What affects us affects cats
This is a picture that I took of my cat’s teeth and fur against high quality leather, just for the fun of it. Why do I like it? I like the detail, the texture and the teeth. The texture in the image appeals to me. You can see a saliva droplet on his upper …
Is cat saliva filthy under Islam? The answer is No. However, it appears not to be clear cut. About 4 years ago I wrote an article about the Islam faith and cats, which was copied, almost verbatim, by the Muslim Observer website! The general conclusion is that cats are welcome by Muslims because the …
I wonder if cats have color preferences with a particular liking for black. We might think our cat has a preference for a particular colour because she always lies on clothes of that colour whenever she can. However, it maybe that clothes of a particular colour are the ones that smell most of you, …
Canadian vets are finally coming around to the idea that declawing cats is unnecessary and cruel. Why the delay, doctors? Some high profile veterinarians are leading the way in the slow process of phasing it out. Yes, it is slow, but at least it is a beginning. A start is desperately overdue because we …
Here’s a large collage of some long faced cats for aficionados of this sort of cat anatomy. The long faced cat is a development of the modern Siamese cat, and other cats that were subsequently created from that breed, such as the Oriental Shorthair and Balinese, a long haired Siamese. A lot of people like …
If the vets are declawing cats because it makes money and we can’t change their minds by referring to ethics, we are left with arguing that it could be more profitable to leave a cat’s claws alone and then provide an alternative service that deals with people’s dislike or uncertainty about a cat’s claws. …
If humans have souls so do cats. If souls truly exist they cannot be a human invention. If the soul is a human invention it has no substance. In which case let humans retain the concept for themselves. “Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!” – Theophile Gautier – …
Well, yes, I am offended, as it happens. It is disrespectful of this cat and cats in general. This is not the first domestic cat skin rug. There are others. There are many wild cat skin rugs, all of which I personally find objectionable. I thought they had gone out of fashion. The tiger …
