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Saginaw County shelter halts cat adoptions after feline virus found
Saginaw County Animal Care and Control says cat intakes are suspended through November first while staff assess exposures; two kittens tested positive for the disease.
On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Midday ShowPublished
Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The Midday Show at 12:21 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are MLive.com's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by MLive.com: “Saginaw County shelter halts cat adoptions after feline virus found”, with reporting from MidMichiganNow and WNEM.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 12:21 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Orange County.
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- MLive.comSaginaw County shelter halts cat adoptions after feline virus found
- MidMichiganNowCat Adoptions & Intakes on pause at Saginaw County Animal Care & Control October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
- WNEMSaginaw County shelter pauses cat adoptions after parvovirus cases October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow, MLive reports a Saginaw County shelter paused cat adoptions after two confirmed cases of feline panleukopenia.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWNEM says four foster kittens came back because they weren't eating.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the kittens raised the alarm by skipping lunch. Two of them also had elevated temperatures and later tested positive.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhich makes them our Pets of the Day, the Four Picky Champions. Stat line: four meals, zero bites, one very alert shelter.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCat intakes are paused through November first, and the shelter says no confirmed cases among the general population.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm getting emotional. Those kittens didn't touch a bite, and they saved the whole building.
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