This is a photo of a cat stroller (with cat!) and my girlfriend by the River Thames at Teddington Lock. It was a hot and bright day. The photo is a cellphone snapshot, nothing very sophisticaed but it does hint at the delightful moment that it was for all three of us. When going …
WARNING: Turn your computer volume controls down a click or two before playing this video! Some people are tempted into thinking that they’d like to keep a small wild cat species such as a margay, sand cat or Pallas cat (manul) as a pet. They love the exotic wild appearance and the kittens look …
Why do you very rarely see dead birds when there must be hundreds of millions of them in America at any one time? Take for example pigeons in London, UK. They live for about four years. There should be piles of dead pigeons on the streets and in alleyways but nada, zilch. The mystery …
Britain’s scorching temperatures over an extended period, which is highly unusual in this damp country, is putting curious cats at risk of falling out of open high rise windows. There is a bit of an epidemic (if that’s the right word) of cats being injured having plunged to the ground from windows. And, yes, …
This is the most outrageous example of what I’ll term ‘cat extortion’ that I have encountered. We know criminals steal cats and extort money for their return but in this instance an acquaintance allegedly demanded $10,000 for the return of a cat belonging to a 70-year-old Floridian. The victim was staying at a motel …
This is a cool video. It is very short and has a happy ending which is pleasant. I am bit surprised that the leopard ran off so lamely bearing in mind that leopards prey on dogs in India on a grand scale. The leopard is larger than this dog and more capable of …
This is described as a cutting-edge program to kill feral cats in Australia. You put a machine, the ‘Felixer’, on the ground in a well selected site and it squirts a specific amount of a poison (1080) onto the cat’s fur. The cat licks it off and dies. Voilà, job done. I presume cats …
In 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (1918 – 1944) became the most highly decorated serviceman in Britain. He lead the famous Dam Busters raid in Germany and, in all, completed over 170 World War II operations. He died at aged 26. A remarkable man. And we are …
