What affects us affects cats
Betty White is described as an “actress, comedienne, singer, author and television personality”. I doubt if she finds the description complete because she says that she has devoted her life to trying to improve the lives of animals. I wonder if “animal advocate” (or “animal health advocate”) should be part of her CV and …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra Many families are being hit by austerity and are finding it hard to manage on the money they have coming in, but WHY are the cats in the family the first to lose their homes? Hardship is being endured by some people, mainly unemployed people, but here is the worst …
Cat owners should accept every aspect of their cat’s behaviour. True friendship includes complete acceptance of the friend; the behavior you like and dislike in equal measure. Here is a quote on that from George Eliot1: “A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain …
I was listening the radio this morning at 4 am, as I usually do because I wake up early these days, and the presenter, Christo, was discussing karma with listeners who were phoning-in giving their views. When an intelligent young man, Terry, spoke about his cat – meow – my ears pricked up. A …
This is not a hypothetical question. It is starkly real. Under the Islamic faith it is not permitted to eat cats and dogs1. However, in the suburbs of southern Damascus, not far from people sipping coffee in pleasant surroundings in the center of the city, people are starving to death because the Assad regime …
This is a short warning about cats and dogs in cargo holds. If you are traveling with your cat or dog and your companion animal is in the cargo hold of the aircraft, my advice is, just after you have taken your seat in the cabin, to ask the stewardess to check with the …
Stroking your cat can be stressful for your cat if (s)he is unsure about it or dislikes it but puts up with it. “…cats who tolerate, rather than enjoy or dislike being petted, seem to be the most stressed.” (Professor Daniel Mills, Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine at the University of Lincoln) The above …
TVHR is more effective than TNR, a study concludes. This is an interesting study that looks at a modified version of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) to make it more effective. The good thing is that the study takes TNR seriously as a way to manage feral cat colonies. The study indirectly validates the concept of TNR, …
