What affects us affects cats
I’m just passing on the word. This is another household danger for the domestic cat. There are many and sometimes they aren’t obvious. A similar sort of danger is found with recliner chairs which I have written about before. Recliner chairs can crush cats and so can garage doors. You can guess what might …
Little Boy was a three-year-old black-and-white cat. He was loved by his owner. He must have been an indoor/outdoor cat because he went outside on January 18 to go to the toilet. He never came back. Due to a catalogue of events all of which are due to human behaviour, he ended up being …
This is a nice infographic on an unusual subject. I have not seen one tackle this subject before. I hope you find it useful. Build your cat a better life by PowerTool World.
Cat owners are being urged by the RSPCA to stop buying novelty collars for their cat after a rise in the number of lethal injuries. The RSPCA have reported that there is a trend to buy more unusual looking collars for their cats such as those with rhinestones et cetera. Some of these collars …
I often read comments by people who don’t like cats (or cat lovers) which confidently state that there is no difference from an ethical standpoint between declawing a cat and sterilising a cat. They boldly question why we don’t criticise the sterilisation of cats when we criticise declawing. We are hypocrites they argue. In …
Potentially, there are some ethical dilemmas for the cat caretaker/guardian. I am referring to cat owners who think but of course whether these are dilemmas or certainties depends on the thinker. Let’s start with the “problem” of neighbours and people you know. Sometimes their standard of cat caretaking is not that great. It may …
Animal welfare should be part of the school curriculum in the USA and UK. Countless times we are reminded that education is the key to improved animal welfare and in this instance I’m mainly focusing on the welfare of domestic animals and particularly the domestic cat. In many homes, parents of children pass on …
Work has begun on building a specialist animal terminal called the “Ark at JFK airport”. The arrangements and living quarters for animals using the terminal will be so lavish that passengers have complained that they would be better off if they were cattle and able to use the animal terminal rather than being herded …
