Indoor-outdoor cats should be protected with security cameras
NEWS AND VIEWS: BIRKDALE, UK: A cat owner has lost four of her cats at a stroke to deliberate poisoning by antifreeze. It is also believed that the cats were poisoned in their back...
Tagged: anti-freeze poisoning
Don’t put antifreeze in your outside water fountain for the sake of animals
I’m primarily thinking of domestic cats in writing this article but, of course, it applies to all animals. Ethylene glycol (antifreeze) is sometimes (hopefully rarely) added to water in fountains to prevent freezing. Cats...
Can You Name a Person That You Know Is Poisoning Feral Cats?
Can you name a person that you know is poisoning feral cats? The answer is yes if you are certain that a particular individual is doing it.
Hundreds of cats dying in South of France vomiting a blue substance. Why?
Some residents of the Narbonne region of southern France have noticed that some streets cats vomited a blue substance. They meow weakly and die. It sounds awful. And in such large numbers. Local animal...
Unknown person kills cats by targeting them with a water pistol loaded with antifreeze
Cats in one street in Bradford, UK have died after licking antifreeze from their coats. It has been decided based on the evidence that someone (probably living in the same street but no one...
UK: Why are so many cats being poisoned?
A spate of malicious cat killings have hit the headlines recently, spreading fear among pet owners. But what’s behind the attacks – and how can we protect our feline friends from grisly deaths? The...
Pet poisoners inhabit the land of cat lovers
On the BBC website there is a story about five cats being poisoned with antifreeze. Â It took place in North Yorkshire (in the North of England). The story is dated April 10, 2015. Â Below...
Don’t use antifreeze in garden water features
In the UK it appears that quite a lot of people add antifreeze to garden water features such as fountains. They do this in winter to stop the water freezing. It sounds like a...
UK: MPs to debate control of antifreeze products and protection of animals
It is about time and I am very pleased that some members of Parliament are going to debate the control of antifreeze products because routinely in the UK we have many reported cat deaths...
Black vodka treatment for cat poisoned by anti-freeze
A kitten in the UK is receiving black vodka treatment after a second attack on a family’s cats in Redcar. Missey was covered in anti-freeze. I presume a nasty, cruel individual wanted to kill...
How to try and save a cat who has drunk antifreeze
Here is some information, from an excellent source¹, about doing the near impossible; saving a cat who has lapped up antifreeze. The reason why I am writing this post is because, once again, we...
Making Antifreeze Unpalatable To Cats
Photo by eskimo_jo (Flickr) Making antifreeze unpalatable to cats would save many thousands of cat’s lives and prevent hundreds of crimes. News on the subject of cats contain on at least a weekly basis...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.