What affects us affects cats
Posted July 27, 2020 by Laura Humphreys When you ask me why can’t I take just one more THIS is what I hear. You don’t understand what I do. This is what I want! I think really are you an idiot. This is what I want to say. You are part of the problem. …
It is possible to check a cat for a microchip at home. You don’t have to rely on a veterinarian. I am referring to the situation when you find a stray cat and you want to check for a microchip to find out whether the cat has an owner and is lost. If the …
This is quite a low-key event even though the news is spread all over the Internet on news media websites (it is manic three days later). It is the first confirmed infection of a domestic cat by the coronavirus in the UK. However, the veterinarians and the news broadcasters stressed that the infection was …
Today is a good day to ask whether Vincent van Gogh had a cat because on this day in 1890, Vincent van Gogh shot himself once in the chest. He was aged 37 and it took him two days to die in the company of his beloved brother Theo. Despite being a superb artist, …
Dr John Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense writes that some veterinary surgeons who are involved in managing the welfare of feral cats by neutering and vaccinating them and then returning them to their original territory (under TNR programmes), have come under attack by other veterinarians. Some experts argue that this practice constitutes the …
The story of a man in Cambridgeshire, UK, spotted trying to steal cats with a net, in plain daylight on the street, highlights a spate of cats thefts from that county and the dangers inherent in allowing cats to wonder freely outside. It also reminds us that the reports of stolen cats in the …
The picture says it all. This is a box of cat food in which there are pouches (sachets) of wet cat food. Sally Higgins purchased the it from a local supermarket in Bingham which is 9 miles east of Nottingham in the middle of England. As soon as she opened the cardboard box she …
This little feral cat story, from Philip Joens of the Des Moines Register, highlights a problem which is at the root of many attempts by city legislators/administrators to better manage the feral cat population in their jurisdiction. Jefferson City in Iowa, USA, have drawn up draft legislation which would allow residents to trap cats …
