Would you like to know the carbon footprint of your domestic cat? Or dog or goldfish? You might not but you can find out the carbon footprint of almost anything in a new book, How Bad Are Bananas? written by … Continue reading →
The Sun online newspaper reports that more than half of UK cat owners claim that their feline friends have become friendlier during lockdown. Almost 90 percent said that their pet – either a dog or cat – had provided them … Continue reading →
The Sun newspaper provides us with some insights, from the online lettings portal Mashroom, on the subject of how to present your home to a potential tenant or purchaser. There were 2,000 participants in their survey. Shockingly, they concluded that … Continue reading →
America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that people wash their hands after they handle their cats. Although there is no evidence that cats spread Covid-19 to people they say that all animals carry germs that can make … Continue reading →
It is not cruel per se to keep a cat in an apartment. There needs to be more.
Continue reading →A recent YouGov poll has found that companion animal guardians (a.k.a. pet owners) are almost split down the middle with 51% living with a dog or dogs and 47% cohabiting with a cat or cats. An interesting finding of the … Continue reading →
I don’t like the question. It should read ‘which country spends most on its companion animals?’. Having got that out of the way the answer is obvious from bar graph on the right below: Research from the market research company … Continue reading →
Rank Country Number of cats in millions 1 Germany 14.5 2 France 13.5 3 United Kingdom 7.5 4 Italy 7.3 5 Poland 6.4 6 Romania 4.3 7 Spain 3.145 8 Netherlands 2.640 9 Belgium 2.050 10 Austria 2.034 Source: … Continue reading →
I am generalising greatly. However, research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science involving almost 500,000 people in 109 countries concluded that the most prosperous societies tended to be the most open, cosmopolitan and secular (least religious). Losing religion … Continue reading →
Cat ownership can be a tricky topic as, in practice, we don’t really own a cat because they are sentient beings with a mind of their own. But legally we do own our cat, if we want to, and the … Continue reading →
