What affects us affects cats
BANGKOK, THAILAND – NEWS AND VIEWS: Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) have seized and are auctioning off 6 purebred cats that they currently consider to be the proceeds of crime. They are 5 Scottish Folds and 1 Bengal. They say that if it can be proved that they were not bought …
Nottinghamshire, UK – News & Comment: There are reports of cat thieves shaving female cats to check if they are spayed as their intention is to breed from them. They are latching on to the current surge in pet adoptions due to the pandemic and which is most noticeable in relation to dogs particularly …
Introduction This is a story from about 10+ years ago. It is not news but it is good to look back and reflect sometimes. Also, I wanted to revisit some old posts and republish them as at today’s date. The world has changed since then. Perhaps it was one of the first of the …
NEWS AND VIEWS- KARAGANDA, KAZAKHSTAN – MARCH 2ND: In brief, as I don’t have a lot of hard detail, a Kazakhstan man, Arman, aged 33, invited his neighbour, Daniyar, aged 37, around to his apartment for a drinking session. They bought “several litres of vodka”! A recipe for disaster. Anyway he went around to …
Proposed laws were put to the Victoria Parliament this week that resulted in a win for animal welfare in Victoria, a state located in Southeastern Australia, after the Animal Justice Party pushed for the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 to recognize pets as victims of domestic violence. Dr. Liz Walker, RSPCA Victoria CEO, stated …
Be aware of scammers selling companion dogs and cats online. The Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker which you can see by clicking here, tell us that there has been a substantial increase in fraudulent behaviour by scammers in America selling pets online. The number of complaints to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Scam Tracker …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This might be the first case of its kind. It may be the first time that a person has abandon their cats because of a fear that the cats might transmit Covid-19 to them or their family and subsequently charged and prosecuted under a Singapore statute, namely the Animals and Bird …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT) LEESBURG, VIRGINIA USA: the story caught my eye because of the effort by the authorities to catch either a single shooter or shooters who have been taking pot shots at outside cats around Leesburg in Virginia, USA and primarily in the area of Ashburn, which is to the south-east of …
