What affects us affects cats
The Ukrainian war news today includes something very grim and indeed very sad for many but not all observers. Ukrainian fighters are sharing footage of cats and dogs eating dead Russian soldiers. News media is referring to a gruesome clip which was shared on the Cargo 200 Telegram channel in which Ukrainians have posted …
The well-publicised Homes for Ukraine programme is, in general, highly successful. Apparently, more than 50,000 refugees have arrived in the UK after fleeing the war in Ukraine under the Ukraine visa schemes. However, on the radio today I heard about a pet problem which interests me. There have been other problems such as Ukrainians …
This is a very disconcerting story in The Sunday Times today. The journalist, Christina Lamb has portrayed Putin’s invasion of Russia from a deeply personal angle and it is very telling and frankly depressing because of its barbarity and inhumanity. I’m able to write about it because cats are part of the story. I …
This is a photograph which in many ways sums up Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine; a war in which brave Ukrainian soldiers are gradually getting the upper hand against the aggressors. And in this photograph, we see a Ukrainian soldier because he is wearing the Ukrainian flag on his body armour. That flag, the …
The video which is somewhat indistinct but which conveys the message, shows three rescue workers from SES Ukraine. They have a Facebook page and this is a Facebook video. It seems to me that the cat is trapped by a hard object and surrounded by a lot of black rubble from what appears to …
It is timely to remind ourselves that Russia is a nation of cat lovers. They have their own purebred cats e.g. Russian Blue, and a good cat fancy. They’ve got some amazing cat breeders although I don’t approve of cat breeding! Russia has a higher percentage of households owning at least one cat than …
This tweet is sad, isn’t it? An elderly woman who needs some peace and security in her life as does her cat and the bloody Russians want to gobble up her country. Well, it’s not the Russians generally, they don’t want the war. It’s the evil tactical genius/madman, Putin, who demands it. He thinks …
This is a photograph from World War I, the Great War. It was taken by John Warwick Brooke (Lieutenant). It is a black-and-white colourised photograph. It was colourised by Colourising History (aka /u/DBColour). Below it is the original black and white photo. It shows a British soldier perhaps of the Army Service Corps ‘shaking …
