What affects us affects cats
NEAR NORWICH, UK – OPINION/NEWS STORY: Pumpkin is not a grocery at the Drayton branch (near Norwich) of the Tesco supermarket. He is a ginger tabby-and-white, six-year-old domestic cat and he loves to visit the store. He’s been a regular visitor for well over a year but in November 2019 the staff at the …
This is a combined book store (Sam Kee) and cat shelter for homeless cats owned by Caroline Chan. Is this a unique combination? It think it probably is. Book shops and cats go very well together. There is no problem integrating the cats with the store. They look at home and good. Except their …
When a bookstore cat dies the regular customers know about it and they really miss him/her. Bookstore cats become an important fixture. This is because cats and bookstores go very nicely together and they make the place more homely. As Jean Cocteau so correctly said, cats give homes a soul and I’d argue the …
This is a quick note but a worthy one. Businesses should be aware that employing cats to keep down rodent infestations is a tax deductible expense. Will this encourage some businesses to employ cats? There is a precedent for what I have stated. In a United States Tax Court case, SAMUEL T. SEAWRIGHT AND CAROL …
Is a supermarket cat really a health and safety risk? In the UK, in a town called Brockley, a very masculine looking ginger moggy cat, with a grumpy appearance, lives next door to a Sainsbury’s supermarket and he likes to visit the supermarket. He spends a lot of time there. He has been ejected …
Books and cats go together like fish and chips. Yet some people object to cats that have set up home in buildings used by the public. In this instance I’m referring to book shops and libraries but it could also be veterinarian clinics and even hospices or theatres. Taking your cat to work is …
A while ago I wrote a page about taking your cat to work. I queried why it happened so infrequently. The workplaces I have been in all my life were pretty cold at an emotional level, almost hostile if I am honest. Looking back I don’t how I put up with it. Since building …
