What affects us affects cats
NEWS AND COMMENT: In Hérault Valley, in the sunny far south of France, an evil presence has taken hold as more than 140 cats have been abducted and sometimes tortured. Cat owners in this area of southern France are urging the police to investigate. Saïda Ounnas and Émeline Legrand have put together a dossier …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SUSSEX, UK: There is uproar over a decision by the police force which investigated the Brighton cat killings to sell video clips of their interviews with the Brighton Cat Killer, who is now dead. He died of cancer in jail not long after he was imprisoned actually. His name was Steve Bouquet …
A German town, Walldorf, ordered residents to lock their cats indoors over the summer for the next three years or face a fine of €500. The move was designed to protect ground-nesting, endangered crested larks; particularly the hatchlings who are very vulnerable. Fines could rise as high as €50,000. Ornithologists were clearly delighted at …
Are you like Tabitha Miles who lives in Essex, England. She is 40 years and has consistently put off her boyfriends with her love of cats. She cares for two at the moment: Foxy a Birman and Wolfie a Maine Coon. Tabitha is called “Tabby” – neat for a cat lover. Wolfie is a …
Remarkably, during the record-setting fierce temperatures last week in the UK when parts of the country suffered 40.3°C temperatures, there were wildfires in the country. These were fires started in fields which rapidly spread to houses, quickly burning them down and destroying all the contents. In Britain we are used to looking at television …
Yes, fleas can kill kittens and we have a story today in the online news media to substantiate that statement. A ‘callous breeder’ in the UK abandoned ’25 terrified cats and kittens to starve to death in a flat’. And the Mirror newspaper reports that the RSPCA assessed that two kittens ‘died after their …
I believe the soldier’s name is Yaroslav Lutsyshyn. It appears that he has decided to do his bit (a lot) for animal welfare during this ghastly war and he is videoing his exploits and uploading the videos to TikTok which allows me to show you one of his latest episodes. As you can see …
NEWS AND COMMENT-COLLINGWOOD, NEW ZEALAND: This is a cross post because I think it’s important. In the headline, I’ve said that New Zealanders are reaping what they’ve sowed. What I mean is this: the country’s government and local authorities have, over a long period of time, verbally attacked domestic cats allowed outside and feral …
