What affects us affects cats
According to an article recently published in “Catnip”, (the newsletter for caring cat owners) produced by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, “Our loveable domestic cats have more in common with big cats than previously thought.” The study made by The University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the Bronx Zoo in …
A charity concerned with bird conservation in the UK, Songbird Survival, believes that the RSPB deliberately underestimates the predation by domestic cats on birds in the UK in order to keep its army of followers happy as they contribute to the annual £130 million income by way of legacies in their wills. The RSPB …
Dramatically unusual weather is causing huge floods in the North of England. It is estimated that about £5 billion worth of damage has been caused (about 7.5 billion US Dollars). Many householders are uninsured because the insurance premiums are too high. The situation is desperate for many. Obviously a lot of these people have …
A homeless, anonymous, woman was residing at a long-term stay motel outside Houston, USA. She heard the cries of a cat who had been abandoned in the bathroom of another room within the motel. She took action and set the cat free and cared for him. She even bought him a plush toy. Sometime …
This is the happy ending story of two bonded cats who ended up at a Maryland animal shelter, where one was adopted and the other left behind. Thanks to a kind-hearted woman whose conscience prevailed, the best buddies are reunited and will remain together for the rest of her life. A month ago an …
This is another brilliant example of the benefits of micro-chipping cats. Is also a little tale which highlights the mentality of the domestic cat because sometimes even in the best homes domestic cats who are allowed outside go wandering and don’t come back. This puzzles people. It is often not because of the cat’s …
When a cosmetic manufacturer sells their products in China, the Chinese conduct independent testing of those cosmetics on animals. These are well-known cosmetics made by well-known manufacturers such as Revlon and Estee Lauder. Both Revlon and Estee Lauder do not test their products on animals but the Chinese do. This begs the question whether …
I’d like to suggest some New Year’s resolutions that could be made by humankind by which I mean resolutions not made by individual people but by people in general. Although there are very many excellent cat caretakers in the world and particularly in the West such as in America, Canada, and in the countries …
