NEWS AND VIEWS: Holly Hennessy, 68, from Florida, is cruising with her cat, Captain the Cruising Kitty on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a 425-cabin cruise ship which was originally due to set sail on May 30 but had to remain in the dockyard at Belfast for repairs until yesterday. Hennessy sold her own boat …
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 …
The infographic which is a ‘speed read’ explains 😉. The logic of feeding domestic cats a moisture-rich diet is inescapable. This may surprise many cat owners as dry cat foods are everywhere on the shelves of veterinary clinics and at supermarkets. These are convenience foods which are very popular both for human and cat …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
