There is a stray cat in the community. You don’t know the cat and yet she consistently brings dead birds to your front door and meows until you come out. What does this mean? It isn’t unique but probably quite unusual. The way to try and understand this is to refer to the mother-kitten relationship. …
Unknown cat brings dead birds to your front door and meows. What does it mean? Read More »
This is a poorly formulated question in my opinion by many people carrying out an Internet search using Google. What they mean is can a domestic cat survive outside without the intervention of a human caretaker? Or to put it another way, can a domestic cat leave their home and live in the wild like …
Can domestic cats survive outside? Lady Godiva did. Read More »
A study from Italy published in 2013 found a very high prevalence of otitis externa in stray cats. What is this? “Otitis” refers to inflammation of the ear. “Externa” refers to the external apparatus of the ear which means the ear canal and ear flap. So were talking about infections in the part of the …
This is a said video for me. I can feel the sadness in this cat. And the loneliness. This must be a stray cat who was once a domestic cat. And they are sitting on the sidewalk or near the sidewalk watching pedestrians pass by. He or she desperately wants to interact with these people. …
Cat sits on the sidewalk and swats at pedestrians. Why? Read More »
This is a photo that caught my eye, and when photos do arrest me, I like to spread ‘the word’ – pictures are worth a thousand words. The caption from registered non-profit in Ontario, Canada, Project Save Animals is as follows: “Poor boy Murphy was sprayed for fleas but needs an x-ray and a complete …
Picture of stray cat Murphy encapsulates the hard life they can lead Read More »
This is an op-ed about a story from Mumbai, the commercial capital of India. I have visited India so I know the smells and sights of the country. Although it was many years ago. This stray cat story perhaps sheds a bit of light on what life is like in that teaming commercial capital. A …
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AUSTRALIA: A study published in 2020 highlights two major health problems concerning stray cats, namely parasites and the quality of the food that they eat. Stray cats are not feral cats. They are domestic cats that have strayed from their home for one reason or another. They might have got lost for instance. They may …
95% of stray cats have worms and 57% scavenge potentially life-threatening refuse Read More »
It is a photograph of a black cat sleeping on a couch on the Reddit.com website. The photographer said: “I found him outside the gym, kept following me, what should I name him?” It’s a cool title to the photograph because he or she is saying that they adopted this cat without saying it. They …
You may have heard of him; his name is Mister Bruce Willis. I’m told that he spent six years as an unloved, lonely stray cat on the streets during which he acquired significant health issues which is unsurprising bearing in mind the life he was forced to lead. His health problems included an eye injury, …
Stray went from the saddest cat to the happiest cat in a couple of hours Read More »
Genuine stray cats come to your house because (1) they are domesticated cats who have become unwanted or lost and are looking for food and shelter and (2) your house may present to cats as one which is friendly. There may be several reasons for giving stray cats this impression and cats will pick up …
INDIANA, USA: Well he says “will you take her home?”. It seems that those words were directed at the cat’s owners which would indicate that the cat is owned and therefore domesticated. But then they catch the cat in a net and take him/her away for what I guess is certain death. How about that? …
Cops ‘arrest’ a cat and take ‘it’ away, to where (video)? Read More »
This story of before and after cat rescue comes from Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, UK. The skinny, urine-stained, bedraggled stray cats looks different now. Lottie, a stray cat, was brought to the RSPCA center at Hillfield Lane, Stretton in a bad way. Her fur was falling out, she was underweight, urine stained and bedraggled. Underneath that stray …
Transformational care reveals beauty beneath bedraggled stray cat Read More »
This stray cat made a church his home, attends Mass, and has boosted the congregation. In the town of Atibaia, Brazil (near San Paolo) a stray cat wandered into a church in the parish of São Sebastião and stayed. He has been named Junior and he sleeps in the church’s collection basket and grooms himself …
Priest takes Mass with church cat regularly on the altar Read More »
There is a better way of handling a stray cat problem than trapping and killing them. And the residents of Pompano Beach, Florida are also afraid that pet cats might be accidentally euthanised (killed is a more accurate word) which is what has happened already. Peter Werneken said: “I was devastated, I was really upset.” …
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This is a story that was first published on The Dodo on 8 April 2019. I’m going to play devil’s advocate rather than simply go over the story. Story summarised At night, a stray cat was regularly entering the home of Johanna King and husband. At first they heard a commotion in the kitchen around …
Would you trap a cat that was coming into your house every night? Read More »
