What affects us affects cats
Both the Persian and the Himalayan cats are breeds known as brachycephalic. This, as you may know, means a skull and face which is, in a general sense, round. In the Persian and Himalayan cat it means that the face is, in fact, flat. The face is compressed. In both dogs and cats (and …
Princess Michael of Kent, one of Britain’s aristocrats whose family home is in Austria, believes that animals do not have rights because they can’t vote, they don’t have bank accounts and you only have rights if you pay taxes. You have to earn rights and animals don’t earn rights and therefore they do not …
The British government is dragging its feet over the banning of wild animals in zoos despite the generally held international view that the British public are animal lovers. We voted this government into power but they appear not to be carrying out the views of the electorate when it comes to zoo animals. The …
Animal welfare should be part of the school curriculum in the USA and UK. Countless times we are reminded that education is the key to improved animal welfare and in this instance I’m mainly focusing on the welfare of domestic animals and particularly the domestic cat. In many homes, parents of children pass on …
This is a short post which reminds us that some but not all feline behavioural problems presented to veterinarians at their clinics are due to what can be described as “compromised welfare”. Compromised welfare means that the cat’s owner is not providing optimum welfare towards his/her cat. Here are some examples. The best-known example …
Millions of people were right to condemn Walter Palmer for his trophy hunting and the killing of Cecil the lion. Almost all the condemnation was on social media and on websites; this might be described as “digital condemnation”. It was done in an armchair, on a train, at a desk, just about anywhere and …
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 …
An animal welfare expert says Johnny Depp’s privileged pooches being chauffeured around the world on private jets is evidence of a two-tiered class system in the dog world. After the world economic crash of 2008, brought about by greedy banks and poor government oversight, the divide between rich and poor has widened. Inequality in society has become …
