Wet pet food much worse for the environment than dry pet food
The New Scientist website tells us that wet pet food has seven times the carbon emissions of dry cat food. They refer to a study which I can’t access which tells us that an...
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3 burly men in a tug-of-war with lioness and it is animal abuse
The tweet says it nicely: “Making fun of animals in captivity is not entertainment”. The lioness is impressive in holding her own against three burly men in a tug-of-war but this is not the...
Infographic on wild cat species in Africa, S. America and S.E. Asia
This infographic lists the wild cat species on the African and South American continents and in Southeast Asia. Remarkably there are a similar number of species in each region. The weight ranges are also...
Gabapentin substantially improves adoption rate of shelter cats rescued from a hoarding environment
Cats living with a cat hoarder are almost invariably neglected. They are often only partly socialised, stressed and unhealthy. After rescue, a substantial percentage of them do not take well to a rescue facility....
The West needs animal loving benevolent dictatorships rather than democracies. Discuss.
I’ll keep this short as it is a little off-track from the normal cat article! And I only want to make one point – a very personal point but one that I’ve been thinking...
It’s Vyshyvanka Day! How to say it!
Yep, in Ukraine it is Vyshyvanka Day today May 19th, 2023. So, what is it? Wikipedia kindly tells me: “Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions of...
On Twitter when you search for the word “cat” you get a cat in a blender
In this video, you see a commentator on Twitter (I do not know who he is) criticising Elon Musk for making things worse on that social media platform since he bought it. The man...
WARNING: Video of man in China hanging a kitten from a string held in his hand
The tweet states: “The atrocities just continue. May 10, a netizen photographed a man killing a kitten near Building 16, Yixinyuan, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong, China. The cat has been taken away by...
Famous viral video of pianist and his cat is a FAKE
You might know this cat video. It shows a male pianist playing a nice piece of classical piano music. The cat is on his lap with their paws on the keyboard. The cat has...
Is it legal to kill feral cats in Hawaii?
No, is the plain answer to the question in the title unless there are particular and unusual circumstances. We are able to say that with confidence because Hawaii’s legislature recently (early 2022) tried into...
Picture of a tortoiseshell cat with a tooth protruding into the opening of their nostril
To almost everyone except veterinarians, this is a very unusual cat photograph. It shows the closed mouth and the nose of a tortoiseshell cat with a tooth protruding from the upper jaw into the...
Tweet claims a group of Chinese guys are killing cats in food blenders (and microwaves?)
This is the tweet using shorthand language: “Someone needs 2 do smt abt this, #CatBlender there will be a group of Chinese guys going live tomorrow and they’re planning on hurting and killing multiple...
Bimodal communication with cats (video)
This is me talking about a French study on how to get cats to respond more quickly which might please a few people. Remember those articles based on another study which stated that cats...
Is your cat a chatterbox?
Talkative domestic cats are good. They improve the human-to-cat relationship. Cat owners want their cat to initiate an interaction with them, don’t they? You don’t just want a decorative cat. When cats start the...
TikTok spied on journalist through an account in her cat’s name
TikTok is getting a bad reputation for unethical behavior. In the past the administrators have been criticised for allowing animal abuse videos in large numbers and making a list of gay users. And now...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.