The one good thing is that the players acted responsibly and gently towards this grey, stray cat, who looks a bit skinny, and who was clearly scared having found him/herself inside a baseball ground during a Miami Marlins match. The cat calls upon his athletism to get out: climbing up a multi-panel television display …
This is the story of Leo, a stray cat living on the streets of Ankara, Turkey who one day decided good food and an excellent caregiver were only part of having a good life. Leo wanted a home to call his very own, and set about to make his dream of a forever family …
What is it like in Cuba for the cat? Well, Will Grant can tell us. He works for the BBC and he has lived in Havana where he adopted a stray cat. The first point, which is bad for cats is that Cubans are generally dog people. This is unsurprising to me because in …
A TRAGIC kitten was living a terrible life abandoned on the busy streets of Istanbul, Turkey, with pedestrians ignoring her because of her unpleasant looks. This poor kitten. What a life she had. Lost and almost certain to die young. How superb is the person who saved her. I have immense admiration for her …
By Gina Shahbandar Intro by Michael. Gina makes the point that community cats (managed outdoor cats living in harmony with people) can provide an essential but underappreciated service to humankind in keeping down rat populations and therefore diseases such as the plague. For example the bubonic plague is spread through flea bites and rats. The …
This is a simple but sweet story from Turkey, the home of the real Turkish Angora and Turkish Van. I’ll keep it short. In Turkey there are community cats – cats living in the community but not owned by anyone in particular. It is a method that works well. They hang around places where …
Bay City, Michigan is debating a new ordinance which will restrict each household to a maximum of three cats. The reason for the possible introduction of this ordinance is to reduce the number of stray cats wandering around Bay City. City councillors say the city is teeming with stray cats and there is a …
James Bowen must have made quite a lot of money from Bob his cat companion. James recently visited his publisher, Hodder & Stoughton, who told him that he had sold his millionth book in Britain. We are not told how many books he has sold elsewhere but we are told they are “international best …
