Genetic DNA testing appears to have found a valuable use in the world of cats. There are almost endless possibilities. In this post I’d like to refer to two; one concerns a wildcat and the other domestic cats. I would expect many visitors to be interested in the domestic cat application because they are …
The breeders of what is called the flat-faced Persian, ultra Persian, punch face Persian (India), smushed Persian etc. got a bit mixed up way back in the 1950s when they decided to transform the face of the sweet traditional Persian, called the doll-face Persian to something more appropriate for the modern age, something less …
DW (Dorothy Wandruff) has kindly being scouring the internet again on her iPad (is it the Retina model?) and has come up with some classic and beautiful cat pictures that are, I believe, in the public domain and accordingly are published on this page as thumbnails in the form of a gallery. If you’d …
Caveat: I know animal rescue saves lives but… I am always shocked that in the USA even the experts have to guess the number of cats and dogs that are “euthanised” each year. The figure is somewhere between 2 and 5 million cats a year as far as I can tell. But I don’t …
The best and most committed cat caretakers I know personally have loved cats all their lives. So, are we born loving cats? I must have been, because as far back as I can remember I’ve loved every cat I’ve ever seen. My late mother told me that from when I was a toddler if …
On an application by a conservationist, Ajay Dube, the Supreme Court of India has temporarily banned tourism in the core areas of all tiger reserves. The objective of the judgment is to allow the tiger populations to recover. It is believed by conservationists that tourism to the tiger reserves disrupts the lives of tigers …
Caveat: I am not siding with any party. This is written from a neutral standpoint; an attempt to find the truth behind the anger and distress. I always support the cat and look for ways to improve the lives of cats. This is our responsibility. We need to be hard on ourselves and examine …
We hear lots about three legged cats. One eared cats are less common, thankfully. Sealy is a one eared cat. He survived that classic of dangerous environments, the automobile engine compartment. That space under the hood (bonnet in English, English). He survived thanks to Elisa’s unstinting treatment and nursing. The photo was taken by …
