Shouting at cats achieves nothing. Infographic.
More: shouting The desire to kick the cat is an associated human behaviour.
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Fish are super curious sentient beings. Infographic.
For a while I have been making the point that we tend to regard fish as inanimate objects to be scooped out of the oceans in vast numbers, fried and eaten. An unending source of nutrition for the dominant species on the planet. But each of these fish has – I would argue – …
Trump and Musk are deliberately playing mind games and undermining Zelensky
I am afraid the world has turned a corner and we are facing a huge amount of uncertainty as three megalomaniacs are currently running it: Putin, Trump and Musk. Ethics and morality do not factor in his thinking process. It is all about the deal, power and holding the cards for leverage in deal …
‘Kick the cat’. Infographic.
Even people who love their cats and are good or excellent cat caregivers can end up kicking their cat. It might not be the actual act of kicking but it will be the equivalent such as shouting or rough handling. And it will be unintentional. There will likely be regret and guilt afterwards. It …
Frequency of cleaning clothes as a cat owner. Infographic.
This is about questioning one’s routines that are often accepted as written in tablets of stone but which in a changing world can be outdated or plain wrong. There is often room for improvement in applying common sense and logic. This is an interesting topic but hardly ever discussed. It is not strictly relevant …
Inherent power imbalance between cat and human. Infographic.
It perhaps goes without saying but I like to say obvious things anyway as a reminder, in this instance, that there is an inherent power imbalance between cat and human. It creates inequality. Equality between humans is fundamental to human society. From this inherent power imbalance many negatives flow. It will always subsist. The …
Human visual bias dominates cat selection at shelters. Infographic.
Here is an expansion of the information presented in the infographic in a conversation with AI which nowadays has awesome capabilities which are rapidly growing. We need to employ AI to our benefit and the benefit of animals that rely on us rather than using AI to exploit the vulnerable. Question: When cat rescue …
Domestic cats share some human behavioural traits. Infographic.
I believe that it is useful to remind ourselves that we share some behavioural traits with our cat companions as it may, in some households, help to remove a ‘them and us’ belief. Humans do like to think they are special and that they are not animals. Humans are human-animals and there are more …
