I’ll keep this short as it is a little off-track from the normal cat article! And I only want to make one point – a very personal point but one that I’ve been thinking about for a long time and which Rod Liddle writing in The Sunday Times makes today in his inimitable and amusing …
The West needs animal loving benevolent dictatorships rather than democracies. Discuss. Read More »
This is a discussion article. Input from others would be welcome. It is clear to me, living in the UK, that Americans appear to be far more patriotic than the British. Or at least they show it with far more confidence. Look at these two videos of delivery drivers. They scream to me ‘patriotism’. In …
Why are Americans so patriotic? Does it affect cat ownership? Read More »
How are we going to know! It is the most secretive place on earth where they worship, as a god, an obese, chain-smoking shorty with a funny haircut who’s allegedly very ill. Well, the best place to find out is the front page of the internet, Reddit. At least that is a good starting point. …
How fast can you tie your laces? Stupid question, yes? Perhaps not. We are taught how to tie laces when we are kids. There are many different ways of doing it. I think the way I was taught is a good one. A good friend of mine has a slower method; no blame on him. …
How fast can you tie your laces? What we are taught sticks. Read More »
The words in the title are from Peter Singer who wrote the acclaimed book, Animal Liberation, published in 1975. In the book he argued that humankind had a tendency toward speciesism meaning that humans attach far greater importance to themselves than they do to other species of animal. Singer asked that people should ‘expand their …
People should expand their circle of moral concern to all sentient beings, everywhere Read More »
In a letter to The Times, Kate Nicholls of Seaford, East Sussex, UK, stated that she passionately believes that Mr Farthing’s (Nowzad) evacuation of cats and dogs from Kabul was a highly improper act which brings shame on Great Britain. She said that she read the news with “utter disbelief”. She also said that Ben …
True or false? Afghan animal airlift only added to our national shame. Read More »
I don’t know who Felicia Wilson is. I think she is a social media celebrity rather than having a background skill such as singing or as an actress. That’s my impression but if I’m incorrect then please tell me. She has 1.9 million followers on TikTok. She appears to have a menagerie of animals. In …
Self-assured Felicia Wilson on TikTok owns a bobcat kitten and she is wrong Read More »
I have said that domestic cats don’t appreciate beauty. The discussion is philosophical. Philosophical discussions don’t result in hard conclusions. I can’t provide a guaranteed answer as to whether domestic cats appreciate beauty or not. I also can’t provide a definitive answer as to why humans appreciate beauty. That, too, is a philosophical question. I’ve …
About 10 days ago there was a bit of a hoo-ha over PETA’s use of a graphic image of a cat that had been dissected. PETA wants to see this sort of activity stopped. They consider it outdated and essentially cruel (see video below). Of course I agree with them completely. PETA have a habit …
Don’t criticise PETA for showing graphic images of cats Read More »
There is a growing feeling that human population growth is having a very bad effect on animals. Although you have to differentiate between domestic and wild animals. The UK’s favourite broadcaster, said David Attenborough, is an advocate for stabilising the planet’s human population. Negative effects [We should] stabilise the human population as low as we …
You have to differentiate between (1) wild cats and (2) domestic, stray and feral cats. I will deal with (2) first. Domestic, stray and feral cats I’d predict that if there were no cats whatsoever the change in the world by there being no domestic, stray and feral cats would be larger than if there …
I wanted to try and work out the risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to other causes for the USA. I think you have to be a statistician to do it properly. Also the result very much depends on your age and health. The odds of a young person dying of Covid-19 is much less …
USA: Risk of dying of Covid-19 versus other causes Read More »
During Turkey’s coronavirus lockdown the streets of Istanbul have been abandoned to their famed community cats. This excellent photograph encapsulates the strange end-of-world appearance of what should be bustling bazaars and sheathing shopping malls. But nada, zilch. It reminds me of central London and a photo I took of Westminster Bridge a short while ago. …
Picture of community cat on deserted streets of locked down Istanbul Read More »
I am assuming that the question refers to the pain suffered while being killed by a predator. There is a lot of information on this website about cats’ hunting skills. An extension of this is to write about it from the point of view of prey animals and whether they feel pain at that end …
I went to London yesterday. I took a train to the busiest railway station in the UK; Waterloo (see photo below). It was the middle of a working day and the station was eerily deserted. I walked to the middle of London, to Westminster Bridge and looked across to the Houses of Parliament. It was …
Is wildlife going to reclaim those beautiful, quiet deserted city streets in America? Read More »
