What affects us affects cats
A list of cats in Coronation Street, EastEnders and Neighbours. Pets feature highly in UK and Australian soap operas. For the sake of clarity, “soap operas”, are commonly called “soaps” and are radio or television serial dramas about the interrelating lives of ordinary people in ordinary situations. The focus is on melodrama as reflected …
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He lived 1788 – 1860. The full quote from the title to this post is: Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to living creatures cannot be a good man Schopenhauer also stated: The assumption …
Grumpy cat is a “property” worth several million dollars. We always knew that. The word “property” comes from Kia Kamran, a Los Angeles lawyer who represents Grumpy Cat. It is exactly the sort of word I would expect from the person representing a cat that makes lots of money for her owners. Although Grumpy …
Below are some animal shelter statistics from the Statistic Brain website. The source of the information is Born Free U.S.A., American Humane Society and Pet Finder according to the author. I’d just like to mention one thing that came to my mind when looking at these statistics. The Humane Society of Ottawa County have …
Below is a complete list of American products that contain ethylene glycol in varying amounts. It comes from the US Department of Health and Human Services. We know that ethylene glycol in car antifreeze is extremely toxic to cats and cats like the taste. This chemical is a cat killer and it acts fast. …
By Elisa Black-Taylor I still remember the moment I met Noir through Sealy’s Facebook page. Other than eye color, they were identical, right down to missing the left ear. Her mother, Mary Barker, and I quickly became friends. Mary devotes her time between her son, who is a special needs child, and her cats …
What is a cat vaccination? Answer: you inject a small and precise amount of a disease germ (virus) that is weak or dead into the cat. You may also inject a substance called an “adjuvant” (the word means “to aid”). An adjuvant makes the vaccine more effective. Aluminum – actually “aluminum salts” – is …
I like to try my hand at cat poetry. Fortunately, I don’t do it often and rarely have the courage to publish it. But here is one I just wrote having consumed a glass of wine for inspiration: There is only one thing worth doing in the world of cats To give and to …
