What affects us affects cats
In July 16 it was World Snake Day which is appropriate because on the Facebook page of Save the Daintree Rainforest they featured a photograph of a huge scrub python which was crossing the road at Cape Tribulation in the Daintree Lowland Rainforest. They are also known as amethystine pythons and are the longest …
It’s reported that the coyote population is booming in Florida. The article that I’m reading does not tell me why but it is probably because of Covid. There have been many instances of wildlife encroaching upon human settlements because they’ve become quieter due to social distancing and lockdowns. Temporarily, the world reverted to a …
The UK government has some great animal welfare and conservation plans which I have written about. One is the rewilding of the UK with the wildcat, the lynx and the white-tailed eagle to cite three animals. There are fears, however, that eagles will kill lambs, piglets and cats. You could also add small dogs. …
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People ask whether a fox is a danger to a wandering, outdoor domestic cat and the answer depends upon the age, the sex, the character of the fox and the cat, and of course the circumstances. However, by-and-large, in my UK experience, the cat and the fox respect each other because they both see …
On both sides of the Atlantic, in the UK and in America, there have been stories on more than one occasion of deceased outdoor domestic cats being killed, on the face of it, by a cat killing person who liked to mutilate the cats sometimes by dissecting them into two pieces as if with …
NEWS/VIEWS: The coyote is heavily persecuted in North America. At least 400,000 are exterminated annually and yet this wily predator continues to expand its range. They’ve increased their distribution across North America by 40% since the 1950s. Remarkably, National Geographic tell us that this is twice the rate of any other carnivore in North …
USA: Watch out, coyotes are about catching domestic and feral cats. This is an excellent picture of coyote with a watermelon in their mouth. It is a camera trap photograph of a coyote in the US which reminds me of the diet of the coyote which as you know is an omnivore. It also …
