Laughing and mocking a sentient being who is in prison for doing nothing wrong
Like a lot of people, I hate to see this sort of video. It is not massively shocking as Internet videos go. It is a bit of fun or that’s what it looks like....
Tagged: human behavior
There is one effective way to deter cats from gardens
A lot has been written on the topic of deterring free-roaming domestic cats from neighbours’ gardens. I cover a recent discussion using plants in the EXPRESS newspaper below but first I would like to...
Socially intelligent and emotionally sensitive pigs are relentlessly abused at factory farms
For me, and for many thousands of others, the relentless and heartless abuse of pigs throughout their lives is baffling and depressing. How can humankind be so heartless and ignorant? Well, we can and...
15 facts about black cats bringing good luck
It is that time of year when black cats need to be protected. Some rescue centres do not adopt out black cats during Halloween. There are people who like to abuse black cats in...
Greta Thunberg calls for a system-wide transformation to society to stop global warming
This topic is so big that it supersedes everything else including any discussions on cats. Climate change affects everybody and everything to the point where discussions about cat breeds and cat behaviour become meaningless....
9 ways to be happier including learning from your cat
Here are 9 ways to be happier which includes learning from your cat. According to Meik Wiking, the founder and CEO of the Happiness Research Institute (HRI) in Denmark there are eight ways to...
20-year-old woman allegedly kills man she believed was trying to drive over a cat
NEWS AND COMMENT-LOS ANGELES, USA: This is a very tragic story and I confess that I feel bad for this young woman, Hannah Esser, which is why I have put her age in the...
53 facts and thoughts about cat hoarding
Here are 53 facts interspersed with some thoughts of my own about cat hoarding. The facts come from studies and therefore they are scientifically based. There may be some overlap in these facts. The...
Police sell interviews of serial cat killer for £250 apiece
NEWS AND COMMENT-SUSSEX, UK: There is uproar over a decision by the police force which investigated the Brighton cat killings to sell video clips of their interviews with the Brighton Cat Killer, who is...
Why do people abandon their cats in the USA?
To answer the question in the title I am going to rely on a very substantial survey from the United States conducted in the late 1990s from the Regional Shelter Relinquishment Survey Study. It...
Firefighters and cats rescued from wildfires can suffer from the same disease
I researched this some time ago but another study has been recently published (July 14, 2022) on the subject. The study itself is very technical but essentially what it is saying is that domestic...
Elderly cat owner? Improve your cat caregiving by reading a good newspaper!
Reading a high-quality newspaper can give you the thinking skills of someone 13 years younger suggests a new study. Personally, I would also suggest that it must be a good quality one which challenges...
Catastrophic loss of wildlife hits Australia. Cause? Humans.
Land clearing was given as the primary cause of wildlife losses in Australia in the Australia state of the environment report 2022. It paints a grisly picture of catastrophic loss on that continent which...
Marmite reduces anxiety and makes you a better cat caregiver
In this article I am focusing on the human rather than the cat. When a cat caregiver feels better, they are going to be a better cat caregiver. When a cat caregiver is irritable...
How fast can you tie your laces? What we are taught sticks.
How fast can you tie your laces? Stupid question, yes? Perhaps not. We are taught how to tie laces when we are kids. There are many different ways of doing it. I think the...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.