There is a product on the market called Birdsbesafe®. They are fluffy cat collars in very bright colours. They are deliberately bright because songbirds see bright colours especially well. You can immediately understand the idea. The cat stalks a bird. … please continue reading
A small village in New Zealand proposed banning cats entirely in order to protect wildlife (link). The idea appears to have captured the imagination of some people in a country of animal lovers: England. I think it is quite significant … please continue reading
A cat is overcome by the magnitude and magnificence of the quantity of prey before him. His prey selection sensors are overloaded so he takes a mad jump into the middle of the mass of pigeons and voilà…nada. He gets … please continue reading
This is a high quality picture of my cat and the pigeon that he killed while I was out at the gym. He kills pigeons by suffocating them with a throat bite much like lions killing large prey. Usually domestic … please continue reading
In working this out we are looking at simply maths (math) but there is a practical side to this. In practice you can’t rely on simple maths because there will be other factors like where are the cats and mice … please continue reading
A recent study on how many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia concluded that 649 million reptiles are killed annually by both domestic cats and feral cats on the continent. The news media headlines translate this to cats killing … please continue reading
Stray cat, Rosie, a flame point Siamese, swallowed a whole rat on her travels. She must have been starving. She was picked up and the RSPCA who operated on her and removed the rat from her stomach. She is going to be re-homed as her owners have relinquished her. please continue reading
You have heard the message of Cat Wars, a new book by the ornithologist Peter Marra writing in conjunction with Chris Santella. Dr Marra is the director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Centre in Washington. He said: “There has never … please continue reading
This “cat catching a bat video”, which you can see below, is amusing. What’s amusing about it is Nick Millerr’s complete panic about the whole thing although I don’t condone or like his attitude towards his cat for bringing in … please continue reading
Moggies have no place in the modern world. We should breed non-hunting cats. Dr Bradshaw, the well-known cat behaviour expert and author of Cat Sense has suggested that there is no place in the world for the outside domestic cat … please continue reading
