What affects us affects cats
You remember Kristen Lindsey don’t you? Perhaps you have forgotten. I would not blame you. The legal process is so long-winded, indecisive and convoluted as to put any interested party to sleep. Dr Lindsey is the Texas veterinarian who shot and killed with a bow an arrow someone else’s pet cat when he trespassed …
Sometimes you do things which remind you that you love your cat companion. It is love manifest through action. You have to do it. The love has bitten deep into your brain. Sometimes you have to do something to express it. You cannot remove it or put it to one side. I have a …
Pictures of cats without any text are going to replace the ubiquitous adverts on the underground at Clapham Common Station, UK for two weeks starting 12th September because “friends and experiences are more valuable than stuff you can buy”. The quote comes from Mr Turner who was speaking on behalf of a 200-strong group …
A famous DJ crashed his Mercedes to avoid a cat on the road. Would you? This is nice – for the cat and cat lovers. I guess the DJ concerned – Nick Grimshaw who was an X Factor judge until recently – is at least sensitive towards animal welfare. Great. He had only just …
I’ll keep this short as it’s my style. The short answer is no, there is no legal recourse in my view which allows a person to stop a neighbour’s cat fouling in their backyard or garden. For sure there are potential legal solutions but I don’t think the solutions are genuinely viable or that …
This Russian rat is fairly large and not frightened of cats. Why? It is suggested that the rat is infected with toxoplasmosis. The audio file below explains why rats which normally avoid cats go towards them. The toxoplasmosis protozoan changes their brain function such that they are attracted by the cat’s scent. In this …
Samson is New York’s largest domestic cat, we are told, and I can believe it. I think you will too when you see him. He is absolutely enormous and absolutely gorgeous at the same time. He does seem to have a sort of rexed-type coat (crinkly) as well by the way. I’m not sure …
I’ll keep this very short and to the point because I like it like that. This is another report of what I would describe as a microchip screwup. Microchips are not completely guaranteed to be able to reunite a cat owner with their cat. I wrote recently about that. This is a follow-up story …
