A major threat to the survival of the cheetah in Namibia is retaliatory killing or preventative killing of this wild cat species by farmers. They think the cheetah kills their livestock such as calves. Either they kill the cheetah because they think a cheetah has killed a calf or they want to prevent the …
This another audio article answering the question: what breed is my cat? I hope it is easier to listen to rather than read an article when you are on the move with a smartphone using public transport, for example! That is the purpose of creating audio files: convenience. Also smartphones are ideal for playing …
Do you get into serious conversations with your cats? If so, do you ever suspect that they actually do understand what you are saying to them? I realize that some of our readers may think that these two questions I posed are completely preposterous. Nonetheless I was prompted to ask my fellow cat lovers …
Justice should be pure, untrammelled by human bias and self-interest. It should be inviolable, sacrosanct. The justice system should be something that people can go to, hang onto, as a place where a wrong can be put right. Judges should be completely objective in their work and decision-making. They simply have to apply the …
Washington Animal Clinic (2100 Texas 36 Brenham, TX 77833 (979) 836-4531) has a presence on Google+. Their Google+ webpage is designed to promote their business and is open to comments and reviews. Well, it is sad, and I am not entirely certain that they deserve to be criticised so harshly in reviews on the …
An American veterinarian, Dr Weitzman, claims to have decoded the feline language (come on Dr. we know already 😉 ). Gary Weitzman believes that each cat has more than a dozen vocalisations, each of which maintains a fixed meaning for the individual cat.  He set out his theories in a book called How to …
The concept is that people on the move, using their smartphones, may find it easier to listen to an audio file than read an article on the internet. An audio file is a natural extension of listening to music, podcast or perhaps an audio book. Below is an embedded audio file player. If you …
I have written about Tom and Jerry Syndrome before after a visitor shared her experiences with her cat who is sensitive to sharp, high pitched sounds which causes a seizure or fit. The sounds vary quite a lot from rustling packaging to jangling keys. You can even make sharp sounds to cause a fit …
