UK – NEWS AND COMMENT: Natalie Bennett is a star because she does something that a lot of people can’t do. She recovers the dead bodies of cats hit by cars and reunites them with their owners. At first, she was a bit squeamish about it but she now focuses on the good aspects of …
Woman recovers the bodies of cats hit by cars and reunites them with their owners Read More »
The idea for the title comes from the photographer who posted on reddit.com: u/marysa-xo. It seems that her name is Mary. It is a really nice photograph. She called it: Is this what the stairway to heaven looks like? ?. I had to add the word ‘cat’ to make sure Google finds the page. I …
Picture of a stairway to heaven with a 4-cat guard of honour Read More »
We know how indoor/outside cats wander into neighbours’ gardens. They don’t go that far very often. And in this instance an elderly male cat (19) with a female name, Milly, wandered into a neighbour’s garden to sunbathe and died peacefully in the sun. Milly had a good life at his home near Kingsway in Rochdale, …
Homeowner throws away the body of a neighbour’s cat who died in their backyard Read More »
The question in the title presupposes that your cat has, in fact, died but you should check if you are unsure as, for instance, you were out when she died. I think the best way to check is to find your cat’s pulse which you can detect by feeling the femoral artery in the groin. …
Today, Monday, August 24, 2020, there is an interesting letter by Michael Hodson, in The Times newspaper in the section Letters to the Editor. I think I will take the liberty of publishing it here in full and verbatim. I hope that he doesn’t mind and that the Times doesn’t mind either. Your correspondent had …
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: A one-eyed tabby cat called Muffin living in the Auckland area of New Zealand (Titirangi) was killed on the road. Her owners, as is quite typical, did not know what had happened to her and they put out a call on a community Facebook page to try and find out. Facebook came …
Indecent: cat killed on road was disposed of by council in roadside ditch Read More »
This intriguing cat story can be summarised quite succinctly (cf. the original story). Zack Whedon bought a house in Highland Park, Los Angeles. The house had been upgraded by a developer who had bought the property from the executors of the will of cat hoarding lady who had died at the property. Whedon had no …
This is a terrible failure in management by the leaseholders of a pet cemetery in the state of Michigan, US. The Heavenly Acres pet cemetery in Genoa Township has closed because the lease on the land has expired. Note: This is an opinion piece based upon an article of news published on the sfgate.com website. …
Pet cemetery lease expires so what happens to the animals’ remains? Read More »
Here are some thoughts about burying your cat when she passes on. It might be worth mentioning that in the UK you can’t set up a pet cemetery without getting permission from Defra. Also you can bury horses on your land in England but in Scotland and Wales they have to be pets. You need …
Conservative Catholics have a no-pets policy with respect to heaven because they say animals cannot pass through the Pearly Gates of heaven because they neither have souls nor are they baptised. In addition, animals don’t have the free will to decide between good and evil. The current Pope is named after Francis, the patron saint …
by Sylvia Ann I get along without you very well, of course I do… I’ve forgotten you just like I should, of course I have… Except perhaps in spring, but I should never think of spring… For that would surely break my heart in two. [Hoagy Carmichael Jane Brown Thompson] He looked forward to spring …
No words are sufficient to convey the heartbreak felt when we lose a beloved kitty. Since our cats are part of our family, the pain we feel is often devastating. When I first came across the “Rainbow Bridge” poem, thinking that when it is time I would once again be reunited with all the incredible …
The Feline Rainbow Bridge: A Very Special Place in Heaven Read More »
By Elisa Black-Taylor I have a question for all of you today. Would you turn your deceased cat into jewelry? I sent Michael an email last week stating this could easily be the most bizarre story I’ve ever written. I’m not here to say I agree or disagree with this new form of “keepsake.” Only …
