This is the happy ending story of Roxy, a 7-year-old cat from the Kingswood, South Gloucestershire area who escaped during a 2013 visit to the vet. Thanks to a microchip, Roxy has been reunited with her family. Owner Vicky Stokes put up posters back in 2013 but Roxy was never found. It was recently …
Cafe: Catfe (now called a ‘Bunny Bar’) Place: Vancouver Issue: Ran out of cats Solution: Replace cats with bunnies Strange word in audio file: ‘pivots’ meaning ‘change’ Do you like this?! Do you understand the story? It is recited by a robot (well actually software). Here is a video in case you didn’t understand …
This doesn’t make sense and I have the impression that it doesn’t make sense for the guy who was busted with a misdemeanour charge for breaking and entering and disturbing the peace. He had entered a Massachusetts woman’s home and cleaned the woman’s cat’s litter tray according to a report. He appears to have …
A few times I have endeavoured to answer the question as to why cats lick themselves where you pet them. It’s a perennial question and one which fascinates a lot of people. We don’t know for sure what the answer is but I think I now have the more credible answer. There are four …
Cats – domestic, stray and, at the end of the day, feral – caused the extinction of the Stephens Island Wren, a small, flightless bird. It took under two years. Yes, cats made this bird extinct in around 20 months. The bird was an island species and very vulnerable. The bird was known to …
Kind people are sometimes compelled to help stray cats but are fearful of complaints and worse. A lady responded to Rae’s article (see link below) which is about helping a woman who become overwhelmed in providing care for stray cats. The woman asked Rae for help and she provided it in the most charitable …
UPDATE January 2, 2019 Second kitty has been caught! I’ll be writing an article as soon as I’m updated. This is an update on the young woman killed in wreck on Christmas Eve whose two precious cats escaped their carrier and were lost. Callie, the senior cat, was found early Sunday morning only 50 …
Information going around on social media concerning the cats brought in to Butte County Animal Control in Oroville, California after being rescued from the California wildfires has caused an uproar. Judging from several posts over the last hour (which are flooding my inbox), the cats are safe. Right now it’s leaning more toward gossip …
