What affects us affects cats
People who do not know what Savannah cats look like can find a complete answer in the photograph below taken by the well-known cat photographer, Helmi Flick in 2010 at The International Cat Association annual cat show at Santa Clara in California. Helmi does not tell us what filial this cat is by which …
The owner of an Illinois pet cemetery, Joe Abts, reportedly committed suicide last Wednesday after the start of an investigation by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department for allegedly fraudulent behaviour in providing customers with “fake ashes”. It is not clear whether the customers received the ashes of pets other than their own or whether …
Titers are blood tests. They check a cat’s (or human’s) immune status to vaccinations or disease which a cat may have received or suffered in the past. If a titer result is positive the cat or human has sufficient immunity to a particular infectious disease. In which case the cat does not need a …
In other words does L-lysine help domestic cats control the feline herpes virus which is very prevalent in cat rescue shelters and catteries? The feline herpes virus is one of two which causes cat flu. The other is calicivirus. The virus can lay dormant and flare up under stress. During these flare ups vets …
Animal shelters are seeing one of the worst kitten seasons in recent years with many more cats coming in than can be found homes for. One reason is ignorance on the age a kitten has to be to become pregnant. Uninformed cat owners may be surprised at the age a kitten can give birth …
In an extraordinary and desperate attempt to get her veterinary license back, Kristen Lindsey (KL), through her attorney Brian Bishop, has argued that Tiger’s owners tacitly consented to KL’s killing of Tiger with an arrow to the head. The phrase that the attorney used in his written argument is “apparently assented”. KL is challenging …
There is one aspect at least of the law regarding animal cruelty in Texas which does not make sense to me and I would like someone to explain it, please. It concerns Texas Penal Code-Penal 42.092. Cruelty to non-livestock animals. If you scroll down this part of the statue you’ll see the following clause: …
Claire Patel, 38, lives in Holloway, North London, UK. She is the caretaker of two cats one of whom is an Abyssinian and the other is a Burmese of equal beauty. Their names are Xander and Copperpot respectively. She appears to live in an town house (terraced or ‘row house’). She built a catio …
