Famed Japanese ‘Cat Island’ cats are being poisoned

Ao Island cats a tourist attraction

The population of the internationally known cats on ‘Cat Island’ which is actually Ao Island (Aoshima), has declined sharply of late from 90 individuals in 2014 to around 30 today, I am told by The Telegraph newspaper. It is believed that they have been poisoned. Witnesses state that they they have seen fish at …

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The top 10 cat poisons in the USA and lilies are in the number 1 spot

Cat poisons

Who would have thought that lilies are the top cat poison in the USA? This beautiful plant has been discussed a lot online and the information that they are deadly to cats has been widely disseminated. And yet they still harm and kill lots of cats. Unfortunately the Pet Poisons Helpline does not provide …

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Fireworks are poisonous to cats if ingested

Black cat fireworks sign

It had never occurred to me but if a cat or dog ingests a used firework thats lying around after having been set off (there are many) then it could poison them. It doesn’t surprise me to be told by the Pet Poison Helpline that fireworks contain hazardous chemicals such as potassium nitrate. I’m …

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Air dropping frozen, poisonous sausages to kill feral cats

Australian feral cat

Australian officials are killing millions of feral cats in Australia by the bizarre method of air dropping poisonous, frozen sausages across the Outback. I presume only feral cats eat the sausages. Are they stamped with, ‘To Be Eaten By Feral Cats Only’? Do native species, the animals they want to protect, eat them too? …

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Poisoning of San Francisco’s parrots indicates reckless use of bromethalin affecting cats and other animals

Parrots of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

This story is about parrots in San Francisco being poisoned over very many years. However, the story is much wider than that because researchers don’t know where or how the parrots are ingesting bromethalin, a rat poison, and therefore its presence endangers other animals including, notably, feral, stray and outside domestic cats. Bromethalin is …

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