What affects us affects cats
The experts say that if you feed feral cats, you attract wildlife. And a species of wildlife which can endanger the lives of pilots of aircraft are vultures. These are big birds which are commonly seen in groups. They can bring down a plane and therefore potentially kill the pilot. That’s the argument on …
Sometimes cats just don’t understand the potential dangers they place themselves in. I suppose that this cat sees the children skateboarding around him and instinctively presumes that they will always avoid him. He does not consciously have these thoughts but that is the end result of his behavior. He can’t rationalise the possibility that …
2025 – A new and worrying development in the ongoing global battle against avian influenza has emerged in the United States, where a domestic cat was euthanised after contracting the H5N1 bird-flu virus. The source of infection, investigators say, was contaminated raw cat food — a reminder of the hidden dangers in feeding pets …
Domestic cats, with their graceful movements and composed demeanour, often seem unbothered by the soaring summer temperatures that leave humans wilting. This is no accident of nature. Cats are biologically better adapted to withstand heat than their human caregivers — a gift from their evolutionary heritage — but with a few important caveats that …
The report is that Delhi is suffering its worst smog in 40 years. Of course, the story concerns how people are suffering. But what about the pet dogs and cats living in that sprawling city? The airborne pollution is choking the city. The Scottish historian William Dalrymple has lived in Delhi for 40 years …
List of some notable zoonotic diseases that can be carried by domestic cats in an Infographic by Michael Broad It is my personal belief that for some people there is an irrational fear of zoonotic diseases affecting cats. Or there are people who have an anti-cat agenda because they are predators killing native species …
Well, I have summarized some information about the possible transmission of bird flu to domestic cats in an infographic as I think it is a nice way to present this kind of info. A point worth making, I believe, is that a lot has been written about bird flu (H5N1) on the internet and …
Police are looking to identify a woman who climbed over the fence of a Bengal tiger enclosure and dangerously enticed the tiger at a zoo in Bridgeton, New Jersey. She was ignorant of the dangers. She’s placed her hand on the wire fencing it sems to me. There have been cases of people doing …
