It is time for some more cat pictures. After all, the site is called “Pictures of Cats”. Google likes it if I include some cat pics from time to time. Dorothy selects them. I don’t know where they come from! I am presuming they are in the public domain. They look like that. If …
You can find statistics about the United States cat overpopulation crisis, which, incidentally, is not in general seen as a crisis but routinely accepted as ‘just one of things’. However, you’ll normally see statistics scattered throughout an article or over several articles. It can be difficult to pull all the figures together to try …
On an application by a conservationist, Ajay Dube, the Supreme Court of India has temporarily banned tourism in the core areas of all tiger reserves. The objective of the judgment is to allow the tiger populations to recover. It is believed by conservationists that tourism to the tiger reserves disrupts the lives of tigers …
What sort of person is more likely to abandon their cat or cats? A study comparing the behavior of people can provide an insight. Reducing the level of relinquishment of cats to shelters must be one of the most important tasks for people concerned with general cat welfare. Relinquishment to a shelter frequently leads …
Do we know the percentage of stray to feral cats? I don’t think we do and we should. I have searched for the figures without success. I can tell when the internet cannot provide me with the information I am looking for and this is a case in point. Stray cats are domestic cats …
Above all else, the modern relationship between person and cat is about companionship – from the person’s point of view. Cats are good companions. They are an outlet for our desire to nurture while not being overly dependent on humans. Accordingly, commitment need not necessarily be high for the relationship to work. This can …
The cats are in the new cattery at last! It still isn’t finished as there will be more pens to add and then outdoor runs to add to each pen eventually, but as always, money is tight and the feeding and care of the 300+ animals has to come first. The cats are sharing …
I love this story based on Finnish research. If the cat benefits people (cats do in many ways), cats benefit as well. The more useful the domestic cat, the better treated and respected he or she will be. Cat welfare is important to me. There are quite a lot of stories biased against the …
