What affects us affects cats
The cats in this household are somewhat frightened or at least a little bit uncertain about their parrot friend who has, through observation, learned to meow just like them and in doing so intimidates them. I suspect he does that because the cats simply cannot understand what is going on. What they’re seeing is …
A recent study concluded that the sperm quality had fallen quite significantly amongst stud dogs over a 26-year period. The team who conducted the research suggested that environmental contaminants such as bisphenols (BPA) and phthalates which have been often linked to infertility in people might be to blame. The study found that there were …
Have a look at the charts below. They are the result of a study about how Americans feel towards their companion animal, either a dog or a cat in this instance. I think the first image provides some remarkable statistics. More than half of the people surveyed said they would give up the Internet …
Not all cat cruelty is committed by cruel people. Not all cat abuse is committed by criminal-minded, nasty people. A lot of animal cruelty is committed by sickos but sometimes John Doe or in England the lawyers say, “the man on top of the Clapham omnibus” (the typical person), commits cat cruelty. This is …
The UK seems to be following some city councils in the USA. The councillors (the lawmakers) of Nottingham have decided to ban the feeding of a colony of feral cats in a place called Woodlane Gardens “with immediate effect”. If the cat lovers refuse to comply they’ll be fined. The people who feed the …
This is a feel-good article that comes out of Ohio, where volunteers with a no-kill cat shelter are taking their cats into nursing homes to bring a bit of happiness to the residents. One of the disadvantages to entering a nursing home is the lack of animal companionship. Many of the residents had pets …
Like humans, cats have to make the best of the hand that they are dealt with. This boy, like most feral cats, was dealt a tough hand. He survived in a feral cat colony for nine years. He was being fed by a nice person in his backyard. But he was feral and it …
When these twin cats, Iriss and Abyss, sit together as they often do and look into the camera lens, you won’t see a more beautiful vision of cat eyes anywhere in the world. They are odd-eyed cats – more technically described as having heterochromatic eyes. White cats not uncommonly have an eye conditon called …
