A study has found that when domestic cats who like to hunt are fed grain-free food (premium wet food) the number of prey amimals brought home is reduced by 36 per cent. And playing with your cat for 5-10 minutes … Continue reading →
The screaming of the mice. I can’t forget it. It’s a scream that they make at the moment of their death. It is loud enough to be heard by a person five metres away or more; a clear, piercing sound. … Continue reading →
Almost 50% of domestic cats, based on an international survey, are kept indoors for their safety as their owners are worried about traffic, being attacked by a predator or stolen by thieves. The survey found that in the US and … Continue reading →
This picture is three days late because National Bird Day in America takes place on 5th January annually. I think it’s quite an apt picture and it is a good photograph. I also believe that the birds are not pigeons … Continue reading →
I can think of two instances (but there are many more) of exposing, through good intentions, birds to predation by cats which, to me, highlights the need to be at least aware of the potential dangers. Although I’m a cat … Continue reading →
Cat owners must agree to confine their cats to protect wildlife – all of them ideally. In other words there must be a voluntary agreement by cat owners because it’s the only way to stop wildlife predation by domestic cats. … Continue reading →
PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA – NEWS AND VIEWS: Kay Rogers’ daughter told her that the family cat had “brought in a snake and it has two heads”. Kay said in an interview with ABC Action News that her cat is adventurous … Continue reading →
Here is a photograph by Jak Wonderly of 232 animals that were injured by cats during 2019 and which could not be saved by a non-profit wildlife hospital based in San Raphael, California, USA: WildCare Animal Hospital. The hospital was … Continue reading →
Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of biodiversity? Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison A number of conservationists claim cats … Continue reading →
The question in the title might, at first instance, look completely normal. Domestic cats hunt in order to feed themselves, surely? But domestic cats don’t need to hunt to eat. In nearly all homes, they are provided with commercial cat … Continue reading →
