What affects us affects cats
This is a quick update, no more, because I don’t have much information, on an article that I wrote on 28 November 2020. At that time the public was made aware that the then President-elect, Joe Biden, and his wife Jill intended to bring to the White House two dogs and a cat. We …
NEWS AND VIEWS – THAILAND: This is probably a first in the history of the purchase of purebred cats. In Thailand assets accrued by criminals as the proceeds of crime are sold at auction to fund, I presume, the criminal justice system and of course to punish the criminals. In the past, animal assets …
This story has an elegant symmetry to it. A dilute calico feral kitten was born with a congenital defect. Her nose is deformed and using the conventional, human view of beauty, she is ugly. She turned up at the front door of a student foster home where, as I understand it, visually impaired and …
This is a photograph provided by KTVB-TV Boise of a newborn sand cat, born at Zoo Boise on April 4, 2021. They announced the birth of three male baby sand cats. The parents are Nala and Simba. They are the first sand cats born at this zoo. They believe that the births are very …
$20 billions of taxpayer’s money is spent on animal testing in the US annually. It is (1) a wasteful use of precious tax-payers’ money and (2) it is damned cruel and (3) many animal experiments can’t translate to human benefit. There are alternatives. Humane and decent alternatives. They should focus on them and use …
A commercial vessel off the coast of the south of Thailand near Ko Adang Island (aka Koh Adang Island) was in trouble when its engine compartment caught fire. The stern section of the vessel was ablaze and the ship was sinking. Aboard were eight seamen and 2 ginger cats and 2 tortoieshell cats (related?). …
Pete Macnab was out for a stroll with his 11-week-old son and a friend when they encountered what they believed to be a young, domestic tabby cat in Huntly’s Cave, north of Grantown in Moray, Scotland. The young cat was freezing and struggling in the snow. They used social media to try and reunite …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The words in the title are those of the Assistant Manager of the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Tracy Woodworth. She is describing a kitten who she’s convinced has some magic in her because of the her story and her rescue. I’m impressed with this kitten’s rescue. It shows the selflessness and …
