What affects us affects cats
This is a story about a woman, Jacqueline Lamb Jackson, who was desperate to get rid of mice in her home and who eventually turned to a domestic cat which proved successful. Over this period of time, from failure to success, Jacqueline learned to love a cat who they adopted from a local rescue …
North Devon Animal Ambulance is a charity located in the district of Devon, England. Earlier this week they were called out to help a cat who had spent six long days in a disused chimney shaft at a funeral home in Ilfracombe. Mrs. Williams of Williams Funeral Directors in Portland St, Ilfracombe contacted North …
This is unprecedented. I have never read about a cat breeder surrendering all of their cats. In this case Ragdoll cats, which are particularly popular at the moment, have been surrendered to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) because the breeder believed that their operation had grown beyond their …
A couple, Voirrey and Nick Coole were flying to New York from the Isle of Man to celebrate Mr Coole’s 40th birthday. They had packed a hand luggage suitcase and left part of it empty to allow them to bring back goods from New York. After they checked in at the airport and were …
I’ve always thought that supermarkets should not sell fireworks to the general public so that they can be set off by individuals during what I would describe as the fireworks season which starts at bonfire night (Guy Fawkes Night) in the UK and ends after New Year’s Eve. In between there is Diwali the …
The Animal Improvement Act of South Africa has been changed to include lions and cheetahs and other wild animals as farm animals. The request came from breeders through their associations. There’s been an immediate backlash from all sides including, surprisingly sport hunters and their associations. There are fears that it will allow breeders to …
Because she behaves like a queen towards courtiers, the people who attend the court of a monarch. When a female cat is on heat – a period called ‘estrus’ and the time during which she is receptive – she lords it over the toms who gather around her like a circle of courtiers. They …
Right away we have to say that there is no evidence that this black feral cat killed the Shy Albatross chick. What annoys me slightly is that the video has been published on a bird website (birdguides.com) with, it seems to me, the intention of stirring up resentment at the predation of birds by …
