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Pen Farthing and dogs at Nowzad

Audio recording of Pen Farthing threatening MOD special adviser Peter Quentin

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This is an interesting voice recording of Mr Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing, the founder and manager of the Nowzad animal rescue charity, who, with his cats and dogs, evacuated Afghanistan via Kabul airport on a privately chartered plane yesterday at 4:30 PM after an enormous effort. He claims that the MoD obstructed his evacuation and that …

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Monty scratching a tree in the backyard

Ruth’s Podcast: on cat declawing, a North American phenomenon

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This is Ruth’s second podcast from Wisconsin, USA. She provides insights into cat guardianship (aka ownership) in a country which has the world’s largest number of domestic cats and cat lovers. It is a very full and quite detailed personal account of why Ruth rejected declawing and learned about the complications of the operation which …

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Lilly a cat living with Sharon an Australian woman

Speaking with an Australian lady about feral cats and Australia’s native species

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This is an audio recording of my discussion with Sharon who is an Australian woman living in Melbourne, Australia. She also has a home on French Island which is not that far from Melbourne (see map below). French Island is largely a nature reserve and so it serves as a useful model to examine the …

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Yvette Harper with one of her cats

Wow! Yvette has socialized over 700 feral cats (audio interview)

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Yvette Harper is an extraordinary lady. She understands feral cats and knows that you never force along the process of socialization. It’s baby steps all the way otherwise you get knock-backs because cats lose the trust that has been patiently gained. She has being socialising feral cats for about four years. For those who are …

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Cats cared for by Michelle

She has experienced two major traumatic events and has PTSD. She cares for cats (audio interview)

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In this audio interview I’m speaking to Michelle. She is an American living in Florida. She contributes to the website (for which I thank her) and she loves animals and cats. The reason why I wanted to speak to her is because she finds caring for cats therapeutic. Michelle is for the underdog. She has …

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Audio: Listen to me explain the medical reasons for Grumpy Cat’s face

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Please click on the audio player immediately below (click the little triangle at the left of the bar below these words) and listen to my explanation for why Grumpy Cat – aka Tardar Sauce – has the facial expression that she has. This is an alternative file type if the player fails: If the audio …

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