What affects us affects cats
Here’s a veterinary treatment for horses which in concept and principle has similarities to cat declawing. Both these procedures shed light on the darky side of our relationship with animals. We know what declawing is. It is the partial amputation of a cat’s toes on all forepaws to remove the claws. Cats use their …
Today, I am not going to name the cat I am referring to but it is not Grumpy Cat. It is a cat celebrity that I had not heard of before until today. She has no forelegs, just stumps. She was born this way due to a congenital abnormality. As is normal for disabled …
An emaciated grey-and-white stray, unneutered, declawed cat has been found in the UK. The cat was spotted by a couple as he was in their garden (backyard). This is in Kirton, Lincolnshire. This is possibly the only declawed cat in the UK or he is amongst a very few. The cat is missing all …
The presence of the girlfriend’s cat may have provoked this man’s violence against her. Perhaps he attacked the cat out of jealousy and the woman intervened whereupon she was murdered brutally. The police don’t know yet but the cat was stabbed (we are not sure if the cat died). This sort of link between …
Jessica Wright, a veterinary technician travelling behind the vehicle, recorded the incident on her phone. The car was on the Beltway in Washington DC on Saturday. Jessica said: “I was really upset about it. I just can’t imagine in what world you wouldn’t think that, that wouldn’t be incredibly humane, but also socially unacceptable.” …
‘Cat food puzzle’ is a new, trending, sound bite in the indoor cat world. Keeping a cat indoors has many obvious benefits for cat and owner. The trouble is that domestic cats are a cat’s whisker away from a wild hunter. We know this. As responsible cat owners, we want to keep them safe …
The Houndcats cartoon is about TV animals spoofing Mission: Impossible. The hounds walk on their hind legs (anthropomorphised). In other words they are bipedal. The group consists of: Musselmutt who is a big sheepdog-type with huge strength. Dingdog, a dog in a Confederate uniform and therefore from the Southern states of America. Stutz, who …
Fat Freddy’s Cat Fat Freddy’s cat was an underground comic cat. He was a “scrawny orange cat” with a black striped tail. He was clever and funny. He belonged to Freddy of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. Freddy’s siblings were Franklin and Phineas. In fact he first appeared in “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.” …
