What affects us affects cats
Black Cat Bans and Roaming Rights: Europe’s Cat Controversies Across Europe, the humble cat has found itself at the centre of two strikingly different debates — one steeped in superstition, the other in science. In Spain, black cats have been temporarily barred from adoption around Halloween, as shelters fear they could fall victim to …
NEWS AND ANALYSIS: if you read the online news media on the subject of cats as I have over more than a decade you have to notice a very gradual trend towards domestic cat confinement to protect wildlife. Attitudes are changing. There’s no doubt about this trend which has been accelerated by the public’s …
The Catboat of Amsterdam – De Poezenboot – is world famous. It might be the best known cat rescue anywhere. The setting is magical and it quickly became a tourist attraction which helped to bring in much needed funds. Here is a short pictorial history in the form of a large collage. I have …
The headline is “1,000 feral cats shot in the Netherlands as more provinces consider a cull”. Over three and a half years about 1,000 feral cats have been shot in the provinces of Utrecht and Friesland in the Netherlands. These are the only two provinces where the shooting of cats is allowed. However, Zeeland …
The words of the title were spoken by a police sergeant in the Netherlands’ special pet police. Yes, the Dutch have a pet police force and what is particularly interesting about it is that it was introduced by a far right party called Party for Freedom when they were in coalition with the mainstream …
Zoe, a black-and-white British shorthair mix, has a beautiful heart shaped black pattern on her chest. She was a rescue cat. She is the sister of Izzy. What is interesting is that Joanne Smienk first adopted Izzy at, I presume, the local rescue centre in Utrecht, Holland. When she went back to pick up …
By Lili Soeprapto (Netherlands) (28th Oct 2015) Hello Michael. Here a little little story from the Netherlands. My man and myself always had cats. Our beloved ‘guys’ died last year from old age and we were heartbroken. After a while I gave my husband a kitten (Suki) for his birthday and he was over …
