NEWS AND COMMENT: The story comes from Kirchseeon, Upper Bavaria, Germany. In the grand scheme of things, it’s a minor story in terms of the amount of animal abuse that is meted out to companion animals on the planet. However, … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT-AFGHANISTAN: This is shocking news. It is mad news, actually. American Humane, a non-profit group based in Washington DC has told the news media that the US military contract dogs employed in Afghanistan who did life-saving and dangerous … Continue reading →
SOUTH FLORIDA, USA – NEWS AND COMMENT: If you don’t mind, I won’t go onto great detail but Cheryn Smilen, 56, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after she starved cats that she had hoarded in her small apartment. She … Continue reading →
NEWS AND NEWS-CAIRO, EGYPT: This cute and confident calico cat became a social media star in Egypt when she gatecrashed the Cairo Film Festival (19-28 November 2020). She hobnobbed with the rich and famous on the red catwalk (excuse the … Continue reading →
AUSTRALIA: Te Raukura Anahera Alexander, 19, lived in a Brisbane property with housemates. She owns or owned two kittens. She became enraged when allegedly housemates mishandled her kittens. There was a simmering dispute which erupted when her kittens wandered into … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: HBO Max’s Generation is a new 30-minute teen drama produced by actress Lena Dunham. The first of three episodes will be aired on March 11 and a further eight episodes will be premiered on the streaming service … Continue reading →
There will be no pictures (there are pictures but I won’t publish them) and before I started writing this I counted to ten, quietly screamed to myself, punched an imaginary punchbag and swore at the people who did it (loudly). … Continue reading →
Yuri Soroka, a 20-year-old man living in Western Ukraine, thought he would make what he believed to be a “funny cat video” with the intention of publishing it on his Instagram page. He decided to put a two-month-old kitten whose … Continue reading →
The picture says it all. This is a box of cat food in which there are pouches (sachets) of wet cat food. Sally Higgins purchased the it from a local supermarket in Bingham which is 9 miles east of Nottingham … Continue reading →
This is not hot off the press news (11th March 2020) but it is interesting and sad from a number of perspectives. The story comes from Singapore. In very general terms, a couple owned a ginger tabby cat1. It appears … Continue reading →
