Living with young children can make cats miserable?
It is fair to say that in some homes, young children have not been told how to interact with the family cat and as a consequence the cat might have become stressed.
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Picture of cat and kid in contemplative mood
The words spoken by the boy are from Thomas Hobbes an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. [weaver_breadcrumbs class=’alt-class’ style=’inline-style’] [weaver_show_posts cats=”” tags=”kids-and-cats” author=”” sort=”ASC” number=”2″] … Continue reading →
Students in class at college spot cat stuck on expressway and assist in rescue
High school students in class at the Benjamin Banneker Academy at Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York, spotted a black cat stuck on the side barrier of a flyover section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). The time and date: Apr … Continue reading →
Community provides supplies for Missouri mother and her 5-year-old son to build 30 stray cat shelters
A mother and son in Missouri love animals so much they’re building shelters to help cats and other small animals stay warm. Once the community learned of the project they dropped off enough supplies to complete 30 shelters. Stephanie Lindquist-Johnson … Continue reading →
Stupid boy torments and provokes a community cat
This irritates me. For fun, this stupid boy, egged on by his mates, provokes and torments a community cat who quite naturally becomes aggressive and strikes back. Eventually the boy runs away with the cat in pursuit. It’s all stupid … Continue reading →
Kids prefer rats over cats until aged 17
A large study covering 74 countries by RightPet Pet Ownership found that kids between the ages of 10 and 17 prefer rats as pets over cats and dogs. At the age of 17 their liking for rats waned. In contrast, … Continue reading →
Kids Steal A Cat And Laugh About It On Facebook Video
Youngsters, they look like American teenagers, videotaped themselves after ‘stealing‘ a black cat whose name is Smokey (it may be ‘Shadow’). In the video they are in a car and a young woman is laughing and talking loudly. One of … Continue reading →
An example of perpetuating cat cruelty
Cat cruelty is perpetuated when parents and adults demonstrate it to their children or other children and/or engage their children in it through encouragement or by failing to stop it (bad parenting through ommission). The children are likely to do … Continue reading →
The Emotional Hurt a Child Can Suffer on the Death of the Family Cat
An eight-year-old boy collapsed and was taken to a hospital such was the emotional shock to him when he discovered that his eight-month-old kitten companion, Kiki, had been brutally murdered and beheaded by the cat killer known as the “Croydon … Continue reading →
Regulations regarding cat ownership results in significant decline in ownership in Australia
A recent survey found that pet ownership has declined in Australia. Numbers have fallen by 200,000 while the dog population has fallen by 100,000 in the past 12 months. It is unsurprising that the cat population has fallen at twice … Continue reading →