What affects us affects cats
This is simply bizarre and stupid but it probably makes sense to the cat owner concerned. The owner is a 45-year-old Omaha man living in Nebraska, USA. We’re told that the Nebraska Humane Society seized his cat 3 months ago because they found out that he was throwing him/her in the air and letting …
The current fragile success of the recovery of the Iberian lynx population in Spain and Portugal provides encouragement for those in Britain who wish to reintroduce the Eurasian lynx (a larger lynx species) to un-fenced private estates in the UK, particularly in Norfolk, Cumbria, Northumberland and Aberdeenshire. You may remember that there are proposals …
You need to be vigilant in London especially if you have a purebred cat companion. It’s rare but it does happen: cat abduction with menaces. The criminals know that a cat lover will pay up because they have a strong emotional attachment to their cat. Also, in England most cat owners let their cats …
This is classy cat hoarding or perhaps I’m being unkind to call it cat hoarding because it is also large-scale cat rescue at home using both the family’s four-bedroom home and outhouses in the garden where Silvana Valentino-Locke looks after 122 cats. There is a fine line between hoarding and rescue. Another amazing fact …
The story of Tigger, the much travelled 15-year-old Australian cat, reminds me of the dangers of cat travel over long distances. Every so often we hear of cats who have become lost at airports. There are dangers as well for cats in the holds all aircraft and airline travel generally. It makes you wonder …
Do you think that it is a good idea that animal rights advocates with strong opinions should be heading Great Britain’s largest animal welfare organisation and one of the biggest prosecutors in the country of crimes against animals? This is a follow up to an earlier article. Peta Watson-Smith is a vegan who has …
If you are convinced that your cat or dog died because of the commercial food he ate then there is a good argument that you should do three things in the interests of cats and dogs generally and for your own good. These are: Ask your veterinarian to do an autopsy (a post-mortem examination). …
In a class action lawsuit against Purina for including toxic substances in its Beneful brand dog food, it is claimed that Purina has been contacting consumers of their products who have posted stories of their dog becoming ill after eating Purina’s Beneful dog food. Purina wants to shut them up with a monetary payment …
