Wild Trade Busted: Spain Cracks Down on Exotic Cat Smuggling Ring.
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Why do people think declawing a cat is inhumane but neutering is not? Isn’t neutering more painful?
Well, it is a question that of often asked. But the answer is clear and to be honest obvious. Neutering is necessary sadly as without sterilising domestic cats there would be even more homeless cats, more misery and more shelter killings. Declawing is entirely unnecessary as there are alternative ways. Also declawing can cause …
RSPCA Barrow paints a picture of a broken human-to-cat relationship
I’ve just been surfing the Internet and bumped into a story about the RSPCA in Barrow, UK. This is Barrow-in-Furness which is just south of the Lake District National Park. It’s in the north of England and there is a slightly different culture in the north compared to the south in general and it …
Infographic about ‘Bullycats’. Vets warn of painful fate for this hairless breed.
The infographic summarises the situation concisely. Below it I add some detail. The ‘Bullycat’ is clearly a spinoff from the American XL Bully dog which gained such notoriety particularly in the UK where they are now banned thanks to a targeted amendment to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. But the Bullycat is not a …
New Zealand is desensitizing its kids to animal sentience and causing animal pain
OPINION AND COMMENT PLEASE NOTE: Like other animal advocates I am disgusted and shocked at New Zealand’s attitude towards feral cats and the desensitisation of New Zealand children towards causing pain in animals, to ignoring the sentience of animals, in this notorious and controversial annual competition in North Canterbury in which children and their …
Spain has just opened a public pet cemetery
Note that this is a public pet cemetery. Private ones are fairly common. Until recently Spain’s reputation for animal rights was poor. They like their hunting in Spain too. Times change. The Iberian lynx has bounced back due to great conservation. Spain just opened its first public pet cemetery! It officially opened on June …
Free CatsMe! app helps to detect pain in cats
Quite a a lot of work is being done by researchers on detecting the changes in expression of a domestic cat when they are suffering from pain. There are changes but they can be subtle. It’s actually one of the great problems for a cat caregiver; to understand how their cat is feeling in …
Taylor Swift’s Scottish Fold cats are likely to be in chronic pain
My research tells me that Scottish Fold cats are likely to suffer from chronic (long-term) pain due to the inherited disease that gives these cats their famously flat ears. This is a well-known fact actually but I wanted to check on prevalence across the breed and it is bad. Sidebar: Catster says that Scottish …
