What affects us affects cats
In an age of overstimulation and under-fulfillment, a growing number of young adults find themselves trapped in a quiet crisis—disengaged from education, employment, and training. Known as NEETs, they often cite anxiety as the barrier to re-entry. But beneath the surface lies a deeper truth: the human brain is designed to work, to be …
Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine with dreams of empire. What he has achieved instead is the accelerated decline of Russian power, prestige, and trustworthiness on the world stage. His ambition to redraw borders and intimidate NATO has backfired catastrophically. NATO has grown larger and stronger. Ukraine has evolved into a battle-hardened, technologically …
Anyone who lives with a cat or dog and is truly concerned about their welfare will hate fireworks or they should do in my honest opinion. I detest fireworks. And it is not only because I’m concerned about my cat. It’s because they are noisy. I don’t understand why people like to listen to …
This is a Royal Society Open Science study which should interest everyone including breeders of cats. I have to get cats into the article! But seriously it is information which should concern cat and dog breeders as well as humans. It is important I feel. In my opinion, the finding of the research is …
A Russian cat owner puts a book on her head and her cat makes the weirdest sound imaginable. This is a video from Russia’s version of YouTube. You can’t see the cat’s owner but I have seen her in another similar video and she can get her cat to make these weird sounds by …
Independence Day can be a challenging holiday for dogs, wildlife, and other animals due to the frightening sounds of fireworks. These sounds often cause animals to flee in panic. For dogs that find themselves in shelters lacking a commitment to lifesaving practices, this can be fatal. Fortunately, awareness is increasing regarding the traumatic impact …
From a couple of well-documented studies, we know that human voices frighten wild animals, even large, top-of-the-food-chain species such as lions. All human voices spell danger to most wild animals. The domestic cat is slightly different but not that different. They are very used to the sounds made by their caregiver which is why …
It seems to me that the people who have the power to do something about curbing climate change are not taking it seriously enough judging by the fact that they’ve been talking about it for almost 30 years and yet climate change is still getting worse as I type this. Thirty years to do …
