Do you feel that you are a parent to your cat?
There has been a rise in interspecies families and in parallel a decline in marriage. In the UK, for instance, there are 1.2 million more people in the age brackets 25-35 unmarried in 2021...
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Singer-songwriter talks about mental health and loneliness. Cats can help.
I like this article in The Independent newspaper about Tom Odell talking about mental health and loneliness (link at base of page). Although, I hate The Independent newspaper! But that’s another story. Tom Odell...
You won’t be able to buy a cat or dog in the UK with cash
NEWS AND VIEWS: The UK government is planning to introduce legislation which prevents the purchase of companion animals with cash. This means that all purchases of cats and dogs and other animals would have...
Are Bengal cats dangerous?
No, Bengal cats are not dangerous to people. They might be dangerous to mice, though! If they are allowed to hunt outside, which is unlikely. Or birds and so on but people, no, provided...
The Holy Grail of multi-cat homes
This is the reddit.com headline: We adopted a second cat from a hoarding situation. It turns out he was my cat’s soulmate. The two of them have been inseparable since he arrived. So a...
6 reasons 2 cats are better than 1
Jackson Galaxy says that two cats are better than one if you are adopting from a shelter. That’s a good reason but I’m not going to count it as one of the six on...
Lying down with your cat on the grass
Today is sunny. I lay down on the grass in my backyard for a while, chilling out doing nothing. My cat was in the backyard nosing around and I knew that if I lay...
Essay on: Why are animals important to human beings?
In an essay, I explore the reasons why animals, domestic and wild, are important to humans.
Piers Morgan criticises PETA because it contains the word ‘Pet’ which PETA does not like
Piers Morgan in his typically combative but engaging style argues with PETA representatives in this video over their name: PETA. He argues that as PETA have stated that people should not use the word...
Take all the best methods from American animal shelters and make them obligatory through law
Nathan Winograd, who in my opinion, is probably America’s greatest animal advocate, certainly in respect of animal shelters and companion animals, has drafted a framework legislation called the Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA) which...
Boy lost his dog so he visited a neighbor’s one-eyed cat daily (video)
This nice kid is caught on a security camera stopping by a neighbor’s home on his bike to visit a one-eyed cat who comes out as soon as he sees the bike stop off...
Tonight my cat acted as a guard dog and alerted me to a burglar on my roof
Tonight, about 30 minutes ago (it is now 02:44), my cat heard the footfall of a burglar on my flat roof and alerted me. He had heard something which I had not. He was...
Why do cats sleep with babies?
Why do cats sleep with babies? Well, cats don’t sleep with babies any more than they sleep with adult humans. In fact, they probably sleep less with babies than they do with adults because...
Why do cat haters, who have never owned a cat, fail to realise the comfort that a cat can bring to your life?
The short answer is that there is a blindness and a lack of open-mindedness amongst cat haters which translates to the inability to understand the benefits that domestic cats can bring their human guardians....
My cat died in my bedroom while I was still asleep and I feel guilty because I might have heard her die
I wonder how many cat owners have been through the experience described in the title. It must be very rare. And the person shouldn’t feel guilty. If anything he or she should feel blessed...
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