What affects us affects cats
I recently wrote a short article about a survey which concluded that the domestic cat population in Australia was declining except in Tasmania. Not soon after I read that article I bumped into another article written by the science correspondent for the Daily Mail. The article comes to a similar conclusion namely that the …
This story ends well so there are no nasty images; just the bizarre sight of two mother cats and their kittens nestled in the roots of a tree in the middle of a wood where they were abandoned by someone who clearly needs educating and punishing. Every day we scratch our heads trying to …
There are a number of ways to reduce the number of domestic cats becoming feral. The first is obvious, namely that stray cats need to be reunited with their owners. In 1998-99, in the United States, only 2 to 3% of all cats entering animal shelters were returned to their owners1. It perhaps goes …
People who give up (relinquish) their cats frequently state that they are allergic to their cat and therefore they have to give him/her up. In fact “owner allergies” is the second most frequent reason for giving up a domestic cat to a shelter. The number one reason by the way is “too many cats …
Here is a gallery of three photographs showing how an individual cat is dumped at a shelter outside the door, anonymously. The shelter is the Mayhew Animal Home in London, UK. These are thumbnail photographs. If you click on any one of the photographs you will be taken to a larger version and a …
Certain risk factors can be identified which if present are likely to lead to a failed relationship between domestic cat and person. A study conducted in 1996, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, involved interviewing cat owners who had a happy and stable relationship with their cats. The study also …
Based upon the top three reasons why people relinquish a domestic cat, the top three domestic cat problems might be as follows: Too many cats at home owner allergies moving That short list may surprise you. Classic problems such as soiling the home – inappropriate elimination – (ranked seventh) and aggression towards people (ranked …
Some cats that are trapped and neutered are not returned to whence they came. They are adopted because they are deemed “too nice to return to the great outdoors”. But what does that mean? And is the world of cat rescue democratic or republican, liberal or conservative? What are the politics of cat rescue? …
