Confined cats live longer than cats allowed to roam freely outside but there are health issues directly associated with full-time indoor living. In the United States between 50 and 60 percent of domestic cats are kept indoors permanently while in the UK the figure is 2.5%. In a survey of UK cats, 8.4% were …
PETA says: Allowing cats to roam outdoors unattended is just as dangerous and unwise as allowing a toddler to wander down the street alone. What do you think? We must think cats are dispensable.
I think most of us know about electric collars for dogs which deliver a shock for the purpose of training the animal. Many people consider this to be wholly unacceptable. As for cats I know of no such collar except for one. This is when a cat with a collar is part of a …
When discussing the topic of the percentage of domestic cats living full-time indoors we have to turn to America (and Canada) where there is a very strong attitude towards indoor cats in stark contrast to the majority of the other countries on the planet.
As Internet users ask the question: ‘is it legal to let your cat roam freely?’ – I feel obliged to answer it and I will do so very briefly because the answer is straightforward (as at the date of this post). The answer is YES. This applies to anywhere in the world but there …
This is a well worn question but what it is really asking is whether a domesic cat will suffer psychologically if he/she is kept indoors. You could answer the question by saying that millions of Americans keep their cats indoors. The cats seem to be fine. They quite possibly are okay psychologically but we …
Is the statement in the title correct? I feel that it is. Distinct problems can occur if you let your cats wander outside in the knowledge that they might occasionally enter a neighbour’s house and eat the food there or worse, urinate in the house. This is what happened in Yeovil, UK. It has …
In a town at the center of England, Tamworth, cats represent over 50% of all animals killed on the roads. I would argue that this is quite possibly typical of many towns in the UK. The Tamworth Herald requested information from the Tamorth Borough Council about the number of times they were called out …
