What affects us affects cats
In this interview of Carole Baskin by a presenter at WINK news, she speaks eloquently and fluently about her passion, which is to phase out private ownership of tigers in the USA and to end cub handling. She wants to achieve this through her Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA). She has campaigned tirelessly …
The Ukrainian defiance in the face of overwhelming numbers in the Russian invasion of their country is impressive and inspiring. The Ukrainians have at least 3 reasons going for them which will help them win. They are truly motivated. The Russians are not. There is no stronger motivation than to fight for your country …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a picture taken from a security camera video of two girls who are standing in the middle of what appears to be a 4-lane dual carriageway road in Buena Park, Los Angeles, USA. They are looking at their dead cat who had only just been killed by a vehicle …
NEWS AND OPINION: On social media there is a trend developing and it is this. Ukrainian troops are seen to be sensitive to the needs of the many abandoned stray animals, normally both cats and dogs. You see video clips of Ukrainian soldiers feeding nervous stray dogs. These dogs are fearful and they run …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SHANGHAI, CHINA: A surge in Omicron Covid-19 infections in Shanghai has resulted in a zero-tolerance lockdown across the entire city. This is the policy that the authorities in China impose on their citizens when Covid infections increase. It is a very severe reaction particularly as the Omicron variant of Covid is treated …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Ghislaine Maxwell and her father meowed 10 times before talking on the phone. This story has hit the news media and gone viral. As it is about cats, I feel that I have to wade in to the conversation. Robert Maxwell loved his children, Ian, Kevin and Ghislaine. It seems that …
NEWS AND COMMENT-HUTA MEZHYHIRSKA, UKRAINE: the body of Maksim Levin, 44, an experienced and dedicated photojournalist and war photographer, was found in the above-mentioned village which is north of Kyiv where there had been heavy shelling. He had been shot twice, as reported, by Russian soldiers. The photographs of Maks (as he was called) …
NEWS AND COMMENT – KHARKIV, UKRAINE: It is very ironic that the Russia-built Kharkiv Metro is now serving as a refuge – a kind of subterranean village – for the citizens of Kharkiv during the brutal Russian invasion and destruction of their city. It was built when Ukraine was part of Russia in 1975. …
