Young Americans are having fewer children. Does this affect cat ownership?

Jessica Boer, 26, decided not to have children. Photo: Brittany Greeson for The New York Times

A survey by the New York Times tells us that young Americans are having fewer children. Although there are a number of reasons for this a major reason is expense set against a more competitive world, increased human population and global instability. The top reason given is that childcare is too expensive and the …

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About Anthropomorphizing Cats

Cats as kids

Here are three points about anthropomorphising cats. Anthropomorphism is the “attribution of human mental states (thoughts, feeling, motivations and beliefs) to nonhuman animals”. Let’s say, though, that cats have emotions and therefore I’d argue they have feelings too. So some anthropomorphising is just a true recognition of cat behaviour and senses. That’s my personal …

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3-month-old Babies Can Tell the Difference between Dogs and Cats

3-month-old babies can distinguish between cats and dogs by looking at the silhouette of the head of a cat and dog. I’m not sure how useful this information is to the general population of people but nonetheless it is quite interesting. A study1 concluded that although very young babies can distinguish between cats and …

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My cat is stressed by my new baby. Advice please.

“My cat is jealous of my new baby”, is quite a common statement on the internet. Is it jealousy? Or is it a territorial thing? Or both, and more besides. This is a real situation and one we read about on the internet not infrequently. Some mums (moms) give up their cats when they …

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