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More than one in four cat owners admit overfeeding their cat since March

PoC avatarPosted on January 31, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 31, 2021

Since March of last year more than one in four cat owners in the UK admit overfeeding their cats. One in five cats have put on weight during the pandemic as owners have spoiled them with treats because they’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in diet | Tagged bad cat ownership, cat obesity, cat ownership, cat weight, cat welfare, cats protection, coronavirus (2019-nCoV), diet, fatty liver disease, feline hepatic lipidosis, survey, uk | Leave a reply

Are lions legal in Texas?

PoC avatarPosted on January 19, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 19, 2021

The answer depends upon which legal entity has custody of, or owns the lion or lions. There are different rules for individual people and organisations either for profit or non-profit. I would recommend that you read the law on this … Continue reading →

Posted in keeping wild cat species | Tagged animal law, bad cat ownership, big cat rescue, captive lions, private zoo, Texas, USA animal laws

If you have six cats there is an 80% chance of urine spraying

PoC avatarPosted on January 10, 2021 by Michael BroadJanuary 10, 2021

Domestic cats spraying urine in the home is obviously highly unpleasant but is entirely normal behaviour for a domestic cat under certain circumstances. I was surprised to read some rather shocking statistics in Dr Bruce Fogle’s book Complete Cat Care. … Continue reading →

Posted in spraying | Tagged bad cat ownership, cat behavior, cat spraying, male cat spraying, multi-cat household, multicat households | Leave a reply

Can smoking marijuana around my cat cause her harm?

PoC avatarPosted on November 23, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 23, 2020

Marijuana is also known as cannabis, weed, pot, dope or grass. The best way to answer the question in the title is to ask whether marijuana can harm people and then look for any studies which indicate that it can … Continue reading →

Posted in ownership | Tagged bad cat ownership, cannabis, cat hazards, cat ownership, marijuana, responsible cat ownership, substances toxic to cats, toxic to cats

Coronavirus tells us that Americans love their freedoms

PoC avatarPosted on November 7, 2020 by Michael BroadNovember 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is escalating rapidly in the United States, as at the date of this post. There were 121,888 new cases of Covid-19 in the US according to data from John Hopkins University. Over the past seven days there … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, bad cat ownership, cat ownership, euthanasia of cats, feral cat problem, feral cats, law, shooting feral cats | 1 Reply

If you live with a cat and you smoke inside you are harming your cat

PoC avatarPosted on August 29, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 29, 2020

Perhaps you realise it and don’t care or can’t stop or perhaps it didn’t occur to you but if you live with a cat and if you smoke cigarettes inside the home it is very likely that you will be … Continue reading →

Posted in poison | Tagged bad cat ownership, cat poison, cat welfare, cats and dogs, cigarette smoke, dangers to cats, dogs, e-cigarette, toxic to cats | Leave a reply

Risk aversion is a reason why cats are declawed

PoC avatarPosted on August 28, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 28, 2020

In 2020, in America, about 19 million cats have lost a part of the ten toes of their two forepaws. This is declawing. It is not just the removal of a claw. It is the removal of ten claws plus … Continue reading →

Posted in cat owner's role | Tagged bad cat ownership, Cat Declawing, cat owner, declawing cats | Leave a reply

Citizens’ demand for freedom of choice undermines the quality of cat caregiving

PoC avatarPosted on August 9, 2020 by Michael BroadAugust 9, 2020

I believe that with respect to cat ownership there should be a nanny state in the USA and in the UK or anywhere else for that matter. The word “nanny state” refers to a government interfering in the minutiae of … Continue reading →

Posted in restrictions on cat ownership | Tagged animal law, Animal laws, bad cat ownership, cat ownership, responsible cat ownership, USA animal laws | Leave a reply

Cat hoarding: a spectrum of causes, reasons and personality types

PoC avatarPosted on July 11, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 11, 2020

Cat hoarding is a symptom of a mental illness, often a mild form. What kind of mental illness is it? This is work in progress. It is probably a sub-type of standard object hoarding. It is different to standard hoarding … Continue reading →

Posted in hoarders | Tagged animal hoarding, bad cat ownership, Cat Hoarding, cat rescue, hoarding, human mental health | 2 Replies

Domestic cats: relationship versus ownership

PoC avatarPosted on July 2, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 2, 2020

The quality of a person’s cat caretaking depends upon whether the person regards themselves as an owner of cats or in a relationship with cats. Ownership Cat lovers (ailurophiles) always try and get away from the concept of cat ownership. … Continue reading →

Posted in ailurophile | Tagged ailurophile, animal law, animal rights, bad cat ownership, cat lover, cat owners, cat ownership, human to cat relationship, law | Leave a reply

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