Despite Cats Protection reporting that their campaign to promote black cats has been successful and that they now spend 11 days less on average in their care before they are adopted, in general we know that the public is prejudiced against black cats at animal shelters. This means that they stay longer in the shelter …
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This is a Helmi Flick photograph of a black Maine Coon family. Not only is it an excellent photograph it is also interesting for me for several reasons. The parents have male and female appearances. The male is quite a lot larger than the female and their faces also give away their gender. It is …
Leanne thought up the good and apt title for this article to go with the poster of some of the Kays Hill black cats, past and present. See Kays Hill Gingers past and present. To new visitors, Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary is located in Bildershaw, County Durham DL14, in the north of England. It provides …
This is a bit of fun, that’s all. It is, obviously, not really a headless cat. Charlie, the black cat (brown cat?) in this picture has three legs. When he is grooming, which he has a habit of doing to a slightly obsessive level, he can look like this: I have a feeling only a …
Unusual title but the usual high quality from Helmi Flick. The cat’s name is ‘Stubby’. You can see why! Don’t think that Stubby is a Manx or Pixie-bob because he is not. In fact I think he is a random bred cat with a short tail. Why a short tail? No idea. He might have …
