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Up to 50% women or men prefer their pet to their partner

Between 30% and 50% of partners prefer their pet to their partner

You will see various statistics on this topic. All are interesting and perhaps a little shocking. My quick research indicated that between about 30% and about 50% of people in a relationship with another person prefer their cat or dog companion compared to their human partner. One website’s article from 2022 refers to a survey …

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Stress and irritability can lead to more cat scratches

Why do cats scratch some owners more than others?

I’d like to focus on one aspect of cat caregiving and a vital one. There is no doubt that a small percentage of cat owners are scratched by their cat not infrequently while other cat owners are hardly ever scratched. We don’t have percentages as there is no data on this. Socialised and healthy My …

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Woman asks AITA for not lending her estranged sister money because of veterinary bills for her cat

Woman asks AITA for not lending her estranged sister money because of veterinary bills for her cat

For me, this is an interesting story of family strife and cat love. Two opposites really. The story kind of highlights how a person can love a cat but dislike their mother and sister. And that mentality sticks for their whole life. AITA: Am I the asshole? SCENARIO: the Reddit.com website, a woman asks, “AITA …

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Man asks AITA for demanding that his gf gives up her cats if she lives with him

Man asks AITA for telling girlfriend to give her cats to a shelter. Response: YTA.

Scenario: This is about the impossibility of an ailurophile living with an ailurophobe! Man gets good job and wants to buy a house. His brother will live with him. Both hate cats. His girlfriend loves cats and has 2. He tells her that she will have to give the cats to a shelter if she …

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Toxoplasma gondii

Domestic cats overly criticised for their role as hosts of Toxoplasma gondii

The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii is complicated. People tend to oversimplify it. They see the domestic cat infecting humans with this protozoan parasite which is about the extent of general knowledge. It isn’t that simple; far from it. This article sets out to redress the balance and to mention an interesting study on a very …

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Arguing women

Cat scratches woman’s face multiple times in row over infidelity

NEWS AND COMMENT-FLORIDA, USA: I don’t have an awful lot on this story which is of interest to me because it’s about a domestic cat being used in a dispute between two women who apparently live together. I want to get something off my chest before I discuss the story. A lot of American news …

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Man and dog

Dogs in dating app photos help to get the girl. Not so for cats.

The conclusion of studies on straight men catching straight girls through dating apps is that your chances of success are improved if you include a dog in your selfie profile pic. By contrast, if they include a cat the girl is slightly repulsed because they think the man is effeminate and neurotic. I am sure, …

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Jarvis with his Elizabethan collar after his leg amputation

Man embroiled in controversy when helping neglected neighbour’s cat

This is about a nice guy living in America who felt that he had to help a neighbour’s cat. The cat was neglected. He posted his story on the Reddit.com website. It seems that the problem started when the woman who owned the cat kicked her cat out of the home because her boyfriend didn’t …

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Cat in Spain. How was she treated?

Treat the cat badly and lose the children in divorce

SPAIN-NEWS AND COMMENT: Spain’s legislature has decided that when one party of a couple in divorce proceedings has made threats against a companion animal to control the other party or has, indeed, abused the family pet or pets during marriage, they may lose their right for shared residence of the children after divorce. Or they …

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