What affects us affects cats
Today, I am not going to name the cat I am referring to but it is not Grumpy Cat. It is a cat celebrity that I had not heard of before until today. She has no forelegs, just stumps. She was born this way due to a congenital abnormality. As is normal for disabled …
This is another good news cat story. We like them because there are too many bad news cat stories. Most cats in Turkey are “free-living”. Another term is “community cats”. They don’t have owners. They share their time between a group of caretakers. Somehow this seems more natural for the domestic cat. It certainly …
One of the attractions to tourists visiting England are the stately homes of the rich upper classes. They want to see the fine rooms, antiques and furniture. It appears that an added attraction is becoming very important for the owners of these properties which are often handed down through the family for hundreds of …
Larry is the chief mouser at number 10 Downing Street, the offices of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He has a specific role to play. It is not a joke. He was hired – if that’s the right word – to keep rodents away from number 10. He is considered to be …
I recently visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from where the UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson works. You have probably heard that there is a resident house cat who is named after a former Prime Minister: Palmerston. Palmerston’s role is to keep down the mice and rats. I was told that he has …
Paula Rowling from Haverhill was on honeymoon in Scarborough, UK. She wanted to see Felix the Huddersfield Station Cat. It meant a 300 mile round trip. She had left a note on Felix’s Facebook page where, incidentally, she has 63,000 Likes, to say she’d visit. Felix is a UK celebrity cat and pest controller. …
“Since the invention of the internet, we have the knowledge of the ages at our fingertips. Instead, we choose to look at pictures of cats.” Perhaps it’s our love of cats that leads us to websites posting cute photos and videos of cats and kittens. It’s an escape from the stress of everyday life. …
Here is some, possibly, interesting information about Grumpy Cat as at today’s date which is early November 2015. Grumpy Cat is the world’s best known cat, domestic or wild. Grumpy Cat is a moggy (random bred cat) and she is a dwarf cat with a resemblance to a Snowshoe Cat. Grumpy Cat was born …
