What affects us affects cats
Britain has its first forensic science laboratory to solely focus on crimes against animals. It is a welcome improvement to animal welfare in the UK. It is called ArroGen Veterinary Forensics. The service is dedicated to bringing about prosecutions in animal-related cases by working with the police and the RSPCA. The operations director is …
There are two ways to deal with this. Criminal Aspect If your neighbour treatens to hurt or kill your cat it is a threat to damage your property and in the UK is a crime (Criminal Damage Act 1971 — 1971 CHAPTER 48). You should call the police and they should interview your neighbour …
You hear stories of cats being kept in basements or garages for most if not all of their life. This is utterly barbaric and the owners of these cats should be prosecuted in my view. They are not. There are many full-time indoor cats in America and all of them should at least have …
There is a mass evacuation of parts of Florida by people before Hurricane Irma strikes the state. Irma is said to be so fierce that it could cause deaths and there is predicted to be a considerable amount destruction of property. That, at least, is the dire prediction, so I was surprised to read …
It may not interest anybody but this is how I work when I write an article for my website. I dictate the article using my iPhone as a microphone onto a Windows operating computer (because the dictation software works better with the Microsoft Windows operating system). The connection between iPhone and computer is wireless. …
People ask why cats get hit by cars at night. I believe that the answer is quite straightforward. Two things happen at night with respect to cats and cars which do not happen during the daytime: There are less cars on the road. There are more cats on the road. Obviously during the night …
Yes, cats can get cancer from second-hand smoke. Although common sense dictates that this must be the case, a television super vet, Noel Fitzpatrick, says that pet owners haven’t quite yet got the message that both dogs and cats can get cancer from second-hand smoke. He says that dogs get cancer in their noses …
Here is an idea which comes from Singapore. Singapore has a very efficient cat charity called the Cat Welfare Society (CWS). Most of their staff are volunteers. They have “mediators”. This is the first time I have seen mediators being used in situations regarding cat rescue and other instances of dispute or problems of …
