What affects us affects cats
A photo of the River Thames flooding at Ham, West London. It has not been bad here but nonetheless the river is bloated. It image does not have much to do with cats except for the obvious: what affects us also affects our cats. Previous post on this subject.
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra This article was inspired by Dee, who wrote on another article: ‘Which POC commandment number should we make? Support only small, local, or individual charities? Right under #1? Thou shalt not declaw?’ Thousands of years ago cats agreed to become domesticated. In those days it was a case of give …
Lieutenant Barbara Balanzon is an Italian military reservist who in civilian life works as an anaesthetist in Tuscany, Italy. However, I think she has recently resigned from the military. In her role in the military she served in Kosovo as a medical officer. One of the rules on the base, where she was deployed, …
Pope Francis, in his first Christmas address, urged non-believers and people of other faiths to join in a global fight for peace in the world. The Syrian war is at the top of the agenda. The children being killed there kills a bit of our psyche at the same time. It is that bad. …
By Elisa Black-Taylor A Tennessee man has left his two cats an inheritance worth $250,000 as well as a 4,200-square-foot home. Although Leon Sheppard, 79, died in December 2012, the story of his now rich cats is making it’s way around the internet. Leon was a retired Memphis businessman who had five children, 12 …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra ‘The Hunting Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which bans the hunting of wild mammals (notably foxes, deer, hares and mink) with dogs in England and Wales; the Act does not cover the use of dogs in the process of flushing out an unidentified …
I was listening the radio this morning at 4 am, as I usually do because I wake up early these days, and the presenter, Christo, was discussing karma with listeners who were phoning-in giving their views. When an intelligent young man, Terry, spoke about his cat – meow – my ears pricked up. A …
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He lived 1788 – 1860. The full quote from the title to this post is: Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to living creatures cannot be a good man Schopenhauer also stated: The assumption …
