What affects us affects cats
A cattery coordinator, Shannon Phillips (see above – the photo is by her), tells us what it is like for her to euthanize and make decisions about euthanizing cats and dogs on a daily basis. She admits that she has euthanized hundreds of cats and dogs. Having read her article I have the feeling …
A heartwarming (and heart-stopping) video was caught in Abu Dhabi Thursday morning when the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence rescued a kitten trapped on a busy street. Traffic was stopped on Shaikh Zayed Street (AKA Salam Street) after a call went out alerting Civil Defence that a kitten was in need of assistance. At least …
Here are some examples of the word ‘taxonomy’ in a sentence. I like the science of taxonomy. Taxonomy is an evolving science. The classification of animal and plant species is called taxonomy. The science of taxonomy with respect to the wild cat species (including the domestic cat) has become more sophisticated thanks to DNA …
Cats might be funny to a lot of people but they are not funny to other cats. That should lead us to an answer to the question in the title. A lot of people, judging by the success of internet videos, find some forms of cat behaviour funny. This is ‘funny peculiar’ rather than …
A cat siting in a circle marked out on the floor is very similar to a cat siting in a square marked out on the floor. I will suggest therefore that the same reason is behind both forms of cat behaviour. It is said that cats even gravitate towards circles and squares marked on …
An estimated 750,000 largely healthy pets were deliberately killed by the British during September 1939 which was the month during which Germany invaded Poland and Britain declared war on Germany. Nearly all of these companion animals were cats and dogs. A reporter at the time stated that there were 7m cats in Britain. One …
It’s rare that I report on ‘old news’ unless the story is extremely interesting. I came across this YouTube video posted April 18 and felt the need to share with the readers here at PoC. On December 16, 2016, the Humane Animal Rescue League in Pittsburgh posted photos of a 14-year-old cat rescued after …
This is the extraordinary story of a black cat whose name is Bella. Her owner, Joanne Smith, had no idea that she had clambered onto the underside of her car. Joanne was driving along a route that she uses to go to work and part of the journey was on a dual carriageway at …
