Potential Hazard to Cats: Gift Bag Handles
A website about comics leads me to a warning about the hazard of gift bag handles to cats because they may get caught up in them. This could conceivable lead to strangulation.
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Chinese Cat Sharing Rental Service
A shop in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China has introduced a cat rental/sharing service. Justifiably the concept has outraged animal advocates. It can’t work. It is treating cats as if they are cars. The terms and conditions seem to be horrendous to me. Customers pay a rental for a cat of 39.9 yuan per day. …
Is It Okay To Lift A Cat By The Scruff?
The answer has to be based on common sense and you don’t need to refer to websites or books. People including some cat owners believe that it is okay to lift a cat off the ground by his/her scruff (the loose skin at the back of the neck). They believe this because mother cats …
The Content Cat Video
This is a video of the ultimate contented cat lying by a fire belly up. The home is clearly emotionally and physically very warm. Ideal for the domestic cat.
Most Caring Cities in USA
Madison WI is the most caring city in the USA. The criteria for assessing caring included animal welfare. What makes this city so caring? What is behind it? It must be the attitude of the city councillors; the people who run the city. Now, what motivates them?
Women’s ‘Biological Urge’ is behind the 20% of US women who don’t spay their female cat
I recently wrote about the 20% of American women who want their female cat to experience giving birth before spaying her. A study reveals that the reason behind this important ‘problem’ is attitude not a lack of knowledge about the problems of unwanted cats and full shelters. What is the root of this attitude …
A Silly and Sad Way to Kill Your Cat
NEW CANADA: Maine State Police have reported that a young woman, Alicia Fiordellisi, 19 years of age, was driving with a cat on her lap. She was driving in Aroostock County. The cat peed on her lap. The woman was distracted. She collided with a school bus carrying 58 students. The bus driver and …
Methods to prevent the entry of infectious disease in cat shelters
Infectious disease is a major problem in cat shelters. The infection rate goes up 2 to 3 fold when a cat enters a rescue shelter. Some shelters at certain times may be worse places for a cat than being left out as an uncared for stray cat. Methods used to try and prevent infectious …
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