I would like to make some observations about the Colorado State University’s study of 708 straight women aged between 18-24 who decided collectively that they were less likely to swipe right on photographs of men with their cats. In case … Continue reading →
A study carried out at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at Colorado State University, USA, found that straight women using a dating app regarded men in pictures of them holding a cat less masculine and therefore less … Continue reading →
Women tend to prefer men who have dogs as pets rather than cats. That’s the raw conclusion from a study published on thefrisky.com via match.com. We are confined to heterosexual relationships in this discussion. Specifically of the 1,210 participants in … Continue reading →
It looks like China is the next big market for domestic cats. Things are changing. China’s ’empty nest youth’ are a major factor in the growth of the cat products market in China. They are a growing population of young … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
The words of the title to this article were written by Kingsley Amis and I agree wholeheartedly with them provided the person who ‘owns’ a cat is a genuine cat lover. Some cat owners should not have a cat as … Continue reading →
Poets who loved cats were ailurophiles. It is unsurprising that there are many poets who loved cats because there were and are many authors with the same feelings towards felines. It is wider than that; there are many artist ailurophiles; … Continue reading →
The love of cats is ailurophilia. Many famous people especially authors are and were ailurophiles. Here, then, is a list of authors who love and loved cats: Brian Aldiss (1925-) Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) HonorĂ© de Balzac (1799-1850) Jorge Luis Borges … Continue reading →
I don’t believe that I am treading on anyone’s toes when suggesting that Thanksgiving could be extended to giving thanks for the joy and companionship that our cats and dogs bring us. I’ll focus on cats but the same goes … Continue reading →
America likes cats the most. The next country that likes cats the most is Latvia. In third place is Canada and in fourth place is Lithuania. America leads by quite a large margin, incidentally. The UK is quite a long … Continue reading →
