What affects us affects cats
For a while, experts were baffled by these mysterious, wriggling critters which you can see in this woman’s hand. The video has gone viral and there’s lots of speculation about what we are looking at. The current theory is that a family cat (or perhaps a feral cat?) ate a moth except for the …
Employees at San Francisco Station 49 has received a cease and desist order that prevents them from discussing the identity of the anonymous complainer that led to their station cat Edna’s eviction on Monday. The order was issued Thursday by Mark Gonzales, deputy chief of operations of the San Francisco Fire Department. The order …
Marley is a handsome black cat from Clitheroe, UK who has already used up a few of his nine lives. In August 2018 he ran away from home after being allowed outside, then he suffered a broken leg after being run over and left to die. Thanks to a microchip, Marley was recently reunited with …
Seattle, USA: On Facebook the people at Feral Cat Assistance & Trapping (F.C.A.T.) tell the world that they were annoyed at a feral cat caretaker (of what I presume is a colony of feral cats) because she was stupid enough last year in not ensuring that female cats were spayed and the litters aborted …
These photographs of Swiss cat ladders were taken by Brigitte Schuster (bar one which was taken by Mauro Piccardi/Alamy). I think they were taken in Bern and they are a delight. They are architectural in design and in some instances they add to the architecture of the building. They are ingenious. Knowing a bit …
Why do cats attack sheets when you are making the bed? The answer is that domestic cats are attuned through sight and sound to detect movement and noise indicative of a prey ‘item’ e.g. a mouse. Cats are able to detect prey at a distance and quick movements indicate prey items. It’s one reason …
You might remember the well-publicised story of the white Persian cat (Persian-mix?) who was seen dragging around behind him 5 pounds of filthy, matted fur. The photograph is memorable. I doubt whether anybody has seen anything quite like it. The neglect of this cat was extreme. It looked as if the cat was dragging …
A proposal to make the village of Omaui, Southland in New Zealand ‘cat-free’ has been postponed until February 18 and February 19. A plan being discussed is to neuter the cats already there and to ban any cats that die in Omaui from being replaced with another cat. The topic drew criticism in 2018 when …
