What affects us affects cats
There are many reasons why some people hate cats. All the reasons can be turned around by education, understanding and tolerance. In other words the reasons are often false and cat hating is often based upon misconceptions and a lack of education about cat behaviour. However, some reasons are intractable. Misconceptions Many people have …
Tom O’Connor has written an opinion article on stuff.co.nz about a proposal that domestic cats be banned from a 105 hectare housing development in Hamilton in order to protect wildlife in the area and bats in particular. His article is full of bile and hatred for the cat. The Commissioners want to ban cats. …
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. Cat haters by definition focus on negatives but these negatives are human generated. In short, it’s about ignorance and lack …
This is a follow up page to one I wrote on 3rd December 2017 about Steven Mishow shooting domestic cats belonging to neighbors. One of them was Olivia belonging to Pam Dowell who decided to leave the area as a result. The two others were a semi-feral named Emerald and Pumpkin a neighbour’s cat. …
If toxoplasmosis was such a threat to human mental health in the US why haven’t state and federal governments done something about it? The polarisation of views on T. gondii infections is staggering. For cat haters it is a dire threat to humanity and the reason why the domestic cat should be shot and …
You could write a book in response to the question “why do I hate cats?” It is a very complicated and large subject. In this article all I can do is provide an overview. But people do consult with Dr Google to try and understand why they hate cats. What they mean is that …
This article is in praise of internet website cat trolls. Why am I praising those who choose to hate cats, especially feral cats and declare it to the world? Read on. I’ll use the article I wrote on Kellie’s Wester’s rescued kittens as a prime example titled “How badly things can go wrong when …
It’s hardly a secret that there are plenty of people who aren’t feline-enamored. But I must consider the possibility that ailurophiles (cat lovers – how to say ailurophile) may actually outweigh ailurophobes (cat haters) because feline-related terminology has apparently found its way into more of our common expressions and the ordinary terminology we commonly …
