Is it true that male domestic cats kill kittens?
To answer the question, you have to break it down into categories which I’ve done. There’s a difference between the behaviour of the wildcat ancestor which is the same species as the domestic cat...
Tagged: feral cat
Early stages of socializing a feral cat (video)
This is a video from a feral cat rescuer Maria Tories on TikTok. TikTok allows people to download videos. In this instance I have trimmed the video slightly to reduce the file size. The...
Male stray cat with character in his face and sadness in his eyes
Snowflake is a handsome, rescued stray cat with a characterful face and sad eyes.
Sad “Big Red” a special ginger tabby feral cat who decided to be domesticated
Big Red is a special ginger tabby feral cat, found in St George, Utah, USA, and rescued; and once rescued he decided to be domesticated and feel the warmth, both physical and emotional, of...
How do feral cats deal with fleas?
By and large feral cats put up with fleas; that’s how they deal with them. They accept them as a way of life and tolerate them because they have to. It’s strange because I’ve...
Rare photo of a feral cat in battle with the venomous mulga snake
This is a rare photograph of an Aussie feral cat (much hated by Aussies) killing a venomous mulga snake. The cat has blood on his nose and mouth. From the photo it is not...
Conflict between animal welfare and conservation in Australia
The conservation of wild animals should go hand-in-hand with animal welfare. They are two branches of the same thing. Conservation protects wild animals and animal welfare laws protect wild and domestic animals. However, in...
Feral cat survives 3 weeks in container from China to Vancouver and is being rehabilitated
This cat, who has been appropriately named Journey by her carers, must have been completely feral when she tiptoed into a shipping container in Shenzhen China. She spent a least 3 weeks inside it....
Traumatic road accident domesticates wild feral cat
I was told the vague but interesting story of a genuinely wild feral cat who was involved in a traffic accident. He suffered a bruised spine and broken legs. He was paralysed for a...
Dying of kidney disease this elderly former feral cat played grandpa to rescue kittens
Grandpa Mason as he was affectionately known, was a geriatric former feral cat with terminal kidney disease. He was not so keen on people but he loved kittens. He lived at Tiny Kittens a...
Grinning South Australian bow hunter kills feral cats cruelly and gets away with It
Zach Slattery likes to hunt feral cats on hunting trips to Kangaroo Island which is just off the mainland of South Australia. He then posts his photographs, such as the one below on Facebook....
Dudley Peninsula ‘grooming traps’ program launched that will place a toxic gel on feral cats
The Kangaroo Island Feral Cat Eradication Program has been launched on the Dudley Peninsula. Read on, because this is the cold and calculated killing of feral cats under the management of the Natural Resources Management...
Terminal grandpa feral cat mentors orphaned domestic kittens and enjoys life in the process
I don’t need words for this one. It is all in the video. It’s nice to see this grumpy, geriatric male feral cat warm up emotionally when he found himself around some orphaned domestic...
Pretty picture of feral cat at dusk at Manila Bay
There is a beauty in this picture which masks the tough and short life that this cat probably endures. Manila Bay is in the Philippines. I am sure that there are lots of feral...
Westborough State Hospital cat trapped: “She was the most challenging but I wouldn’t give up”
This is the happy ending story of a cat trapped as a feral who had a change of heart and decided she enjoyed being petted. A team who wouldn’t give up is responsible for...
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