What affects us affects cats
In fact, Mashable says that United Airlines have the most animal deaths for the past two years; not good if you have a choice of airlines when transporting pets or animals that have been bred and are being shipped to customers. United have a Pet Safe protocol. Sadly it seems to be failing. This …
Having done quite a lot of reading on the subject I have concluded that ionisers are safe for pets in general. But the safe devices might be ineffective anyway. I say “in general” because, although the manufacturers tell us how wonderful ionisers are, when you dig around a bit you discover that the benefits …
Compassion is a much admired quality in people. Compassion is soft, gentle and tender but it can take strength to exercise it. Even the word itself sounds soft and gentle. Compassion is a quality that people should aspire to. Compassion is on the decency spectrum of human qualities. People who have compassion towards the …
Under the Trump administration a massive amount of animal welfare information has been removed from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service removed Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act violation records from its website early in February 2017. Whereas until recently the public had …
In a UK study, factors which may predispose cats to road traffic accidents were assessed. Over 100 cats that had been in a road traffic accident were compared with a control population of 794 cats that had never been in an RTA. Cats involved in RTAs tended to be younger, male and non-pedigree. 46% …
This is another heartwarming cat story. It is also a story which, I believe, promotes the image of the police force. We can tend to have an image of the police as being our masters rather than our servants. The image of the police force in the public eye can be worse than it …
This is such a sweet, tender and caring email from a 12-year-old girl to her veterinarian after her cat took a few sips from her strawberry milk drink. I think it’s wonderful. Her parents should be proud. It shows real concern for the welfare of her cat. I wonder how many children or parents …
The guiding principle of cat ownership is to allow your cat to perform as much of his natural behaviour as possible. This guideline applies to vertebrate animals in general. It applies to the owners as well 😉 . Reference to this guideline can be made when making decisions about cat welfare. This guideline underpins …
