What affects us affects cats
The headline news about the California wildfires have subsided but the work to treat the animals who miraculously survived, some with severe injuries, continues and will do so for months to come. Middletown Animal Hospital is in Lake County, California and a wildfire in that area which started on 12th September consumed 76,000 acres …
When 13-year-old, white-and-black cat, Charlie, disappeared from his home in Accrington, in the UK a few weeks ago, his owner thought she’d never see him again. Kinder Kaur and her daughter Kelly McDonald had resigned themselves to the reality, this time, they may never see Charlie again. The family moved to Accrington in April …
Two abandoned kittens, one grey and one black and white, were trapped inside a holiday home in Nefteyugansk, Siberia, next to the Ob River one of the world’s longest. They were entirely surrounded by a massive slick of thick, black oil which had leaked from a ruptured oil pipe managed by RN-Yuganskneftegas Ltd, part …
This is the truth behind bloody pet food. Do you still want to buy it? Do we have a choice? These white rabbits are born in one meter square cages which they share with 16 others and they die there 80 days later. In terms of space, each rabbit has one A4 sheet of …
A short note to illustrate Germany’s attitude to the creation of cat breeds which they consider to be inherently unhealthy. They call it torture breeding or “Qualzucht”. The Associated Press very recently reported the case of a German court ordering a cat breeder to castrate (neuter) her cat because he doesn’t have whiskers. It …
Whenever I run across an author who posts articles that describe certain breeds of cats as having “dog-like” qualities, I get so frustrated and disgusted that I want to gnash my teeth. What gets me so doggoned (pardon the expression) annoyed is that many folks like me who are passionate about cats work very …
We are all familiar with divorcing couples using and abusing their children to win a battle in divorce proceedings. Fighting over the kids is despicable and it happens a lot. The domestic cat is considered to be a family member by most and in that status he/she is equally vulnerable to couples who are …
Scotland: Snooks is an elderly cat. He collapsed many times daily because he had a history of “heart blockages”. According to his veterinarian the only option was to fit a heart pacemaker. As it happens his human caretaker, Ian Anderson, is also elderly and he has been advised that he too might need a …
