What affects us affects cats
Jon Lys Turner was a friend of Richard Chopping, an artist who illustrated the covers of eight James Bond 007 books by Ian Fleming, the creator of the character. Chopping was a rival of Lucian Freud. They knew each other through Fleming’s wife Ann and they went to the same art school. Chopping hated …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The story of Graham William Reid, 29, a geometry teacher at a Texas high school, sheds light on the mentality of someone who tortures and kills vulnerable animals. Reid tortured and killed his cats: Cabbage, Parsnip, Carrot and Broccoli over six months until March this year. He told investigators that he …
I’ve noticed that there have been some visitors to my pages on Strushie the Cat, which prompted me to look up the Facebook page on which a campaign was tirelessly run for justice. Strushie was a Miami Beach cat killed by an arrow from a crossbow. The arrow was fired by a paid assassin, …
I’m going to refer to cats more than other animals but of course sentence applies to any animal. What is sentience? It is the ability to feel and experience emotions, both positive and negative. Cats and other animals can experience pain and joy. It is central to our relationship with animals and to the …
This is a happy ending video on the New York Post website which shows a tuxedo cat being rescued by a garbage plant worker. I think he is placing garbage from a container onto the conveyor belt which is taken to a machine which would have surely killed the cat. It seems fortuitous that …
Background Tasmania is an island state of Australia and sheep farming is a major component of Australia’s agricultural industry. The protozoan parasite toxoplasmosis is well known. The domestic and stray cat is the primary host. They shed Toxoplasma gondii oocysts for about eight days in faeces but the oocysts are durable and survive in …
An MP in the Croydon, UK area is urging for police to reopen the Croydon cat killer/mutilation investigation. As many as 400 cats were reported mutilated or killed in and around south London since November 2015. Metropolitan Police closed their three-year investigation, Operation Takahe, in 2018. Six cases needed a more thorough investigation but …
EDMONTON, CANADA: You may remember this case from spring 2018. It was quite high profile at the time and was treated as a serious event by the Humane Society resulting in Mariah Berini being charged with causing or permitting animals to be in distress under the Animal Protection Act and failing to provide adequate …
