80% of Singaporeans are prevented from owning a domestic cat

Letter from HBD Singapore telling residents to rehome their cats

80% of Singaporeans cannot keep a cat because they live in public housing. In Singapore, 8 in 10 citizens live in what are called HDB flats. “HDB” stands for Housing & Development Board. This is Singapore’s public housing authority and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development. They provide Singaporeans with affordable …

Read more

Proof that indoor cats really, really need to look out the window – aka Kitty TV

Cat looking out of window

This cute video confirms what we already know: indoor kitties get a lot of fun looking out of the window. It is kitty TV. My cat likes to sit a little strangely pic.twitter.com/AHPnaxLUb8 — Awwwww (@AwwwwCats) May 26, 2019 The short (on a loop) video also confirms that domestic cats are amazingly athletic and …

Read more

What a life for a cat! A goal to aspire to.

Rosie and Lilo on boat

“These animals are living the life!” AND “Pretty sure the cat thinks she’s a dog :D” – YouTube comments This is exceptional. It almost like watching a fictional movie but it is real. Very few domestic cats have such a rich and full life ram-packed with adventure. Adventure brings stimuli which is great for …

Read more

Green spaces linked to better human health. Does this inform us about domestic cat ownership?

kitten looking intently at camera while lying low in the grass

I’ve always thought that humans have gradually, through their best efforts, distanced themselves from nature. It’s a natural evolution through greater population numbers, commercialism, housebuilding, larger cities, more concrete and less access to nature. It has been found in a study that those who were raised among the lowest levels of green spaces were …

Read more

World insect extinction is a catastrophe for us all including our cats

Cat and insect

Sometimes it is too limiting to simply refer to domestic cats because some events are so big that they affect us all profoundly including our cat companions. A catastrophe has been predicted as the world heads for an extinction of insects. An analysis published in the journal Biological Conservation concludes that insects could be …

Read more

follow it link and logo
Note: Some older videos on this page were hosted on Vimeo. That account has now been retired, so a few video blocks may appear blank. Thanks for understanding — there’s still plenty of cat content to enjoy!