“Sit”. How dogs trained humans to speak at their speed. Same applies to cats and babies.

How dogs trained us to speak more slowly to them

NEWS AND OPINION: Adult human speak more slowly to babies, dogs and cats. I’m referring here to a recently published research paper on the Plos One website (PLOS BIOLOGY), which has been reported in The Times newspaper. The core conclusion is one that we readily recognise and find unsurprising namely that we speak more …

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While human pee can be a synthetic fertilizer, a cat’s is not ideal

Cat surrounded by tall and colourful flowers

Pee on your backyard flowers and vegetables to make them grow 👍💖. There is an interesting little article in The Times today (Monday, September 30, 2024). It’s about human urine acting as a synthetic fertiliser to grow better plants and vegetables in your back garden essentially. Of course, it got me thinking. It got …

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4 reasons why police dogs should be phased out. Infographic.

Phase out police dogs says PETA

PETA has written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner suggesting that police dogs should be phased out and they cite four reasons which are summarised in the infographic below. 3 reasons why polic dogs should be phased out by Michael Broad The first point is an obvious one that is sometimes overlooked: consent. Dogs don’t …

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3 reasons why cats play with prey before killing it. Infographic.

Sweet domestic cat is a killing machine

When domestic cats play with prey before killing the poor animal it can be distressing for the cat’s caregiver as often they are general animal lovers as well as cat lovers. There is, however, from the cat’s perspective, a perfectly logical reason for it – three reasons actually, which I have summarised in the …

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Why do cats hate closed doors? Infographic explains.

Cat looks up at a closed door

This is a really rapid read to suite those on the move. The infographic below answers the question in the title. The answer applies more to the old-fashioned but still current way of allowing cats outside unsupervised in many countries where they will scent mark their home range. If a cat is indoors full-time …

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RSPCA Barrow paints a picture of a broken human-to-cat relationship

Can you afford to care for your cat to a high standard? Are you pressed financially to do it?

I’ve just been surfing the Internet and bumped into a story about the RSPCA in Barrow, UK. This is Barrow-in-Furness which is just south of the Lake District National Park. It’s in the north of England and there is a slightly different culture in the north compared to the south in general and it …

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