“My neighbour’s dogs keep attacking my cats, is there anything I can do?”
The question is on a social media website. The person who posted it says that his neighbour has some big dogs and has a backyard but he doesn’t have a lock on the gate....
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Who’s to blame when dog kills cat on the Sunshine Coast, Australia?
There is a tortuously tricky decision to be made about which owner is liable in terms of criminal behaviour and compensation under a civil claim after a cat wandered onto a next-door neighbour’s property...
UK government rejects a law which would prevent foxhunting near residential areas
NEWS AND COMMENT: You may remember the death of a tortoiseshell cat called Mini. She was killed by foxhounds who were being exercised in Madron, near Penzance, UK in March 2021. As I recall...
Why did Martha Stewart’s dogs kill her Persian cat mistaking her as an ‘interloper’?
NEWS AND COMMENT: On Instagram, Martha Stewart tells us, 20 hours ago from the time of this post, that four of her dogs mistook her calico Persian cat Princess Peony for an “interloper” and...
Buddy demonstrates the triumph of the feline spirit over his abusers’ intentions
NEWS AND COMMENT: You may remember the story of Buddy. He’s a little black cat who was minding his own business on a porch in Philadelphia. He preferred to live outside but was cared...
Cat savaged by 2 dogs makes muffins when petted
NEWS AND COMMENT-PHILADELPHIA: I want to focus on the good part of this unpleasant story. It is a story of good and bad, of goodness and evil. I see it as a paradigm example...
Two young American guys sicced their Pitbull-type dogs on a black cat
NEWS AND COMMENT: The first thing I want to address is the word “sicced”. I don’t even know how to pronounce it. I’ve never seen it before which is unusual for me but it...
Dog that kills one cat and inflicts minor injury on a person considered “potentially dangerous” in Santa Rosa
NEWS AND COMMENT-CENTRE ROSA, CALIFORNIA: A man owns two aggressive dogs; one is a pit-bull and the other is a shepherd mix. They were allowed to roam freely in Santa Rosa and they attacked...
Old man protects his cat from dog who circles trying to attack
Very old man struggles to protect his cat on the sidewalk from a marauding little dog. The concerning question is why the person who videoed the encounter did not stop videoing and go down...
Clothing buttons help to treat cat’s injuries after dog attack
This is a cute picture but the back story isn’t cute at all. It’s a picture worth publishing, though, because it is instructional and interesting. The cat’s name is Juicebox. He is a seven-month-old...
Fox hunting hounds kill a domestic cat
UK – NEWS AND COMMENT: Fox hunting hounds from the High Peak Hunt, out exercising with two supervisors in Bakewell, Derbyshire, spotted a cat on top of a garden wall having got ahead of...
Dog on leash meets cat on leash outside. See what happens
The dog is more nervous than the cat even though he’s much bigger. The cat is confident and therefore there is no doubt that he or she has been socialised to dogs. In fact,...
Video of a community cat in Brazil protecting a toddler from a dog attack on a dusty street
Video of a community cat in Brazil protecting a toddler from a dog attack on a dusty street.
Young woman dives in to save her cat from two mauling dogs
HASTINGS, NEW ZEALAND: a young woman, Rose Midgley, lives with a Ragdoll cat whose name is Nim. She lets him cat go outside and on October 6 at 7 p.m. he jumped out the...
Council cremated lost cat without notification despite being microchipped and wearing an identification collar
NEWS/OPINION – Stockport, UK: the Manchester Evening News reports another disturbing example of how local authorities in the UK can carelessly dispose of a domestic cat that has been lost and killed either on...
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