Cats have no fear of death which is an enormous advantage over us
A cat has no concept of its own death and so it cannot anticipate it, no matter how ill it feels. – Dr Desmond Morris If an old domestic cat left to their...
Tagged: cat death
Can rats kill cats?
Can rats kill domestic cats? It seems that New York City’s rats can according to a Bronx woman, Taleetha Stelight. She said that there is a rat problem in her apartment. She moved into...
Putin’s PR stunt with a Siberian tiger caused the tiger’s death
We know that Putin is obsessed with looking like a macho man. It is part of his attempts to look like a strong, imperialist leader. And he has taken many opportunities to polish this...
17 cats killed by a fire. Could they have been saved?
Once again, there is a story about cats being killed in a fire and I always notice that under these circumstances people are rarely killed. The people get out, but the cats don’t. In...
Is it okay to grieve for a pet?
Is it okay to grieve on the loss of your cat companion? I am surprised that the question has been asked but Google found it and I’m going to answer in a way that...
Can my pet be buried with me? USA and UK discussed
Can my pet be buried with me? This is a question I had asked myself since long before I lost my dog Dreyfuss in September. Have any of you asked yourself this question? My...
DON’T use Seresto cat and dog flea and tick collars
NEWS AND COMMENT: The news that Seresto cat and dog collars are toxic to cats and dogs is all over the Internet. If you have one, I’d throw it in the bin immediately. The...
91 cats perish in cat hoarder’s house fire. Fire regulations needed!
NEWS AND COMMENT: There is a shocking headline online today: Nearly 100 pets die in Florida house fire – including 91 trapped cats. That’s from the New York Post. This was a “pet-stuffed” home...
Putin’s PLAN A and PLAN B
I have to write about the biggest story in town: the Ukraine invasion – Putin’s mad plan. Putin has said that his invasion of Ukraine is going to plan despite the fact that to...
Russians shell and shoot up Ukraine animal shelters
NEWS AND COMMENT: Putin is rapidly catching up with Hitler as the world’s worst mass murderer. The destruction and devastation in Ukraine is nothing short of horrendous and is being conducted callously and mercilessly...
Tragedy: person killed while trying to save a cat on the road
ROLLINSFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA-NEWS AND COMMENT: This is indeed a tragedy. We don’t know whether the good Samaritan was a woman or a man but news media reports that they tried to remove a...
Steve Bouquet, the Brighton Cat Killer, on trial for stabbing 16 cats, killing 9
NEWS AND VIEWS: Steve Bouquet is all over the Internet. At the moment we have to say that he is alleged to have stabbed 16 cats with, it is believed, a Leatherman tool which...
Fears that Pets at Home’s AVA cat food killed this cat
NEWS AND VIEWS: Alex Padovano thinks that her pointed cat Penelope might have been killed by Pets at Home cat food (AVA). She thought she was buying the best for her cat when she...
What did Lil Bub die of?
Lil Bub died in her sleep on December 1, 2019 after suffering from an aggressive bone infection according to her owner Mike Bridavsky, a writer and producer. Bone infections are most often bacterial and...
Homeowner throws away the body of a neighbour’s cat who died in their backyard
We know how indoor/outside cats wander into neighbours’ gardens. They don’t go that far very often. And in this instance an elderly male cat (19) with a female name, Milly, wandered into a neighbour’s...
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