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Ailurophobia

Ailurophobia (irrational but sometimes rational)

PoC avatarPosted on September 15, 2022 by Michael BroadSeptember 15, 2022

Contents The Conventional View The Unconventional View Overlap Note: the page has been updated and expanded. Please scroll down The Conventional View Ailurophobia is the chronic and irrational fear of cats. It is one of the phobias. This almost unpronounceable … continue reading…

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Love Island snowflake lads run from domestic cat

Love Island snowflake lads terrified of tabby cat who wanders onto set

PoC avatarPosted on February 14, 2020 by Michael BroadFebruary 14, 2020

Love Island is a British reality show that I never watch. It is a show about body image with brains parked. The young men and women strut around like peacocks showing off their bodies. They find love and there is … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ailurophobe, Ailurophobia, Cat News, celebrities, fear of cats, television cats | Leave a reply

United States: there are nearly 7 times as many cat haters as there are dog haters

PoC avatarPosted on December 21, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 22, 2019

Surveys of attitudes in the United States show that there are nearly 7 times as many cat haters as there are dog haters, and many people associate cats with allergies.. The words come from Fiona Sunquist in the book Wild … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged Ailurophobia, cat persecution, human behavior, human to cat relationship | Leave a reply
Ailurophobic granny

Granny is frightened of cat pictures. I discuss possible cause and cure.

PoC avatarPosted on November 22, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 22, 2019

This 55-year-old grand mother, Jean Diffenthal, is so fearful of domestic and feral cats (not lions and tigers) that she is scared of pictures of cats and songs mentioning cats. She won’t like the new Cats Movie then will she? … continue reading…

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Mouser cat asleep with rat plush toy

Woman learned to love cats through a desperation to get rid of mice

PoC avatarPosted on October 19, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 19, 2019

This is a story about a woman, Jacqueline Lamb Jackson, who was desperate to get rid of mice in her home and who eventually turned to a domestic cat which proved successful. Over this period of time, from failure to … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ailurophile, ailurophobe, cat catching mice, Mouser Cat | Leave a reply
Pope Gregory IX

The difference between ‘ailurophobe’ and ‘cat hater’

PoC avatarPosted on September 5, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 5, 2019

There is an important difference between the meaning of the word ‘ailurophobe’ and the phrase ‘cat hater’. Some people believe that they are interchangeable. Strictly speaking this is incorrect. True ailurophobes (such a Napoleon) have a cat phobia – a … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ailurophobe, Ailurophobia, cat sayings, Sayings | Leave a reply
fear and hatred of cats

Is fear of cats hereditary?

PoC avatarPosted on April 1, 2019 by Michael BroadApril 1, 2019

Is fear of cats hereditary? Or better put: is a fear of cats inherited? I chose the former title because people use that phrase. There is a nice story on The Daily Journal.com about a fear of cats [link to … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ailurophobe, Ailurophobia | 1 Reply
Ailorophobic woman

Woman suffers from acute ailurophobia (fear of cats) (video)

PoC avatarPosted on November 30, 2018 by Michael BroadNovember 30, 2018

A CCTV camera picked up this interesting event. It’s in an industrial kitchen in South Africa. A black lady is clearly completely terrified of domestic cats. Two cats race into the kitchen and she panics. She jumps up onto one … continue reading…

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Hatred of cats starts with fear of cats

People Who Hate Cats Are Scared of Cats

PoC avatarPosted on August 15, 2018 by Michael BroadAugust 15, 2018

The facts of the matter is that people who hate cats are in fact often scared of cats which is why they hate them and the video below sort of proves my point. And these were cute kittens. It’s called … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged Ailurophobia, fear of cats, fear of claws | 1 Reply
Cat-phobic's nightmare

Modern cat-phobics mirror those of Medieval Europe

PoC avatarPosted on July 17, 2018 by Michael BroadJuly 17, 2018

If a person dislikes dogs he or she probably has a good reason e.g. the person was bitten as a child or even as an adult. In lieu of that reason is that they probably don’t like animals, period. However, … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged Ailurophobia, cat phobia, London | Leave a reply
What would you say to someone who said to you that they hate cats?

What would you say to someone who said to you that they hate cats?

PoC avatarPosted on May 24, 2018 by Michael BroadMay 24, 2018

What would you say to someone who said to you that they hate cats? Would you (a) try and convert the person or (b) smile politely and hate him!

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Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ailurophobe, Ailurophobia, cat hater | 5 Replies
Australia's dirty secret: their attitude towards the kangaroo and cat

Australia’s dirty secret: shooting kangaroos and cats at night

PoC avatarPosted on March 11, 2018 by Michael BroadMarch 11, 2018

Australia’s dirty secret is shooting kangaroos and cats at night, out of sight. The authorities consider both these animals vermin and pests because (a) the kangaroo competes with livestock for pasture and (b) the feral cat kills native species. Kangaroos … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged australia, australia feral cat, shooting feral cats
How to Cure Ailurophobia?

How to Cure Ailurophobia?

PoC avatarPosted on February 14, 2018 by Michael BroadFebruary 14, 2018

You probably know that ailurophobia is the fear of cats. It is a cat phobia and the cure, as far as I’m aware, is like any other phobia; to desensitize the person. The cure is straightforward enough, therefore, but it … continue reading…

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Threat to kill a cat in a poster

Posters of two neighborhood cats and threats to kill them do not violate criminal code

PoC avatarPosted on December 9, 2017 by Michael BroadDecember 9, 2017

Deer Run, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Somebody, a bird lover by the look of it, living in this pleasant south-east quadrant of Calgary is putting up posters containing the photographs of two cats together with an ominous warning: “Are these your … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged killing cats | 7 Replies
Prof John Woinarski

Australian Ornithologist Misleads Online News Media On Cat Predation

PoC avatarPosted on October 7, 2017 by Michael BroadOctober 7, 2017

Australian Ornithologist, Prof John Woinarski, is scamming the world’s media with his biased study about cat predation in Australia. It is all over the online new media. Almost every major online newspaper has an article based on Woinarski’s ‘study’. Here … continue reading…

Posted in Ailurophobia | Tagged ornithologists, scientific studies | 6 Replies

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