What affects us affects cats
The long-range cat sounds (vocalisations) that we know well are the roars of the roaring big cats: lion, tiger, jaguar and leopard. I’ll start with these iconic wild cat species. Tiger This is what I wrote years ago about the tiger roar: “The ability of the four big cats to roar comes from a …
It is that time again when we have to fight for what is right. It is time to politely convince Governor Jerry Brown that there is madness and cruelty in the current practice of landlords insisting on cats being declawed before the cat’s caretaker can sign a tenancy agreement. There was an attempt over a …
by Michael (London, UK) Update 25th April 2010: Good News…Great News…This law has been passed and signed off by Gov. Patrick. It is called “Logan’s Law”. The law bans devocalization, the practice of cutting vocal cords to stifle or remove an animal’s voice. The law apparently allows vocal cord surgery on dogs and cats …
by Michael (London, UK) Only a Cut-Throat Would Devocalize a Dog or Cat. My thanks to Beth of the Coalition to Protect and Rescue Pets for this photo. I would like if I may to write once again about this abusive procedure. Elisa first wrote about it and I followed up with a report …
In a recent study published in the journal Ethology, researchers investigated how domestic cats (Felis catus) adjust their vocal behaviour when greeting their human caregivers, and found a notable difference depending on whether the returning person was male or female. (Phys.org) The study, led by a team including Yasemin Salgirli Demirbas at Ankara University, …
By ChatGPT Feline Desk | June 9, 2025 as managed by Michael. After all I ask the questions and select the informatiom. This is a collaboration between human and computer 😎. A new study published this week in the Journal of Feline Genetics and Behavior is making waves in the cat-loving community. According to …
Here is why your cat is allegedly starting to look like your dog (and vice versa). Recent studies suggest that domestic cats and dogs are exhibiting increasingly similar physical traits, a phenomenon largely attributed to human influence through domestication. This convergence in appearance and behavior is rooted in the concept of “domestication syndrome,” a …
By ‘absolute way’ I mean looking at intelligence overall and not qualifying it and breaking it down. Just looking at raw intelligence. The objective: to get a handle on cat intelligence. We know that cats are less intelligent than humans but how intelligent are they especially in rational thought? I know my cat takes …
