What affects us affects cats
Yes, I have strong views about owning servals as pets. I have good reasons: too many escaped servals. There is one in the news today on The Washington Times website. A serval escaped from their owner’s home about a month ago from an Illinois apartment. The Macon County Animal Control and Care Center posted …
The Andean mountain cat looks like a grey tabby domestic cat with strong markings but is distinctly wild and is a member of a group of small wild cats comprising the ocelot, margay, pampas cat, oncilla, Geoffroy’s cat and the kodkod, all under the umbrella of the ‘ocelot lineage’. An in-depth study of molecular …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is my opinion on the news about the Cop28 conference taking place in the UAE (United Arab Emirates). Ultimately, Cop28 is about the welfare of all animals and all peoples of the world and I must add fauna. I’m concerned about the welfare of animals both wild and domestic. Climate …
The consensus is that animal abuse videos and pictures should be banned across the Internet. That’s what we find. The big social media websites such as Facebook enforce an across-the-board ban of animal abuse videos and pictures. And you will find that businesses which host millions of websites strictly prohibit animal abuse videos and …
The Daily Mail online, a paper that I read sometimes and which is normally of good quality, has misrepresented a rabies scare in Nebraska, USA. The way the story has been pitched, it encourages people to believe that a five-week-old tuxedo kitten has started a rabies infection in Nebraska which might spread to other …
It’s important in terms of high standards of cat caregiving to be in a proper relationship with your cat rather than believing that you own them. An attitude which allows a person to feel that they own their cat is not likely to lead to a relationship which promotes cat welfare in the best …
So, how many rusty-spotted cats are left in the world at 2023? We should be able to get the answer from an organisation dedicated to knowing the answer which is the IUCN Red List. The problem is that this organisation is never up to date and the last time they assessed the world population …
A study published in 2015 paints a damning picture of the protections afforded the clouded leopard which are clearly insufficient. The clouded leopard population is decreasing and they are arguably gradually heading towards extinction in the wild. This is unsurprising because of this cat’s uniquely attractive coat. This medium-sized wildcat is also quite tame …
