Moggies should be bred to be disinterested in hunting

Breeding cats who have no interest in hunting

Let’s think of a brave new world, a considerable time in the future, when people have control over the creation of random bred cats (moggies) and when they might be bred by licensed breeders who focus exclusively on their cats’ character and primarily a total disinterest in hunting. Under these circumstances, perhaps 200 years …

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Does feral cat ear-tipping need clearer guidelines and higher standards?

One centimeter ear-tipping

While browsing the internet I noticed this photograph by Nancy Simmons of an ear-tipped cat. I’ll guess and say that you thought the same as me: too much of the ear was amputated. At least it is the left ear. I see ear tipping of the right ear as well as the left. As …

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Black Chausie Cat

Chausie - Grizzled Female

Black Chausie Cat – Here are a series of photographs of a female Chausie cat called “Shekinah” from the Tammy Isaac’s Willowind Cattery in South Texas. The photographs are ©copyright Helmi Flick. Please respect copyright. She is described as a ‘grizzled female’. The word ‘grizzle’ refers to the coat colour and type; black with …

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We don’t need to kill cats and rats to stop extinctions; humans need to stop breeding instead

The human disease

I’m going to say the politically incorrect. I’m going to talk about social engineering which you should never do but which you have to talk about at some time. Doing the rounds on the Internet yesterday and today is a discussion about a study published on the Internet (Plos One) which identified 107 islands …

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Harris County Protective Services employee being hailed a hero after rescuing cat trapped inside a manhole in Houston

cat rescued manhole

A Harris County Protective Services employee is being hailed a hero for jumping into action to rescue a cat trapped inside a manhole in Houston. Estella Olguin heard the cat crying in the Museum District and followed the sounds to an open manhole cover. She asked for assistance from a nearby witness to bring …

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Near 100% spaying and neutering of domestic cats would put back cat domestication

TNR program Austin Texas

Introduction: the spaying and neutering of cats is a good thing for obvious reasons. This article is not against spaying and neutering it is simply discussing what might be an unexpected outcome if great success were encountered in this process. In an idea which sounds like science fiction, Dr Bradshaw states that if the …

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