Don’t do DIY declawing. Don’t even begin to dream about it. Declawing is bad enough when carried out by a vet. Even they screw up, which compounds the immorality of such an unjustifiable process. However, it appears that one idiot, Eric Felipe Gaskin, living in the District of Columbia was so driven to declaw his …
We don’t often discuss the topic of declawing cats in Canada. The operation of declawing a cat is widely known to be an American concept. Yet, there is a lot of it in Canada, too. I wonder if Canada got the idea from America? Let’s give Camille Cox a big pat on the back. …
What would you do if the person next to you was about to kill your cat? What if that person was the person you lived with? Note: please forgive my slight insensitivity. The stories are tragic but they do throw up questions and they get my imagination going. There are a couple of stories …
The problem with shipping pets on aircraft is in the use of the word, “shipping”. I believe we can gauge people’s attitude about something by the words they use. You are handing over a loved companion animal to airline handlers who are, 99% of the time, handling luggage and other inanimate, dead objects. I …
By Elisa Black-Taylor This past weekend we celebrated Sealy’s one year rescue anniversary. He and 250 online friends joined us for a day of catnip and treats. It’s hard to believe he’s been with us a year now. It’s even more difficult to believe he’s lived through everything he has to become the sweet, …
An even worse nightmare than taking one of our cat to the vets, is taking them both….. Jozef saw a strange cat in our garden one evening last week and saw it off after a bit of a battle. He came in full of himself and we could see no wounds but decided to …
Persian cats are as athletic and as agile as any other. A two-legged (on same side) Persian cat runs around like he had four (almost). Superb balance and agility. This is the story of Caffrey. He is a flat-faced (contemporary) Persian cat. The sort of cat who stays indoors all his life and who …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article is based on Izzy who was saved from being dumped and fated to almost certain death at a Rescue Shelter where she was heading, as she had developed behavioural problems from being declawed and her family didn’t want her around any more. Since then Izzy has lived with …
