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NEWS AND VIEWS: The news media headlines report on “quick thinking” college students saving the life of this black-and-white cat who fell from the top tier of a college football stadium, about 40 feet...
NEWS AND COMMENT – DUBAI: Is this a publicity stunt? I am opening up with a provocative statement. I may be unkind to be that provocative but the ruler of Dubai has been suffering...
America is entering the cat high-rise syndrome season. The weather becomes warmer and cat owners let their cats go out on the balcony. Because the domestic cat is so athletic and so capable in...
Andy is said to be the domestic cat who fell the farthest in history and survived according to Desmond Morris in his book Cat World. There is no information about Andy on the internet,...
This is a bizarre one. It comes from chilly north-central Russia. There was deep snow outside. The unnamed girl lives on the 9th floor of a block of flats. She was waiting for her...
The BBC video explains Singapore’s problem with feline high-rise syndrome. The beginning of the video shows some cats in the most dangerous of positions on the outside of high-rise blocks. As more than 80%...
Please don’t take this story as a reason to lower your guard when living in an apartment on the higher floors of a high-rise block with a cat because sometimes cats lose their footing....
The renown self-righting mechanism of the domestic cat was studied scientifically and in depth in order to inform NASA how it might assist their astronauts in twisting and turning when in space (i.e. in...
This is a snippet of cat trivia from the news media today which caught my eye and which I’ll report on extremely briefly – because I know hardly anything about it! Apple are always...
We now know, thanks largely to the Internet, that when the domestic cat falls she always lands on her feet. We also know that cats have a self righting mechanism which operates very quickly....
This is an iframe. That may not mean much but the webpage you see is in fact from another site of mine. I did this because the video recording you see is in fact...
A cat named Hei Hudie (Black Butterfly) underwent four surgeries over five months after he feel ten stories from a high rise building. The story unfolded in the southwest of China in Chongqing municipality....
We know that cats are fascinated with heights and windows. The domestic cat is born with a great climbing skill acquired from his wild cat ancestor and he likes to look out of windows...
