What affects us affects cats
This cat looks very smart in the way he opens a door. He positions himself well and uses his weight to lever the door handle down. Observers are generally impressed and even amazed by the way domestic cats do this. But I am not. It’s almost to be expected that some cats will do …
An artificial intelligence (AI) controlled cat door (cat flap) could be manufactured to distinguish between an owner’s cat bringing in a mouse and a cat without a mouse in the mouth. This would be very helpful to a lot of cat owners whose cats are prolific hunters because it is unpleasant for a lot …
When I came across this information while researching an article on TNR I knew it was something I wanted to write on because it would greatly aid feral colony caregivers. Read on about the Toronto Recovery Centre for feral cats in central Scarborough. Their website states “In early December 2012, the Recovery Centre opened …
A cat is recovering this afternoon after being rescued from a cinderblock wall in Downey, California on Thursday. No one knows exactly how he got stuck but sedation was needed to get him out. According to spokesman Don Belton, the cat (now dubbed Wally) was spotted by the Department of Animal Care and Control …
Domestic and feral cats have had a bad rap for years because of an ongoing campaign against them on account of their predation of wildlife. The campaign is intensifying. Conversely, there has been a lack of focus on dogs. For a strange reason we rarely read about how dogs, both domestic and feral, negatively …
As part of Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy farmers and hunters shot around 75% of the total estimated number of feral cats killed in 12 months in 2015-16. The total conservative estimated figure is 211,500 feral cats killed in that year. The overall target of the feral cat cull is 2 million feral cats to …
Zach Slattery likes to hunt feral cats on hunting trips to Kangaroo Island which is just off the mainland of South Australia. He then posts his photographs, such as the one below on Facebook. You can see him grinning inanely at the camera proudly displaying his “kill”. What an arseh***! THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY …
Why did a group of lionesses kill a male lion at the Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside? I’ve been scratching my head because it is not often that you read about female lions killing a male lion except to defend their cubs from male infanticide . In fact I can’t remember the last time I …
