What affects us affects cats
This is an odd cat story. It’s about a guy who has a rescue cat who is three-years-of-age. The cat is an outdoor cat (this took place in the UK). The man, Matt Strong, was walking to get his hair cut when he saw a lady tending to a severely injured cat by the …
This is a veterinarian who should never have been a veterinarian. He was a failure from the beginning as far as I am concerned. This veterinarian worked in the United Kingdom. He is Gary Samuel, 49, and his assistant is Rochelle McEwan, 28. Both have been found guilty of animal cruelty offences after police …
The last time I wrote about the trophy hunting of African lions was when I discussed Cecil, the famous Zimbabwean lion, who was shot with a bow and arrow by the infamous dentist Walter Palmer1. The world knew about this and the world was sick of it except for the damned trophy hunters of …
We are told that, in America, the mortality rate among whites aged between 25 to 34 years from drug overdoses has increased fivefold from 1999 to 2014. Among people aged 35 to 44 the rate has trebled. It would seem, that drugs are killing a rising number of poor, white Americans and the following …
I can remember a visitor (someone who does not like cats, no doubt) who told me that there is no such thing as a “working cat”. He is wrong. We have four good examples in the UK: Florence, Betty, Solo and Leia. Until recently they were the last working animals at a British coal …
This is a story about the strong community spirit amongst cat rescuers. In times of need they are very supportive of fellow rescuers and their cats. A much loved and sorely missed Charlotte-based cat rescuer, Deb Smith, ended her own life on 7th January. She had cared for over forty cats with her mother …
Once again there’s turmoil in the cat advocacy world, this time coming out of North Carolina. The whole situation brings into question as to whether shelters should do background checks on the rescues who pull cats from them. I’ll be as brief as possible, but will list several links following this article so the …
This is about “Pearl”, an angry looking but sweet cat. We know that people and, yes, domestic cats can have an appearance which gives us a completely false impression about their personality. Meet, a shelter cat (who is now adopted) who had a face which gave the impression that she was totally fed up, …
