It is said that airbags deploy with such force that they can damage a dog cage. I presume that means a metal one. What about the soft cat carriers which are popular? It seems certain that an airbag could seriously … Continue reading →
Like people, domestic cats can get used to pretty well anything. It’s just about experiencing it and finding that it is not harmful to them. Indeed it can be pleasant. It’s about desensitising a cat who doesn’t like getting into … Continue reading →
This is a nice picture of a cat in a car in America on a hot day. The nice bit about the picture is that the man used a computer screen in the car to tell the world outside that … Continue reading →
I say “good” because I think she made the right decision. Of course I do. In fact she did make the right decision because the only thing that was damaged in this reported accident by the New York Post is … Continue reading →
Tesla, the high profile electric car manufacturer created by Elon Musk, looks set to introduce a ‘dog mode’. You can expand that to ‘pet mode’ in my view and therefore include cats. ‘Pet mode’ will enable drivers to leave their … Continue reading →
These are personal accounts by two unrelated women both of whom have seen kittens thrown from moving vehicles during kitten season in Michigan state, USA. Their first hand experiences recounted in their own words paint a clear but horrific picture … Continue reading →
This is a doctor (a GP), Linda Smith, living in the country in England who lives near a main road (Stanghow Road near New Skelton) where cars can legally travel at 60 mph. She has lost four cats in four … Continue reading →
The motor vehicle, invented by humankind in the late 1800s is a hellishly dangerous invention for the domestic cat. There are so many ways that a domestic cat can be hurt by an automobile. A cat can be trapped in … Continue reading →
This page concerns the UK but to a lesser extent it would also apply to the USA. A study looked at the factors which may predispose cats to being involved in road traffic accidents (RTA). The number of cats in … Continue reading →
This is a UK cat cruelty story, which adds a variation to the “throw-the-cat-out-of-a-moving-car method of feline abandonment. We all know the classic method: place kitten in a cardboard box drive down road, usually, a road on which there is … Continue reading →
