What affects us affects cats
A ‘nice’ older couple adopted a nice looking former feral cat from a rescue centre. The rescue centre was very pleased and described them as a “really sweet older couple”. That’s the impression they gave and the shelter staff were very happy that Murdock had a new home. And then it went pear-shaped because …
Fires in multi-cat homes are going to kill more cats than in single cat homes. That is obvious. There are many homes with a large number of cats. The owner does not have to comply with any special fire safety regulations. But in the UK, in houses of multiple occupation (of people) there are …
In the UK, and there are similar issues in the USA, there are complexities and barriers in trying to be a pet owner in rented accommodation. In the UK, this has been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. There will be many evictions when the election ban ends in England due to rent arrears. Some …
Maria Cazanes (also said to be ‘Casanas’) has lived in her apartment in Miami Beach, Florida, for 28 years. She appears to be a frail 75-year-old woman. Her landlord says that she has too many cats. We don’t know how many cats she has as this information has not been reported at the time …
A landlord, John Norris, of an old church building on East 5th Street in Peru, Indiana, entered his tenant’s room in which there were nine cats and took them, in animal carriers, while his tenant was out and left them outside a Peru animal clinic. The cats were in good condition when found and …
At the time Dr Kristen Lindsey killed Tiger with a bow and arrow she was living in a property which was rented from another veterinarian, Dr Buenger. Buenger was her landlord. Tiger had been around the property quite a lot before Lindsey killed him. As a result, on April 14th, Lindsay asked Beunger whether …
I think that you will find that most landlords don’t allow pets. And they don’t differentiate between cats and dogs. I think that in itself is a mistake by the way. The fact that most landlords don’t allow pet applies both to the UK and the USA. This creates a shortage of housing for …
A legal case: Bjugan v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 969 F.Supp.2d 1283 (D.Or., 2013) tells us that under Oregon law losses occuring in a renter’s property caused directly or indirectly by cats (either domestic or feral) were excluded under a landlord’s unsurance policy. The cats – both domestic and feral – are …
