Medieval domestic cat skinners
A bit of domestic cat history from England and Europe in general plus an image created with the help of an AI computer and some superb online software and some imagination. In Medieval England...
Tagged: cat cruelty
Does black cat superstition come from Pope Gregory IX’s papal bull Vox in Rama?
Why do black cats have a reputation for evil? It appears that an overzealous and cruel German priest and nobleman, Konrad von Marburg kick started the superstitious link between black cats and Satan in...
33 Chartreux cats abandoned on a building site in Shanghai
I am angry. I can barely write this. The Chartreux cat is a rare purebred cat. It originates in France and has a long history. It is a recognised purebred, pedigree cat, and it...
Kattenstoet – a critical appraisal
Kattenstoet is an uncomfortable amalgamation of ancient cat persecution and modern cat celebration. In English it is the ‘Festival of the Cats’. It is a parade that takes place in Ypres, Belgium every three...
Some notes on kids being cruel to cats
Sometimes I want to try and understand why some children are cruel to cats and dogs. A lot of other people want to understand it too. It is a hellishly complicated area of study....
US troops shoot feral cats with air guns on their South Korea base
NEWS AND COMMENT-OSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA: The Korea Herald reports that, in December 2021, more than 10 feral cats were shot and killed by US troops with air guns on Osan Air Base....
Diary of alleged Buffalo shooter recorded cat stabbing and mutilation
NEWS AND COMMENT: The self-professed white supremacist, Payton Gendron, 18, who is accused of shooting 13 people in Buffalo, USA, of which 10 died, kept a diary in which he detailed the stabbing and...
Gloves trimmed with cat fur for sale in Australia
NEWS AND COMMENT-QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA: Gloves trimmed with genuine domestic and stray cat fur are on sale at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne. They are marketed as fake (faux) fur but...
Buddy demonstrates the triumph of the feline spirit over his abusers’ intentions
NEWS AND COMMENT: You may remember the story of Buddy. He’s a little black cat who was minding his own business on a porch in Philadelphia. He preferred to live outside but was cared...
Two young American guys sicced their Pitbull-type dogs on a black cat
NEWS AND COMMENT: The first thing I want to address is the word “sicced”. I don’t even know how to pronounce it. I’ve never seen it before which is unusual for me but it...
Rachel Johnson said Kurt Zouma’s animal cruelty was ‘one silly mistake’. I disagree.
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Independent newspaper reports that the LBC radio presenter and Boris Johnson’s sister, Rachel Johnson, has said on her show that the Kurt Zouma cat-kicking and cat-slapping incident was “one silly...
South Korea – cats described as “fur cockroaches” and mutilated in a “gore room”
The Times reports on an incredibly disturbing culture in South Korea. Between 2018-2020 the South Korean messaging app Kakao Talk hosted a “gore room”. In this so-called gore room contributors were allowed to post...
5 women and 3 men who have killed cats in washing machines
This was a difficult article to write. However, I think it needs writing because the washing machine is a killing machine in some households. Women are more likely to use the machine than men...
Some cruel UAE Muslim kids ignore Prophet Muhammad’s wishes to cherish cats
NEWS AND COMMENT – UAE: There is a tweet on the internet that has no comments and no shares. It is almost invisible. But it tells a profound story of the ignorance of some...
10 examples of violence against cats during Halloween
Halloween is on the horizon and as usual cat welfare advocates have to try and encourage people to remember the dangers and protect their cats against mad people who think that Halloween is a...
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