I have used an American slang term, “sucks”, to describe the situation with respect to animal welfare in a country that is part of the European Union. Members of the European Union should be in harmony on all matters including animal welfare. This is not the case and the politicians who run the European Union …
When dogs attack a cat and kill her, it is described as “an act of nature” by the police. Because of that the police say they are powerless to investigate. They changed their story later on saying that no witnesses had come forward so they couldn’t do anything. Hardly any better. A rather feeble excuse …
There is a petition to ban declawing in Washington, D.C.. This is a good idea because it is the capital of the United States. Banning it there may lead to a domino effect. An interesting point was made by the person who set up the petition. There was a recent criminal prosecution of a person …
You live with a person. You want to go away for a break. You love your cat and set high standards of cat caretaking. Can you trust your partner to look after your cat while you are away? What sort of things can go wrong? How do you deal with it if you can’t trust …
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By Barbara My cat Millie is 13 years old. We hadn’t seen her for about 2 1/2 days and assumed she got herself stuck in some neighbor’s garage or something. This morning we found her laying in our yard under a lilac bush. When she got up she seemed to be staggering and felt really …
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Since Michael has been on a roll with how cats can be injured or killed by cars, I decided to approach the subject once again from our cat Sealy’s perspective. By this I mean cats can die under the hood in warm weather too. Many areas of the U.S. get hot in the summer. And …
It does not matter if you are a puma in Florida, a Geoffory’s cat in La Pampa province, Argentina or a domestic cat in London, England; cars kill them all the time. Perhaps traffic is the best example of how human population growth and consequential growth in human activity bears down on the cat, wild …
What a wonderful little fella he is! I think this picture of an adorable kitten, named Justin, is brilliant but, of course, it is very sad and upsetting. However, his demeanor and proud stance seems to make things better except for the terrible behavior of the people who hurt him. He is still very ill. …
There is a special danger for a cat who is jumping to a particular surface. Cats often jump onto small spaces; for example, a ledge. Before jumping they will move their heads from side to side to get a precise fix on the distance and landing zone. By moving their head they can re-evaluate the …
Canadian vets are finally coming around to the idea that declawing cats is unnecessary and cruel. Why the delay, doctors? Some high profile veterinarians are leading the way in the slow process of phasing it out. Yes, it is slow, but at least it is a beginning. A start is desperately overdue because we are …
Veterinarians in the USA make at least $2.16 billion ($2,160,000,000) in total from cat declawing. See Declawing Myths and Truths It is important to recognise that declawing cats is big business. It is a important part of a veterinarian’s operation. It is the bread and butter of his work just like vaccinations, annual check ups, …
What do you think about this new device, which is yet to hit shop shelves; the CatNav? It is for indoor/outdoor cats or perhaps cats living in a very large house! I suggest below how it may help to protect cats from abuse. It is a variation on the CatCam, the video camera attached to …
Well, yes, I am offended, as it happens. It is disrespectful of this cat and cats in general. This is not the first domestic cat skin rug. There are others. There are many wild cat skin rugs, all of which I personally find objectionable. I thought they had gone out of fashion. The tiger skin …
By Elisa Black-Taylor According to Fox news¹ hundreds of family pets have been killed over the past decade by a little-known program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The name goes by Wildlife Services, which has a Predator Control division that we as taxpayers help fund. There are also plenty of allegations of wild animal abuses. …
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By advocating that people should beware of cat haters in influential positions, I am saying that some people, who happen to hate cats, have a platform and have some influence through which they are able to damage the image of the cat in the eyes of the public. For cats themselves, and for those of …
