knew that, awesome. But if you didn't but are curious, check out the journey.

Have you ever heard of an ocelot? Much like their size, their remaining population is small. Houston Life co-hosts Derrick Shore and Tessa Barrera chatted with Peter Gros, wildlife expert and co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild about the efforts to save their habitat and how the Houston Zoo is playing a critical role.

A kitten is now safe after the quick actions by Harris County Precinct 4 Deputy Bryan Perez.

Amber Leal was at work and noticed video of large flames on the TV. A pipeline fire was in full force in Deer Park. She noticed the cross streets on the screen were in the East Meadow neighborhood.

Here's the impact we're expecting in the Houston and Galveston areas.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is off to the Democratic National Convention and she isn’t going alone.

Adopt a cat or kitten for free, thanks to partnership between Best Friends Animal Society and Litter Robot by Whisker

Help support Best Friends Animal Society in Houston as they are offering fee-waived adoptions on dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from February 7th-14th. This is all due to a huge fundraising push by Puppy Bowl XX. Find your forever teammate at Best Friends Animal Society Houston. We want to thankSophia Proler, Director of BFAS South Central region for stopping by with Kashew and Kenzie!

A total of 26 cats were rescued from a hoarding situation after they were found living in a one-bedroom apartment in Harris County.

Help save a life with four levels of volunteer opportunities

A cat sanctuary in Hawaii is struggling to care for its hundreds of animals after the wildfires in Maui last month caused tourist travel to the islands to plummet.

They are beautiful and precious and their names are Lola and Joseph, a tiny, black chihuahua and a black, Maine coon cat. But to Carlo Powe, they are literally everything!

Dogs are just the best.

Is your fur animal ready to be king or queen of the toys?

Daniella was on assignment in downtown San Antonio when she found a baby kitten shivering in an empty parking lot.

They always say “adopt, don’t shop,” and that couldn’t be more true during this Clear the Shelters event.

Officials say a cat that had lived on the ninth floor of a South Florida condo building before it collapsed last month has been found and returned to its family.

Cats are independent and fairly easy to care for, but even cat lovers would agree, one of the worst parts of owning a cat is cleaning out the litter box. However, what if your cat could just use the toilet?

Cat Parks, Republican Party of Texas vice chair, stood for the Pledge of Allegiance last month before speaking to The Woodlands Republican Women’s Club. Now Parks is turning heads again as she paves her own path at the state party under Allen West, the bombastic former Florida congressman who has alienated some fellow Republicans with his sharp-elbowed leadership as chair. We should be the big-tent party,” says Republican Party of Texas vice chair Cat Parks. She likes to say her first Republican meeting in Texas was in 2017 — and it was the one where she was appointed county chair. If they are Republicans, we need them.”AdOne of Parks’ early supporters for vice chair was David Covey, the Orange County GOP chair whom she met through the Texas Republican County Chairmen’s Association.

“Leon Coffee, professional rodeo clown, former bullfighter, entertainer, barrel man, general jack of all trades and master of none.”If you had to guess, how many rodeos would you say you’ve participated in? It’s not, if you’re going to, it’s when you’re going to and how bad. I really really like being here. “I’m going to. I’m sure of that and I’m going to tell you, it might be really quick.