What affects us affects cats
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 half of British citizens have described property viewing as “disgusting”. The reason for this …
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 people sick. It is a good idea, therefore, to wash your hands after touching …
It is not cruel per se to keep a cat in an apartment. There needs to be more.
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 poll is perhaps unsurprising when you think about it. We know that wild dogs …
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 Gfk published on The Economist tells us that, unsurprisingly, America is the country where …
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: data from the European Pet Food Industry (FEDIAF). The population of the top 3 …
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 is good for your wealth. My argument is that wealthy families are more likely …
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 way you prove it is through documentation and general evidence of possession of the …
