NEWS AND VIEWS: Doorkins Magnificat was Southwark Cathedral’s cat and she passed away on September 30 of liver failure. She started living at the cathedral in 2013. She had been living around nearby Borough Market feeding off food provided by … Continue reading →
The CNN video tells us that Chicago has the worst rat problem in America. A lot of people think that domestic, stray and feral cats are not very effective at catching rats. It depends upon the individual cat but the … Continue reading →
Elwood has been hanging around an Epworth healthcare center (hospital?) in Richmond, Australia. They don’t know where Elwood came from. He looks well fed and healthy which indicates that he has an owner but the story does not tell us … Continue reading →
CAT NEW AND VIEWS: A devout and elderly black cat has welcomed visitors and attended services at St Mary’s Church in Langham for about 18 years. His name is Jerry and his presence completely debunks any superstitions that anybody might … Continue reading →
I don’t have the full story of this because of various reasons but it caught my eye as something that was incredibly gentle and sensitive to cat and dog welfare but also impractical. In Italy they have ended their lockdown. … Continue reading →
There was a time, when Tom, the church cat at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, UK, kept away pesty pigeons. Tom live for 15 years from 1912 to 1927. He is buried in the church grounds. Since his death the church … Continue reading →
You may remember Oscar. He is quite famous (actually very famous). He’s a fluffy, grey-and-white brindled cat who was adopted by a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island, USA in 2005 as a kitten. He resided in the dementia unit … Continue reading →
Dr Christina Lin, writes of a massive homeless crisis and infectious disease threat in California in The Times of Israel blog. She refers to that terrifying disease known as the bubonic plague which is also referred as the black death. … Continue reading →
Harking back to the very beginnings of the domestic cat around 9,500 years ago when wild cats were domesticated because they caught snakes and killed rodents, in Indonesia domestic cats still protect families from poisonous snakes as is evidenced by … Continue reading →
Honestly, it was not an easy decision to make to consider re-homing Porter, but he has been of great service to this library. He’s always brought smiles and cuddles to patrons who needed him, and we think it’s time we … Continue reading →
