What affects us affects cats
This is cute and a little sad. But they are being fed by local residents. Three black, feral kittens are living in the hollow of a tree in suburbia surrounded by human activity. The tree truck is hollow for a good percentage of its length which allows the kittens to hide deep inside it, …
Animal advocates are beyond enraged after the body of Sugar, one of the Garner, North Carolina cats who was dumped Thanksgiving weekend, was found dead the morning of February 2 by Kathy Kamins and Karen Thompson, who have been involved in the search since the beginning. Sugar was taken in a pink carrier to …
People ask why white cats with blue eyes are deaf. Not all of these cats are deaf (see part 2 of this short article). Coat color and an aspect of the cat’s personality or another aspect of anatomy can be linked if the gene that dictates the cat’s colour and a gene which affects …
Violet Winegarden will be 88 years of age on March 20th 2017. She still runs her cat sanctuary ‘Happy Cat Haven’. It is in Canada just over the border from America on the Sunshine Coast which is near Vancover I believe. She signs off as ‘Violet Winegarden, Gibsons’. She used to have a website …
The value of a cat can be estimated at around $100 or £100. We can’t value a cat very precisely. However we know that shelter adoption fees in America and Europe hover around $100. They vary widely and can be higher or lower but I believe that in 2017, about $100 is the value …
Her name is Chien Chih-cheng. She was a very bright woman who graduated from Taiwan’s top university. She had the highest mark in the civil service exam. She could have worked anywhere but chose an animal shelter where she showed massive dedication but became suicidal over the high kill rate. On 5th May 2015, …
Cat behaviorist, Carole Wilbourn, plays a special type of music and brings cat toys to her appointments with cats that she treats. She also enters the home in a very calm manner using her Reiki training. She also brings a special catnip which has been selected for the cat concerned. Before the meeting Carole contacts …
What can I say? I am horrified. But I am not surprised. Sarah Hartwell, the internet’s doyenne of cat fancy history, has a shocking snippet of information regarding the early days of the Ragdoll cat breed tucked away within one of her comprehensive articles. The Ragdoll cat breed history is convoluted and tortous thanks …
