What affects us affects cats
NEWS AND COMMENT-COLLINGWOOD, NEW ZEALAND: This is a cross post because I think it’s important. In the headline, I’ve said that New Zealanders are reaping what they’ve sowed. What I mean is this: the country’s government and local authorities have, over a long period of time, verbally attacked domestic cats allowed outside and feral …
NEWS AND VIEWS-NEW ZEALAND: A story on the stuff.co.nz website tells me in no uncertain terms that New Zealanders totally accept the shooting dead of stray DOMESTIC cats. These were owned cats that have been dumped by irresponsible cat owners. I suspect that many of them are microchipped. Nonetheless, the owner of Tunanui Station …
Normally, yes, if it is someone’s pet. To answer the question in the title you have to ask yourself what kind of cat is being killed and how and why it is being killed. Euthanising a cat if the cat is chronically ill is not criminal damage. We know that. Veterinarians do it all …
An animal lover living in Hull, UK has warned residents on the Greatfield Estate to keep their cat indoors at night because she claims that youths are killing them with catapults for the fun of it. Yes, it is time to refer to cat cruelty in the land of the animal lovers, England. Sorry, …
The prosecutor let off an elderly couple who decided out of compassion to kill by drowning a litter of kittens because they could not get an orgnisation to take them off their hands. Was this the correct decision?
The language of the title is strong, I agree, but essentially correct. The story concerns a 90-year-old woman living in Sydney, Australia with dozens of kittens and strays. Living in a house in Australia with dozens of kittens and their parents is like a young antelope living in the Serengeti surrounded by a pride …
This is a moral conundrum although it’s entirely legal. The story concerns a dog, Emma, but it could equally concern the family cat. The dog owner lived in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The owner’s will requested that her dog, a Shih Tzu, be euthanised and buried with her. For the sake of convenience I have …
This is the latest development in the war against cats by the authorities in either New Zealand or Australia. Any cat is in the firing line: domestic, stray or feral. There are many great cat owners and lovers in these countries but their elected lawmakers are paranoid about cats. Auckland city councillors have come …
