If your cat is an indoor/outdoor cat, do want to know how far your cat roams from your home? The recent BBC television documentary on the domestic cat tells us clearly what cats do when let loose. Do you know how far your cat roams and where he or she goes? The program tells …
Is the modern cat any good at catching rats and other rodents? Can you adopt a cat for that purpose and expect success? In India, at least one person found success. I don’t know how commonplace it is for people to keep cats for the sole purpose of killing and frightening off rats and …
People who don’t like cats criticise the species for being nasty and mean because they play with their prey, which is usually a mouse. Harrison Weir, the founder of the cat fancy, calls this “The Cat as a Tormentor”. He quotes Shakespeare, in his poem “The Rape of Lucrece”, saying: “Yet foul night-waking cat, …
by Michael (London) Reproduced under creative commons copyright Sean Dreilinger Domestic cat hunting is rarely on my cat’s agenda. This is for three reasons. First she is overweight. Second she is old. Third there’s not much to hunt around here. In the sterilized world of clean suburban living the rodent population is reduced. When …
This is quite a difficult subject; how domestic cats affect the population sizes of wildlife. We know that domestic cats that are allowed outside can and sometimes do attack and catch small animals. These are mammals and birds usually. A lot of people who don’t like cats tend to produce data that more or …
by Finn Frode (Copenhagen, Denmark) Snow White at rest but alert Watching the big flatscreen display Great Tit Never underestimate the hunting skills of your cat. No matter how indolent and comfortable with having every meal served, inside every domestic cat resides a great hunter. Our moggy Snow White seems like a chubby, laid-back …
by Poochu (India) Rat Catcher Rat Catcher Message to humans….my adopted cat helps me keep my home and environment “rat-free”. Please do not declaw any cat or kitten for your selfish needs. I seldom get an opportunity to photograph my cats with their prey. Here are a couple of photos to prove my point. …
