The Times has a small article today about the “First among felines”, which naturally caught my eye. It’s about the Cats Protection National Cat Awards 2024. The newspaper says that “A cat who helped trafficked women and a stray who calms pupils before exams are among the finalists…..”. Cats Protection National Cat Awards 2024. …
The cute and uplifting Cats Protection Christmas video tells a story that occurs far too often in many countries. The reality is very sad and the outcome is often not as happy as presented in the video. In other words the real stories of cat and dog abandonment often don’t end in a uplifting …
In 2008, at the start of the financial crisis, it was revealed that the venerable cat charity Cats Protection had potentially lost £11.4 million deposited in Icelandic banks that had gone bust. As the total amount of money available to Cats Protection was about £34 million, the potential loss represented about one third of …
Some former and serving volunteers at the charity Cats Protection are complaining about management decisions that are undermining the whole purpose of the charity, so states the Daily Mail. Can we believe this? We are told that these so called whistleblowers are complaining that management have changed the charity’s policies and cutback on some …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra Barbara and I were invited to a ‘Mince Pies at Marion’s’ drop in yesterday, so we went along as we had some cat food and bedding to go there too. Steven (Marion’s husband) usually kindly calls for the stuff we have for Cats Protection cats so it was nice to …
Despite the best efforts of everyone concerned, little Elizabeth tragically died as a result of her burns. So sad. Her death opened a door for Liza. Liza has had her share of abuse or neglect. She is the survivor of cat hoarding. The Elizabeth story lives on in Liza. Elizabeth would have gone to …
“Swiss man donates hundreds to North-East animal charity after being moved by its plight online” is the title to a news item in the Northern Echo and the story needs to be highlighted in a separate article on PoC as it originates in the comments to an article I wrote about the need to …
Lord Black’s speech in the House of Lords on 26 March in which he calls for inclusion of the five animal welfare needs in the new primary science curriculum Lord Black of Brentwood: This is earlier page on the debate. I want to talk about animal welfare and its place in the national curriculum, …
