NEWS AND VIEWS: You must have heard about the dramatic and tragic collapse of the apartment building called Champlain Towers South Condo near Miami beach. Several days ago, the news said that there were 159 people missing but as the … Continue reading →
This is an amusing video and it’s very short! But the back story is actually quite serious. I’ve seen lots of stray and feral cats with their heads jammed into cans or jars trying to survive under impossible circumstances. Sometimes, … Continue reading →
RUSSIA-NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a cat story from the city of Krasnodar, Russia. It appears that this is a full-time indoor cat living in an apartment. The cat wanted to get out of a window it seems to me. … Continue reading →
This is a novel way to ‘rescue’ a cat stuck up a tree. They must have run out of ideas because the video clearly shows the tree surgeon cutting off the branch on which the cat is perched. She falls … Continue reading →
A commercial vessel off the coast of the south of Thailand near Ko Adang Island (aka Koh Adang Island) was in trouble when its engine compartment caught fire. The stern section of the vessel was ablaze and the ship was … Continue reading →
I have never read, either on the internet or in a book, about a species of wild cat being stuck up a tree. It doesn’t happen in my opinion because any wild cat species is more in tune with nature. … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: The words in the title are those of the Assistant Manager of the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Tracy Woodworth. She is describing a kitten who she’s convinced has some magic in her because of the her story … Continue reading →
A search and rescue dog, which appears to be an Alsatian, discovered a calico cat in the rubble of a collapsed building after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in İzmir Province which is on the west coast of Turkey; the Aegean coast. … Continue reading →
Of course they don’t. It’s just a saying based on the fact that cats are very good at surviving because of their sharp senses and agility. Cats are also good at getting into trouble because of their inquisitiveness so they … Continue reading →
There is a neat way to rescue kittens from small-bore sewer and drainage pipes, which is to use a length of towelling flavoured with food, for example tuna. Towelling is best because it’s got more texture and it is easier … Continue reading →
