A failure of some pet owners to recognise the intrinsic value and sentience of their companion animals

Vet and cat

My title to this article stems from a story in The Telegraph newspaper of yesterday which reports on a male veterinarian who ended his life because, in part, he was so distressed about a minority of relatively wealthy owners requesting that he euthanize their companion animals rather than treat them because the treatment would …

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Humans created the mess making cat culling necessary

Image by DALL·E 2024-10-30 08.13.04 - A wild, feral cat on a remote island, with rough, matted fur and intense eyes, prowling across rocky terrain. The island is rugged with sparse vegetation. The cat preys on a captive native island species unfamiliar with predators.

The BBC is asking whether cats should be culled to stop extinctions. Of course, the author is discussing the culling of feral cats primarily in places where there are native species preyed upon by these cats. There have been rare instances of species being made extinct by predation from feral cats; hence the question. …

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Blame capitalism, anthroparchy, white supremacy and patriarchy for animal shelter killings

Author and book

This article is within the umbrella of Critical Race Theory (CRT – see base of article for an explanation 😎👍 and a definition of ‘anthroparchy’). The source of the article is an article written by Nathan Winograd, the architect of America’s No Kill Movement which has saved the lives of millions of shelter animals. …

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It’s impossible to kill all Australia’s feral cats but they go on killing them

Aussie feral cat in the arid interior hunting small marsupials and mammals

It’s nice to read that some Australian citizens including some Australian scientists strongly disagree with the war against feral cats in Australia which takes place daily and nightly in order to try and protect the small mammals and marsupials in the outback. The scientists who organise the killing of feral cats such as Dr. …

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Oklahoman kitten serial killer sentenced to 12 years in prison

Oklahoman kitten serial killer sentenced to 12 years in prison.

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is not hot of the press cat news because I’ve been slow to pick up on it but it needs reporting because it is exceptionally rare for judges to hand down a severe punishment to criminals who abuse and kill cats and kittens. And that statement applies to anywhere in …

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Young woman allegedly inspired by Luka Magnotta’s killing of two kittens after watching Netflix’s Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

Scarlet Blake

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a very disturbing story. It concerns a young woman, Scarlet Blake, who has been accused of murdering a man four months after live streaming herself killing and dissecting a cat. This has similarities to the criminality of Luka Magnotta, the Canadian porno star who notoriously videoed himself suffocating two …

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