What affects us affects cats
Following on from Elisa’s story about brave Joey who went down a well to rescue a cat: we have discovered brave people in our PoC family too and now ‘Pictures of Cats’ has the sub title ‘Protectors of Cats’. In alphabetical order, because each feat of bravery was of equal importance to the animals …
Uhmm, we had painted cats. We have lion cuts. Now we have something between the two: fancy feline haircuts. My first thought was: are these genuine? Are they another example of clever Photoshop editing? Years ago, for a while, people were fooled into believing that “painted cats” were actually painted cats! There were not …
There is a difference between cats playing with people and grabbing their finger with their claws or biting their hand or whatever and genuine aggression towards a person. In play, there can be apparent aggression towards a person, usually the cat’s owner. By contrast, there are occasions when a cat will genuinely be aggressive …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article was inspired by Dee, who wrote on another article: ‘Which POC commandment number should we make? Support only small, local, or individual charities? Right under #1? Thou shalt not declaw?’ Thousands of years ago cats agreed to become domesticated. In those days it was a case of give …
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? …
I’m sure many PoC regulars will be familiar with The Animal Rescue Site, part of the Greater Good organisation, where we can click daily to help to feed rescue animals in the USA, I’ve been doing this for years now but only about 6 months ago I found out about the Shelter Challenge on …
People who are decent cat caretakers realise that ordinary cat food isn’t that good. It is a well packaged poor quality product that is dressed up and flavored. It does not match the classic feline diet: the mouse. Far from it. By contrast, although wild cats have a stressed out and miserable life in cages …
She calls it “OCD Cat Grooming”. I was looking for information on feline OCD and arrived at this video. I wasn’t looking for a video to put on the site. It just happened. I love the video. I love what she does. I love her cats who are so well cared for. There is …
