What affects us affects cats
Starmer’s Caution Risks Making Him a Caretaker, Not a Reformer Keir Starmer’s recent cabinet reshuffle, triggered by Angela Rayner’s resignation, has highlighted a weakness that could prove decisive in the coming months: his apparent aversion to bold, proactive change. While some commentators have praised the reshuffle as a sign of adaptability, the broader impression …
A survey carried out by the University of Exeter concerning the difficulties of distinguishing between wildcats and feral cats in order to control feral cat populations, came to the conclusion that speciesism is applied less often in Britain than in New Zealand. What is speciesism? It is valuing one species of animal above another. …
In medieval times a labourer earned 2 pence per day. That’s about £300 in today’s money. An adult cat mouser was worth about 4 pence or two day’s wages. In today’s money: around £600. This is for a standard moggie. The value is not hugely dissimilar to that of purebred cats today at about …
