What affects us affects cats
In a novel approach to tackling one of modern medicine’s most pressing threats, the UK government is asking pet owners for a rather unusual contribution: their cat’s and dog’s poo. This nationwide pilot program, far from being a trivial request, is a serious scientific endeavor designed to combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), …
The question is: “Can a cat or dog owner be punished by the local authority or sued by their neighbours for allowing their cat or dog to poop in their backyard frequently without cleaning up the mess?” And the answer is yes! But it depends on the circumstances. And the answer is based upon …
A Welsh woman, Emma Neville, became enraged when her four-year-old daughter picked up cat faeces on her hands while she was playing in her garden (‘backyard’ in America). She posted on Facebook that she would put poisoned chicken down with the intention of poisoning any cat who entered her garden. The post was picked …
The pet product market is huge and very profitable. This is a device you put under your cats’ litter tray to measure the weight of your cats’ poo and the frequency of going to the tray and the time your cat delivered it. It sends a signal to your smartphone using an app 😉 …
It seems to me that there is a natural conflict of preference between the domestic cat and his human caretaker with respect to the pervading scent or smell in the air in the home. Are some of our homes too sterile from the standpoint of cat smells to be ideal places for the cat …
This is a little vignette of a cat story from middle England and the middle class. I wonder how Americans would behave in comparison to these two Brits. It depends on the person; that must be the answer. A dispute arose between two middle class neighbours when they came to blows over that perennially …
